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Guide to France ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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France is a country in Western Europe bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain, and Andorra. The French Republic was established in 1792. The official language is French.^[1]

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Click on the specific department name either on the maps above or in the list below to access the FamilySearch Wiki article for that department.

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Departments

Today France is divided into 96 departments and 5 overseas departments. This number has changed over the years. In 1790 there were 83 and at the height of Napoleon's reign there were as many as 130. Records are kept on the town level, but it is necessary to know which department the town is located.

Note: The numbers in parentheses following the department name correspond to the numbers on the map above. Territoire-de-Belfort does not have a number on the map; it is located immediately below Haut-Rhin (68). The (1) on the map corresponds to the Paris area shown on the left inset.

Ain (01)
Aisne (02)
Allier (03)
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)
Hautes-Alpes (05)
Alpes-Maritimes (06)
Ardèche (07)
Ardennes (08)
Ariège (09)
Aube (10)
Aude (11)
Aveyron (12)
Bas-Rhin (67)
Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
Calvados (14)
Cantal (15)
Charente (16)
Charente-Maritime (17)
Cher (18)
Corrèze (19)
Corse-du-Sud(2A)
Haute-Corse (2B)
Côte d'Or (21)
Côtes d'Armor (22)
Creuse (23)
Dordogne (24)
Doubs (25)
Drôme (26)
Eure (27)
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Finistère (29)
Gard (30)
Haute-Garonne (31)
Gers (32)
Gironde(33)
Hérault (34)
Haut-Rhin (68)
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Indre (36)
Indre-et-Loire (37)
Isère (38)
Jura (39)
Landes (40)
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Loire (42)
Haute-Loire (43)
Loire-Atlantique (44)
Loiret (45)
Lot (46)
Lot-et-Garonne (47)
Lozère (48)
Maine-et-Loire (49)
Manche (50)
Marne (51)
Haute-Marne (52)
Mayenne (53)
Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Meuse (55)
Morbihan (56)
Moselle (57)
Nièvre (58)
Nord (59)
Oise (60)
Orne (61)
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Pyrénées-Orientales(66)
Rhône (69)
Haute-Saône (70)
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Sarthe (72)
Savoie (73)
Haute-Savoie (74)
Paris (75)
Seine-Maritime (76)
Seine-et-Marne (77)
Yvelines (78)
Deux-Sèvres (79)
Somme (80)
Tarn (81)
Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
Var (83)
Vaucluse (84)
Vendée (85)
Vienne (86)
Haute-Vienne (87)
Vosges (88)
Yonne (89)
Territoire-de-Belfort (90)
Essonne (91)
Hauts-de-Seine (92)
Seine-St.Denis (93)
Val-de-Marne (94)
Val-d’Oise (95)

On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin were merged and became known as the European Collectivity of Alsace.

Territories
Many of the records of the French overseas territories are on-line at Les Archives nationales d’outre-mer, literally The Overseas National Archives.

Historic Provinces and their Capitols

References

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "France," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France, accessed 23 March 2016.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "France," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France, accessed 23 March 2016.

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+Today France is divided into 96 departments and 5 overseas departments. This number has changed over the years. In 1790 there were 83 and at the height of Napoleon's reign there were as many as 130. Records are kept on the town level, but it is necessary to know which department the town is located.
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-| [[Portal:Puy-de-Dôme|63 Puy-de-Dôme]]
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-| [[Portal:Pyrénéés(Hautes-)|65 Pyrénéés(Hautes-)]]
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-| [[Portal:Pyrénéés-Orientales|66 Pyrénéés-Orientales]]
-| [[Portal:Vienne|86 Vienne]]
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-| [[Portal:Eure|27 Eure]]
-| [[Portal:Lot-et-Garonne|47 Lot-et-Garonne]]
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-| [[Portal:Vienne (Haute-)|87 Vienne (Haute-)]]
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-| [[Ariège|09 Ariège]]
-| [[Portal:Eure-et-Loir|28 Eure-et-Loir]]
-| [[Portal:Lozère|48 Lozère]]
-| 68 [[Haut-Rhin|Haut-Rhin]]
-| [[Portal:Vosges|88 Vosges]]
-|-
-| [[Aube|10 Aube]]
-| [[Portal:Finistère|29 Finistère]]
-| [[Portal:Maine-et-Loire|49 Maine-et-Loire]]
-| [[Portal:Rhône|69 Rhône]]
-| [[Portal:Yonne|89 Yonne]]
-|-
-| [[Aude|11 Aude]]
-| [[Portal:Gard|30 Gard]]
-| [[Portal:Manche|50 Manche]]
-| [[Portal:Saône (Haute-)|70 Saône (Haute-)]]
-| [[Portal:Territoire-de-Belfort|90 Territoire-de-Belfort]]
-|-
-| [[Aveyron|12 Aveyron]]
-| [[Portal:Garonne (Haute-)|31 Garonne (Haute-)]]
-| [[Portal:Marne|51 Marne]]
-| [[Portal:Saône-et-Loire|71 Saône-et-Loire]]
-| [[Portal:Essonne|91 Essonne]]
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-| [[Portal:Bouches-du-Rhône|13 Bouches-du-Rhône]]
+<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
-| [[Portal:Gers|32 Gers]]
+  <li>[[Ain, France Genealogy|Ain]] (01)</li>
-| [[Portal:Marne (Haute-)|52 Marne (Haute-)]]
+  <li>[[Aisne, France Genealogy|Aisne]] (02)</li>
-| [[Portal:Sarthe|72 Sarthe]]
+  <li>[[Allier, France Genealogy|Allier]] (03)</li>
-| [[Portal:Hauts-de-Seine|92 Hauts-de-Seine]]
+  <li>[[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France Genealogy|Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] (04)</li>
-|-
+  <li>[[Hautes-Alpes, France Genealogy|Hautes-Alpes]] (05)</li>
-| [[Portal:Calvados|14 Calvados]]
+  <li>[[Alpes-Maritimes, France Genealogy|Alpes-Maritimes]] (06)</li>
-| [[Portal:Gironde|33 Gironde]]
+  <li>[[Ardèche, France Genealogy|Ardèche]] (07)</li>
-| [[Portal:Mayenne|53 Mayenne]]
+  <li>[[Ardennes, France Genealogy|Ardennes]] (08)</li>
-| [[Portal:Savoie|73 Savoie]]
+  <li>[[Ariège, France Genealogy|Ariège]] (09)</li>
-| [[Portal:Seine-St.Denis|93 Seine-St.Denis]]
+  <li>[[Aube, France Genealogy|Aube]] (10)</li>
-|-
+  <li>[[Aude, France Genealogy|Aude]] (11)</li>
-| [[Cantal|15 Cantal]]
+  <li>[[Aveyron, France Genealogy|Aveyron]] (12)</li>
-| [[Portal:Hérault|34 Hérault]]
+  <li>[[Bas-Rhin, France Genealogy|Bas-Rhin]] (67)</li>
-| [[Portal:Meurthe-et-Moselle|54 Meurthe-et-Moselle]]
+  <li>[[Bouches-du-Rhône, France Genealogy|Bouches-du-Rhône]] (13)</li>
-| [[Portal:Savoie (Haute-)|74 Savoie (Haute-)]]
+  <li>[[Calvados, France Genealogy|Calvados]] (14)</li>
-| [[Portal:Val-de-Marne|94 Val-de-Marne]]
+  <li>[[Cantal, France Genealogy|Cantal]] (15)</li>
-|-
+  <li>[[Charente, France Genealogy|Charente]] (16)</li>
-| [[Charente|16 Charente]]
+  <li>[[Charente-Maritime, France Genealogy|Charente-Maritime]] (17)</li>
-| [[Portal:Ille-et-Vilaine|35 Ille-et-Vilaine]]
+  <li>[[Cher, France Genealogy|Cher]] (18)</li>
-| [[Portal:Meuse|55 Meuse]]
+  <li>[[Corrèze, France Genealogy|Corrèze]] (19)</li>
-| [[Portal:Paris (Ville de)|75 Paris (Ville de)]]
+  <li>[[Corse-du-Sud, France Genealogy|Corse-du-Sud]](2A)</li>
-| [[Portal:Val-d’Oise|95 Val-d’Oise]]
+  <li>[[Haute-Corse, France Genealogy|Haute-Corse]] (2B)</li>
-|-
+  <li>[[Côte d'Or, France Genealogy|Côte d'Or]] (21)</li>
-| [[Charente-Maritime|17 Charente-Maritime]]
+  <li>[[Côtes d'Armor, France Genealogy|Côtes d'Armor]] (22)</li>
-| [[Portal:Indre|36 Indre]]
+  <li>[[Creuse, France Genealogy|Creuse]] (23)</li>
-| [[Portal:Morbihan|56 Morbihan]]
+  <li>[[Dordogne, France Genealogy|Dordogne]] (24)</li>
-| [[Portal:Seine-Maritime|76 Seine-Maritime]]
+  <li>[[Doubs, France Genealogy|Doubs]] (25)</li>
-| [[Portal:Guadeloupe|971 Goudeloupe]]
+  <li>[[Drôme, France Genealogy|Drôme]] (26)</li>
-|-
+  <li>[[Eure, France Genealogy|Eure]] (27)</li>
-| [[Cher|18 Cher]]
+  <li>[[Eure-et-Loir, France Genealogy|Eure-et-Loir]] (28)</li>
-| [[Portal:Indre-et-Loire|37 Indre-et-Loire]]
+  <li>[[Finistère, France Genealogy|Finistère]] (29)</li>
-| [[Portal:Moselle|57 Moselle]]
+  <li>[[Gard, France Genealogy|Gard]] (30)</li>
-| [[Portal:Seine-et-Marne|77 Seine-et-Marne]]
+  <li>[[Haute-Garonne, France Genealogy|Haute-Garonne]] (31)</li>
-| [[Portal:Martinique|972 Martinique]]
+  <li>[[Gers, France Genealogy|Gers]] (32)</li>
-|-
+  <li>[[Gironde, France Genealogy|Gironde]](33)</li>
-| [[Portal:Corrèze|19 Corrèze]]
+  <li>[[Hérault, France Genealogy|Hérault]] (34)</li>
-| [[Portal:Isère|38 Isère]]
+  <li>[[Haut-Rhin, France Genealogy|Haut-Rhin]] (68)</li>
-| [[Portal:Nièvre|58 Nièvre]]
+  <li>[[Ille-et-Vilaine, France Genealogy|Ille-et-Vilaine]] (35)</li>
-| [[Portal:Yvelines|78 Yvelines]]
+  <li>[[Indre, France Genealogy|Indre]] (36)</li>
-| [[Portal:Guyane|973 ]][[Portal:Guyane|Guyane]]
+  <li>[[Indre-et-Loire, France Genealogy|Indre-et-Loire]] (37)</li>
-|-
+  <li>[[Isère, France Genealogy|Isère]] (38)</li>
-| [[Portal:Corse-du-Sud|2A Corse-du-Sud]]
+  <li>[[Jura, France Genealogy|Jura]] (39)</li>
-| [[Portal:Jura|39 Jura]]
+  <li>[[Landes, France Genealogy|Landes]] (40)</li>
-| [[Portal:Nord|59 Nord]]
+  <li>[[Loir-et-Cher, France Genealogy|Loir-et-Cher]] (41)</li>
-| [[Portal:Sèvres (Deux-)|79 Sèvres (Deux-)]]
+  <li>[[Loire, France Genealogy|Loire]] (42)</li>
-| [[Reunion Island|974 Réunion]]
+  <li>[[Haute-Loire, France Genealogy|Haute-Loire]] (43)</li>
+  <li>[[Loire-Atlantique, France Genealogy|Loire-Atlantique]] (44)</li>
+  <li>[[Loiret, France Genealogy|Loiret]] (45)</li>
+  <li>[[Lot, France Genealogy|Lot]] (46)</li>
+  <li>[[Lot-et-Garonne, France Genealogy|Lot-et-Garonne]] (47)</li>
+  <li>[[Lozère, France Genealogy|Lozère]] (48)</li>
+  <li>[[Maine-et-Loire, France Genealogy|Maine-et-Loire]] (49)</li>
+  <li>[[Manche, France Genealogy|Manche]] (50)</li>
+  <li>[[Marne, France Genealogy|Marne]] (51)</li>
+  <li>[[Haute-Marne, France Genealogy|Haute-Marne]] (52)</li>
+  <li>[[Mayenne, France Genealogy|Mayenne]] (53)</li>
+  <li>[[Meurthe-et-Moselle, France Genealogy|Meurthe-et-Moselle]] (54)</li>
+  <li>[[Meuse, France Genealogy|Meuse]] (55)</li>
+  <li>[[Morbihan, France Genealogy|Morbihan]] (56)</li>
+  <li>[[Moselle, France Genealogy|Moselle]] (57)</li>
+  <li>[[Nièvre, France Genealogy|Nièvre]] (58)</li>
+  <li>[[Nord, France Genealogy|Nord]] (59)</li>
+  <li>[[Oise, France Genealogy|Oise]] (60)</li>
+  <li>[[Orne, France Genealogy|Orne]] (61)</li>
+  <li>[[Pas-de-Calais, France Genealogy|Pas-de-Calais]] (62)</li>
+  <li>[[Puy-de-Dôme, France Genealogy|Puy-de-Dôme]] (63)</li>
+  <li>[[Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France Genealogy|Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] (64)</li>
+  <li>[[Hautes-Pyrénées, France Genealogy|Hautes-Pyrénées]] (65)</li>
+  <li>[[Pyrénées-Orientales, France Genealogy|Pyrénées-Orientales]](66)</li>
+  <li>[[Rhône, France Genealogy|Rhône]] (69)</li>
+  <li>[[Haute-Saône, France Genealogy|Haute-Saône]] (70)</li>
+  <li>[[Saône-et-Loire, France Genealogy|Saône-et-Loire]] (71)</li>
+  <li>[[Sarthe, France Genealogy|Sarthe]] (72)</li>
+  <li>[[Savoie, France Genealogy|Savoie]] (73)</li>
+  <li>[[Haute-Savoie, France Genealogy|Haute-Savoie]] (74)</li>
+  <li>[[Paris, France Genealogy|Paris]] (75)</li>
+  <li>[[Seine-Maritime, France Genealogy|Seine-Maritime]] (76)</li>
+  <li>[[Seine-et-Marne, France Genealogy|Seine-et-Marne]] (77)</li>
+  <li>[[Yvelines, France Genealogy|Yvelines]] (78)</li>
+  <li>[[Deux-Sèvres, France Genealogy|Deux-Sèvres]] (79)</li>
+  <li>[[Somme, France Genealogy|Somme]] (80)</li>
+  <li>[[Tarn, France Genealogy|Tarn]] (81)</li>
+  <li>[[Tarn-et-Garonne, France Genealogy|Tarn-et-Garonne]] (82)</li>
+  <li>[[Var, France Genealogy|Var]] (83)</li>
+  <li>[[Vaucluse, France Genealogy|Vaucluse]] (84)</li>
+  <li>[[Vendée, France Genealogy|Vendée]] (85)</li>
+  <li>[[Vienne, France Genealogy|Vienne]] (86)</li>
+  <li>[[Haute-Vienne, France Genealogy|Haute-Vienne]] (87)</li>
+  <li>[[Vosges, France Genealogy|Vosges]] (88)</li>
+  <li>[[Yonne, France Genealogy|Yonne]] (89)</li>
+  <li>[[Territoire-de-Belfort, France Genealogy|Territoire-de-Belfort]] (90)</li>
+  <li>[[Essonne, France Genealogy|Essonne]] (91)</li>
+  <li>[[Hauts-de-Seine, France Genealogy|Hauts-de-Seine]] (92)</li>
+  <li>[[Seine-Saint-Denis, France Genealogy|Seine-St.Denis]] (93)</li>
+  <li>[[Val-de-Marne, France Genealogy|Val-de-Marne]] (94)</li>
+  <li>[[Val-d’Oise, France Genealogy|Val-d’Oise]] (95)</li>
+</ul>
 |}
+<p style="color:red">On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin were merged and became known as the [[European Collectivity of Alsace.]]</p>
-== Research Tools  ==
-*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/f/f9/Finding_Records_of_Your_Ancestors_in_France_.pdf Finding Records of your Ancestors in France 1792 to 1880]
-*[[France Letter Writing Guide]]
-*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/b/b6/France_Research_Outline.pdf France Research Outline]
-*[[French Archives Online]]
-*[[French Handwriting]]
-*[[French Republican Calendar]]
-*[[French Wordlist]]
-*[[Gallica: The French “Library of Congress”]]
-*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/Europe/France.pdf Research Guide for France by BYU]
-*[[France Websites|Websites]]
 <br>
+'''Territories'''<br>
-== Research Strategies  ==
+Many of the records of the French overseas territories are on-line at [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/ ''Les Archives nationales d’outre-mer'']'', ''literally The Overseas National Archives.
+{|
-*[[France - Birth - 1539-1791|Birth records 1539-1791]]
-*[[France - Birth - 1792-Present|Birth records 1792-Present]]
-*[[France - Death - 1539-1791|Death records 1539-1791]]
-*[[France - Death - 1792-Present|Death records 1792-Present]]
-*[[France - Marriage - 1539-1791|Marriage records 1539-1791]]
-*[[France - Marriage - 1792-Present|Marriage records 1792-Present]]
-[[France Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
-[[France Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
-[[France Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
-== Help Wanted  ==
-In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
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+<li>[[French Guiana, France Genealogy|French Guiana]] </li>
-*[[Edit a page|Expand an article]] or [[Special:Shortpages|short page]]
+<li>[[Guadeloupe, France Genealogy|Guadeloupe]] </li>
-*[[How to author an article in the Wiki|Create a new article]]
+<li>[[Martinique, France Genealogy|Martinique]] </li>
-*[[How to categorize an article|Categorize articles]]
+<li>[[Mayotte, France Genealogy|Mayotte]]</li>
+<li>[[Reunion Island, France Genealogy|La Réunion]] </li>
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+<li>[[Saint Martin Genealogy|Saint Martin]]</li>
-*[[Create an external link|Add external links to articles]]
+</ul>
-*[[Create an internal link|Add internal links to articles]]
-*[[Other...|Other...]]
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+=== Historic Provinces and their Capitols ===
-Articles that need editing:
+{| style="width:100%; vertical-align:top;"
+|-
-*[[French Records Online|French Records Online]]
+|
+<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
-== Featured Content  ==
+    <li>[[Alsace|Alsace (Strasbourg)]]</li>
+    <li>[[Charente, France Genealogy#Former County of Angoumois|Angoumois (Angoulême)]]</li>
-(Your text or images here)
+    <li>[[Anjou|Anjou (Angers)]]</li>
+    <li>[[Pas-de-Calais, France Genealogy#Former Region of Artois|Artois (Arras)]]</li>
-== Related Content  ==
+    <li>[[Charente-Maritime, France Genealogy#Former Province of Aunis|Aunis (La Rochelle)]]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auvergne Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand)]</li>
-French citizens of Alsace-Lorraine (Haut Rhin, Bas Rhin, Moselle) often speak German. Many people from this area moved to Russia and the Ukraine and are discussed in [[Germans from Russia|Germans from Russia]].
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry,_France Berry (Bourges)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbonnais Bourbonnais (Moulins)]</li>
-== Did you know?  ==
+    <li>[[Brittany|Brittany (Rennes)]]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgundy Burgundy (Dijon)] </li>
-*The archives of more than 40 ''départements''&nbsp;(counties) in France&nbsp;and 60 French cities have digitized a wide range of historical records and made them available online. Additional French archives are coming online monthly.&nbsp;Records available often&nbsp;include birth, marriage, and death records, cadastral and other land records, military records, censuses, and more. Click [http://www.geneawiki.com/index.php/Archives_en_ligne#Archives_d.C3.A9partementales here] to see the latest updates.
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9arn Béarn (Pau)]</li>
-*French national censuses are seldom used for primary research by most family historians, and many have not been microfilmed.
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_(province) Champagne (Troyes)] </li>
-*Some French military records begin as early as the 1500s.&nbsp;Records&nbsp;since the 19th century&nbsp;may&nbsp;include information about an ancestor's military career, such as promotions, places served, pensions, and conduct. In addition, these records may include information about his age, birthplace, residence, occupation, physical description, and family members.
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtat_Venaissin Comtat Venaissin (Papal Fief)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica Corsica (Ajaccio)] </li>
-{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" border="0" width="99%"
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauphin%C3%A9 Dauphiné (Grenoble)]</li>
-|-
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Flanders Flandres and Hainaut (Lille)]</li>
-| valign="top" align="left" |
+    <li>[[Ariège, France Genealogy#Former County of Foix|Foix (Foix)]]</li>
-*(Your Bullet)
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9 Franche-Comté (Besançon)]</li>
-*(Your Bullet)
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyenne Guyenne] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gascony Gascony] (Bordeaux)</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France Île-de-France (Paris)]</li>
-| valign="top" align="left" |
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languedoc Languedoc (Toulouse)]</li>
-*(Your Bullet)
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousin Limousin (Limoges)]</li>
-*(Your Bullet)
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine Lorraine (Nancy)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(province) Maine (Le Mans)]</li>
-| valign="top" align="left" |
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_La_Marche Marche (Guéret)]</li>
-*(Your Bullet)
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Montb%C3%A9liard Montbelliard, Fief of Württemberg]</li>
-*(Your Bullet)
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulhouse Imperial Free City of Mulhouse] </li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Nice Nice, County of]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivernais Nivernais (Nevers)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy Normandy (Rouen)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orl%C3%A9anais Orléanais (Orléans)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picardy Picardy (Amiens)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou Poitou (Poitiers)] </li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provence Provence (Aix-en-Provence)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes Rhône-Alpes (Lyon)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roussillon Roussillon (Perpignan)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saintonge Saintonge or Xaintonge (Saintes)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy Savoy, Duchy of (Chambéry then Turin)]</li>
+    <li>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoie_Propre Savoie Propre (Chambéry)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarentaise_Valley Tarentaise (Moûtiers)]</li>
+    <li>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurienne Maurienne (Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne)] </li>
+    <li>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevois_(province) Genevois (Annecy)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chablais Chablais (Thonon-les-Bains)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faucigny Faucigny (Bonneville)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touraine Touraine (Tours)]</li>
+    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Bishoprics Trois-Évêchés (Metz, Toul and Verdun)]</li>
+</ul>
 |}
-[[France, Quimper et Léon - Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|France, Quimper et Léon - Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
-|}
+[[Category:France]]
-</div>
+[[fr:France]]
-[[Category:France]] [[Category:French]]
+[[pt:França]]