France Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

Birth records usually give the child's name, sex, date and place of birth, and the name of the parents, including the mother's maiden surname. The records may provide additional details, such as the age of the parents, occupation of the father, or place of origin of the parents.  

Births were usually registered within two or three days of the child's birth, usually by the father, but sometimes by a relative or friend, especially if the father was absent. Parents of a single mother are usually listed for more complete identification of the mother. Corrections to a birth record, marriage of the parents of an illegitimate child, or rectifications of any kind may have been added as marginal notes.  

Children who died very young [présenté mort or présenté sans vie] are not stillborn but probably died shortly after birth. Some of the children who died at birth may be recorded only in the death records. The baptismal given name in church records may differ from the given name in civil registers. Search both when they are available.