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=== French Colonial Records=== | === French Colonial Records=== | ||
The [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire='''Archives nationales d'outre-mer (ANOM--France Overseas Archives), Instruments de recherche en ligne (Online Finding Aids)'''] has records of '''births, marriages, and deaths of French citizens in the colonies of France and countries throughout the world''':<br> | *The [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire='''Archives nationales d'outre-mer (ANOM--France Overseas Archives), Instruments de recherche en ligne (Online Finding Aids)'''] has records of '''births, marriages, and deaths of French citizens in the colonies of France and countries throughout the world''':<br> | ||
::"Created in June 1776 by a royal edict, the Depot of public papers of the colonies, more commonly known as the DPPC, was responsible for keeping at the level of the central administration in the form of copies the most important documents drawn up in the colonies, which could guarantee the human rights and state security. | ::"Created in June 1776 by a royal edict, the Depot of public papers of the colonies, more commonly known as the DPPC, was responsible for keeping at the level of the central administration in the form of copies the most important documents drawn up in the colonies, which could guarantee the human rights and state security. | ||
::The civil status, kept on site in duplicate as in mainland France (the original for the municipality of birth, the copy for the tribunal de grande instance) was therefore also kept in the form of a third copy (triplicate) by this institution. It is this copy that the Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer keeps and puts online." | ::The civil status, kept on site in duplicate as in mainland France (the original for the municipality of birth, the copy for the tribunal de grande instance) was therefore also kept in the form of a third copy (triplicate) by this institution. It is this copy that the Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer keeps and puts online." | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_possessions_and_colonies '''List of French possessions and colonies'''] in Wikipedia | |||
== Records of French Emigrants in Their Destination Nations == | == Records of French Emigrants in Their Destination Nations == | ||