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Guide to '''Somme ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers | Guide to '''Somme ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers. <br> | ||
{{Click|Image:France_ORP.png|France Online Genealogy Records}} | {{Click|Image:France_ORP.png|France Online Genealogy Records}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Somme department was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, from part of the province of Picardy. It is in the current region of Hauts-de-France, and is surrounded by the departments of Pas-de-Calais, Nord, Aisne, Oise and Seine-Maritime. In the northwest, it has a coast on the English Channel. | |||
==Localities (Communes)== | ==Localities (Communes)== | ||
*[http://www.francegenweb.org/communes/liste.php?dept=80 FranceGenWeb] | |||
*[http://www.locom.org/loc_listcomd.php?d=80 Locom] | |||
*[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_communes_de_la_Somme Wikipedia] | |||
*[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_anciennes_communes_de_la_Somme Wikipedia, former localities] | |||
== Church Records and Civil Registration (Registres Paroissiaux et Etat Civil) Online == | == Church Records and Civil Registration (Registres Paroissiaux et Etat Civil) Online == | ||
'''The vast majority of your research will be in church records and civil registration.''' For more information on these records and how to use them, read [[France Church Records|'''France Church Records''']] and [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|'''France 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.''' For more information on these records and how to use them, read [[France Church Records|'''France Church Records''']] and [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|'''France Civil Registration''']]. '''Fortunately, these records are available online from the archives of each department:’’’<br> | ||