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== Getting started with French research  ==
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== Jurisdictions ==
Welcome to the France page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the France page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze French records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Here you will find helpful research tools and research guidance. Please visit the help page to learn more about using the site. The French Page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential! For help with specific areas in France, click [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:France here] for a list of locations and topics.
=== 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.
== Jurisdictions  ==
 
Prior to March 1790 France was organized into provinces.&nbsp; Several administrative regions of France still carry the names of the former provinces.  
 
==== Provinces (with their capital)  ====


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'''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.
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*[[Alsace|Alsace (Strasbourg)]]  
  <li>[[Ain, France Genealogy|Ain]] (01)</li>
*[[Angoumois|Angoumois (Angoulême)]]  
  <li>[[Aisne, France Genealogy|Aisne]] (02)</li>
*[[Anjou|Anjou (Angers)]]  
  <li>[[Allier, France Genealogy|Allier]] (03)</li>
*[[Artois|Artois (Arras)]]  
  <li>[[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France Genealogy|Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] (04)</li>
*[[Aunis|Aunis (La Rochelle)]]  
  <li>[[Hautes-Alpes, France Genealogy|Hautes-Alpes]] (05)</li>
*[[Auvergne|Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand)]]  
  <li>[[Alpes-Maritimes, France Genealogy|Alpes-Maritimes]] (06)</li>
*[[Berry|Berry (Bourges)]]  
  <li>[[Ardèche, France Genealogy|Ardèche]] (07)</li>
*[[Bourbonnais|Bourbonnais (Moulins)]]  
  <li>[[Ardennes, France Genealogy|Ardennes]] (08)</li>
*[[Brittany|Brittany (Rennes)]]  
  <li>[[Ariège, France Genealogy|Ariège]] (09)</li>
*[[Burgundy|Burgundy (Dijon)]]  
  <li>[[Aube, France Genealogy|Aube]] (10)</li>
*[[Bearn|Béarn (Pau)]]  
  <li>[[Aude, France Genealogy|Aude]] (11)</li>
*[[Champagne|Champagne Troyes)]]  
  <li>[[Aveyron, France Genealogy|Aveyron]] (12)</li>
*[[Comtat|Comtat Venaissin (Papal Fief)]]  
  <li>[[Bas-Rhin, France Genealogy|Bas-Rhin]] (67)</li>
*[[Corsica|Corsica (Ajaccio)]]  
  <li>[[Bouches-du-Rhône, France Genealogy|Bouches-du-Rhône]] (13)</li>
*[[Dauphine|Dauphiné (Grenoble)]]  
  <li>[[Calvados, France Genealogy|Calvados]] (14)</li>
*[[Flandres and Hainaut|Flandres and Hainaut (Lille)]]  
  <li>[[Cantal, France Genealogy|Cantal]] (15)</li>
*[[Foix|Foix (Foix)]]  
  <li>[[Charente, France Genealogy|Charente]] (16)</li>
*[[Franche-Comte|Franche-Comté (Besançon)]]  
  <li>[[Charente-Maritime, France Genealogy|Charente-Maritime]] (17)</li>
*[[Guyenne and Gascony|Guyenne and Gascony (Bordeaux)]]  
  <li>[[Cher, France Genealogy|Cher]] (18)</li>
*[[Ile-de-France|Île-de-France (Paris)]]
  <li>[[Corrèze, France Genealogy|Corrèze]] (19)</li>
 
  <li>[[Corse-du-Sud, France Genealogy|Corse-du-Sud]](2A)</li>
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  <li>[[Haute-Corse, France Genealogy|Haute-Corse]] (2B)</li>
*[[Languedoc|Languedoc (Toulouse)]]  
  <li>[[Côte d'Or, France Genealogy|Côte d'Or]] (21)</li>
*[[Limousin|Limousin (Limoges)]]  
  <li>[[Côtes d'Armor, France Genealogy|Côtes d'Armor]] (22)</li>
*[[Lorraine|Lorraine (Nancy)]]  
  <li>[[Creuse, France Genealogy|Creuse]] (23)</li>
*[[Maine, France|Maine (Le Mans)]]  
  <li>[[Dordogne, France Genealogy|Dordogne]] (24)</li>
*[[Marche|Marche (Guéret)]]  
  <li>[[Doubs, France Genealogy|Doubs]] (25)</li>
*[[Montbelliard|Montbelliard, Fief of Württemberg]]  
  <li>[[Drôme, France Genealogy|Drôme]] (26)</li>
*[[Mulhouse (Imperial Free City)|Imperial Free City of Mulhouse]]  
  <li>[[Eure, France Genealogy|Eure]] (27)</li>
*[[Nice|Nice, Sardinian Fief]]  
  <li>[[Eure-et-Loir, France Genealogy|Eure-et-Loir]] (28)</li>
*[[Nivernais|Nivernais (Nevers)]]  
  <li>[[Finistère, France Genealogy|Finistère]] (29)</li>
*[[Normandy|Normandy (Rouen)]]  
  <li>[[Gard, France Genealogy|Gard]] (30)</li>
*[[Orleanais|Orléanais (Orléans)]]  
  <li>[[Haute-Garonne, France Genealogy|Haute-Garonne]] (31)</li>
*[[Picardy|Picardy (Amiens)]]  
  <li>[[Gers, France Genealogy|Gers]] (32)</li>
*[[Poitou|Poitou (Poitiers)]]  
  <li>[[Gironde, France Genealogy|Gironde]](33)</li>
*[[Provence|Provence (Aix-en-Provence)]]  
  <li>[[Hérault, France Genealogy|Hérault]] (34)</li>
*[[Rhone-Alpes|Rhône-Alpes (Lyon)]]  
  <li>[[Haut-Rhin, France Genealogy|Haut-Rhin]] (68)</li>
*[[Roussillon|Roussillon (Perpignan)]]  
  <li>[[Ille-et-Vilaine, France Genealogy|Ille-et-Vilaine]] (35)</li>
*[[Saintonge|Saintonge (Saintes)]]  
  <li>[[Indre, France Genealogy|Indre]] (36)</li>
*[[Savoy|Savoy, a Sardinian Fief]]  
  <li>[[Indre-et-Loire, France Genealogy|Indre-et-Loire]] (37)</li>
*[[Touraine|Touraine (Tours)]]  
  <li>[[Isère, France Genealogy|Isère]] (38)</li>
*[[Trois-Eveches|Trois-Évêchés (Metz, Toul and Verdun)]]
  <li>[[Jura, France Genealogy|Jura]] (39)</li>
 
  <li>[[Landes, France Genealogy|Landes]] (40)</li>
  <li>[[Loir-et-Cher, France Genealogy|Loir-et-Cher]] (41)</li>
  <li>[[Loire, France Genealogy|Loire]] (42)</li>
  <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>
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<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>
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'''Territories'''<br>
==== Departments<br> ====
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.
 
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Today France is divided into 96 departments plus 4 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 one needs to know in which department the town is located.
 
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| 01 [[Ain|Ain]]
| 2B [[Haute-Corse|Haute-Corse]]
| 40 [[Landes|Landes]]
| [[Oise|60 Oise]]
| [[Somme|80 Somme]]
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| [[Aisne|02 Aisne]]
| [[Côte d'Or|21 Côte d'Or]]
| [[Loir-et-Cher|41 Loir-et-Cher]]
| [[Orne|61 Orne]]
| [[Tarn|81 Tarn]]
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| [[Allier|03 Allier]]
| [[Côtes d'Armor|22 Côtes d'Armor]]
| [[Loire|42 Loire]]
| [[Portal:Pas-de-Calais|62 Pas-de-Calais]]
| [[Portal:Tarn-et-Garonne|82 Tarn-et-Garonne]]
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| [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence|04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]]
| [[Creuse|23 Creuse]]
| [[Haute-Loire|43 Haute-Loire]]
| [[Portal:Puy-de-Dôme|63 Puy-de-Dôme]]
| [[Portal:Var|83 Var]]
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| [[Alpes (Hautes)|05 Alpes(Hautes)]]
| [[Dordogne|24 Dordogne]]
| [[Loire-Atlantique|44 Loire-Atlantique]]
| [[Portal:Pyrénéés-Atlantiques|64 Pyrénéés-Atlantiques]]
| [[Portal:Vaucluse|84 Vaucluse]]
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| [[Alpes-Maritimes|06 Alpes-Maritimes]]
| [[Doubs|25 Doubs]]
| [[Loiret|45 Loiret]]
| [[Portal:Pyrénéés(Hautes-)|65 Pyrénéés(Hautes-)]]
| [[Portal:Véndée|85 Véndée]]
|-
| [[Ardèche|07 Ardèche]]
| [[Drôme|26 Drôme]]
| [[Portal:Lot|46 Lot]]
| [[Portal:Pyrénéés-Orientales|66 Pyrénéés-Orientales]]
| [[Portal:Vienne|86 Vienne]]
|-
| [[Ardennes|08 Ardennes]]
| [[Eure|27 Eure]]
| [[Lot-et-Garonne|47 Lot-et-Garonne]]
| 67 [[Bas-Rhin|Bas-Rhin]]
| [[Portal:Vienne (Haute-)|87 Vienne (Haute-)]]
|-
| [[Ariège|09 Ariège]]
| [[Eure-et-Loir|28 Eure-et-Loir]]
| [[Portal:Lozère|48 Lozère]]
| 68 [[Haut-Rhin|Haut-Rhin]]
| [[Portal:Vosges|88 Vosges]]
|-
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| [[Aube|10 Aube]]
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| [[Finistère|29 Finistère]]
<li>[[French Guiana, France Genealogy|French Guiana]] </li>
| [[Portal:Maine-et-Loire|49 Maine-et-Loire]]
<li>[[Guadeloupe, France Genealogy|Guadeloupe]] </li>
| [[Portal:Rhône|69 Rhône]]
<li>[[Martinique, France Genealogy|Martinique]] </li>
| [[Portal:Yonne|89 Yonne]]
<li>[[Mayotte, France Genealogy|Mayotte]]</li>
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<li>[[Reunion Island, France Genealogy|La Réunion]] </li>
| [[Aude|11 Aude]]
<li>[[Saint Martin Genealogy|Saint Martin]]</li>
| [[Gard|30 Gard]]
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| [[Portal:Manche|50 Manche]]
| [[Portal:Saône (Haute-)|70 Saône (Haute-)]]
| [[Portal:Territoire-de-Belfort|90 Territoire-de-Belfort]]
|-
| [[Aveyron|12 Aveyron]]
| [[Haute-Garonne|31 Haute-Garonne]]
| [[Portal:Marne|51 Marne]]
| [[Portal:Saône-et-Loire|71 Saône-et-Loire]]
| [[Portal:Essonne|91 Essonne]]
|-
| [[Bouches-du-Rhône|13 Bouches-du-Rhône]]
| [[Gers|32 Gers]]
| [[Portal:Marne (Haute-)|52 Marne (Haute-)]]
| [[Portal:Sarthe|72 Sarthe]]
| [[Portal:Hauts-de-Seine|92 Hauts-de-Seine]]
|-
| [[Calvados|14 Calvados]]
| [[Gironde|33 Gironde]]
| [[Portal:Mayenne|53 Mayenne]]
| [[Portal:Savoie|73 Savoie]]
| [[Portal:Seine-St.Denis|93 Seine-St.Denis]]
|-
| [[Cantal|15 Cantal]]
| [[Portal:Hérault|34 Hérault]]
| [[Portal:Meurthe-et-Moselle|54 Meurthe-et-Moselle]]
| [[Portal:Savoie (Haute-)|74 Savoie (Haute-)]]
| [[Portal:Val-de-Marne|94 Val-de-Marne]]
|-
| [[Charente|16 Charente]]
| [[Portal:Ille-et-Vilaine|35 Ille-et-Vilaine]]
| [[Portal:Meuse|55 Meuse]]
| [[Portal:Paris (Ville de)|75 Paris (Ville de)]]
| [[Portal:Val-d’Oise|95 Val-d’Oise]]
|-
| [[Charente-Maritime|17 Charente-Maritime]]
| [[Portal:Indre|36 Indre]]
| [[Portal:Morbihan|56 Morbihan]]
| [[Portal:Seine-Maritime|76 Seine-Maritime]]
| [[Guadeloupe|971 Guadeloupe]]
|-
| [[Cher|18 Cher]]
| [[Portal:Indre-et-Loire|37 Indre-et-Loire]]
| [[Portal:Moselle|57 Moselle]]
| [[Portal:Seine-et-Marne|77 Seine-et-Marne]]
| [[Portal:Martinique|972 Martinique]]
|-
| [[Corrèze|19 Corrèze]]  
| [[Portal:Isère|38 Isère]]  
| [[Portal:Nièvre|58 Nièvre]]  
| [[Portal:Yvelines|78 Yvelines]]
| [[Portal:Guyane|973 ]][[Portal:Guyane|Guyane]]
|-
| [[Corse-du-Sud|2A Corse-du-Sud]]
| [[Portal:Jura|39 Jura]]
| [[Portal:Nord|59 Nord]]
| [[Portal:Sèvres (Deux-)|79 Sèvres (Deux-)]]
| [[Reunion Island|974 Réunion]]
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=== Historic Provinces and their Capitols ===
== Research Tools  ==
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*[[France Letter Writing Guide]]  
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*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/b/b6/France_Research_Outline.pdf France Research Outline]  
    <li>[[Alsace|Alsace (Strasbourg)]]</li>
*[[French Archives Online]]  
    <li>[[Charente, France Genealogy#Former County of Angoumois|Angoumois (Angoulême)]]</li>
*[[French Handwriting]]  
    <li>[[Anjou|Anjou (Angers)]]</li>
*[[French Republican Calendar]]  
    <li>[[Pas-de-Calais, France Genealogy#Former Region of Artois|Artois (Arras)]]</li>
*[[French Wordlist]]  
    <li>[[Charente-Maritime, France Genealogy#Former Province of Aunis|Aunis (La Rochelle)]]</li>
*[[Gallica: The French “Library of Congress”]]  
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auvergne Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand)]</li>
*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/Europe/France.pdf Research Guide for France by BYU]  
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry,_France Berry (Bourges)]</li>
*[[France Websites|Websites]]
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbonnais Bourbonnais (Moulins)]</li>
 
    <li>[[Brittany|Brittany (Rennes)]]</li>
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    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgundy Burgundy (Dijon)] </li>
 
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9arn Béarn (Pau)]</li>
== Research Strategies  ==
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_(province) Champagne (Troyes)] </li>
 
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtat_Venaissin Comtat Venaissin (Papal Fief)]</li>
*[[France - Birth - 1539-1791|Birth records 1539-1791]]  
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica Corsica (Ajaccio)] </li>
*[[France - Birth - 1792-Present|Birth records 1792-Present]]  
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauphin%C3%A9 Dauphiné (Grenoble)]</li>
*[[France - Death - 1539-1791|Death records 1539-1791]]  
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Flanders Flandres and Hainaut (Lille)]</li>
*[[France - Death - 1792-Present|Death records 1792-Present]]  
    <li>[[Ariège, France Genealogy#Former County of Foix|Foix (Foix)]]</li>
*[[France - Marriage - 1539-1791|Marriage records 1539-1791]]  
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9 Franche-Comté (Besançon)]</li>
*[[France - Marriage - 1792-Present|Marriage records 1792-Present]]<br>
    <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>
== Help Wanted  ==
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languedoc Languedoc (Toulouse)]</li>
 
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousin Limousin (Limoges)]</li>
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:  
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine Lorraine (Nancy)]</li>
 
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(province) Maine (Le Mans)]</li>
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    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Nice Nice, County of]</li>
*[[Edit a page|Expand an article]] or [[Special:Shortpages|short page]]  
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivernais Nivernais (Nevers)]</li>
*[[How to author an article in the Wiki|Create a new article]]  
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy Normandy (Rouen)]</li>
*[[How to categorize an article|Categorize articles]]
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orl%C3%A9anais Orléanais (Orléans)]</li>
 
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picardy Picardy (Amiens)]</li>
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    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou Poitou (Poitiers)] </li>
*[[Create an external link|Add external links to articles]]  
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provence Provence (Aix-en-Provence)]</li>
*[[Create an internal link|Add internal links to articles]]
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes Rhône-Alpes (Lyon)]</li>
 
    <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roussillon Roussillon (Perpignan)]</li>
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    <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>
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== Did you know?  ==
 
*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.
*French national censuses are seldom used for primary research by most family historians, and many have not been microfilmed.
*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.
 
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*[[France Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)|France Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]  
*[[France Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|France Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[France, Coutance, Parish Church Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|France, Coutance, Parich Church Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[France, Protestant Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|France, Protestant Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[France, Quimper et Léon - Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|France, Quimper et Léon - Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
 
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Guide to France ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Country Information

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]

Online
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France Map

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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Jurisdictions

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.

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

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