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 == Departmental Archives  ==
+*[https://francearchives.fr/annuaire/departements Interactive Map to Online France Archives]
 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:
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 ===Online Records: Departmental Links and FamilySearch Records===
-*Civil registration (l'état civil) and church records (registres paroissiaux) for most departments are '''digitized and available online'''. Only civil status registers over 100 years old are published online.
+*Civil registration (l'état civil) and church records (registres paroissiaux) for most departments are digitized and available online. Only civil status registers over 100 years old are published online.
-*FamilySearch cooperated with the departments to help microfilm their records. Therefore the '''microfilms of the records are also available through FamilySearch'''.
+*Link to each department's online records:
-*The Wiki article for each department gives links to the '''actual department's online records, the FamilySearch link, and links to miscellaneous indexes created by various organizations:'''
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