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== Church Registers and Civil Registration == | == Church Registers and Civil Registration == | ||
The vast majority of your research will be in church records and civil registration. Fortunately, these records are available online from the archives of each department. <br> | The vast majority of your research will be in church records and civil registration. Fortunately, these records are available online from the archives of each department. <br> | ||
===How to Read the Records | ===How to Read the Records=== | ||
*For more instruction on using these records, see: | *For more instruction on using these records, see: | ||
** [[France Church Records|France Church Records]] | ** [[France Church Records|France Church Records]] | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 29 June 2016
Guide to Ardèche, France ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
History[edit | edit source]
Ardèche is a Department in the south-central France named after the Ardèche River. The department of Ardèche, corresponding to the ancient province of Vivarais, is part of the current region of Rhône-Alpes and was formerly part of the province of Languedoc.
Localities[edit | edit source]
- Liste des commues de l'Ardèche
- GenCom
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui
- Locom-France
Church Registers and Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
The vast majority of your research will be in church records and civil registration. Fortunately, these records are available online from the archives of each department.
How to Read the Records[edit | edit source]
- For more instruction on using these records, see:
Learning to Read Enough French to Do Genealogy[edit | edit source]
- It's easier than you think! You do not have to be fluent in French to use these records, as there is only a limited vocabulary used in them. By learning a few key phrases, you will be able to read them adequately. Here are some resources for learning to read French records.
- There is a three-lesson course in reading French Records:
Finding Church Records and Civil Registration Online[edit | edit source]
Each Department of France has archives that provide digitized images of these records.
Here is the address for the Department Archives of Ardèche, where you will find these records.
Ardèche Departmental Archives
- Registres paroissiaux catholiques et protestants
- Registres d'état civil
- Autres données nominatives:
- Plans cadastraux (napoléoniens et rénové)
- Fonds Mazon Encyclopédie Chronologie
- La presse
- Iconographie
Resources[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
SAGA www.saga/online Société des Amateurs de Généalogie de l'Ardèche Rayon d'action: Ardèche. Adresse postale SAGA BP 3 - 07210 CHOMERAC E-mail:bureau@geneardeche.org