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In France each department has its own archive [Archives départementales] that is separate from those of the national government. Most French records of genealogical value are kept at these archives. Their collections include: | In France each department has its own archive [Archives départementales] that is separate from those of the national government. Most French records of genealogical value are kept at these archives. Their collections include: | ||
*Civil registration birth, marriage, and death records. | *Civil registration birth, marriage, and death records. | ||
{{Block indent|Copies of civil registers that are more than 100 years old are deposited at the departmental archives, except in extremely large towns, which have their own municipal archives.|2}} | |||
*Church records (before 1792) | *Church records (before 1792) | ||
*Census records | *Census records | ||
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