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 For birth, death, and marriage records after 1792, see [[France Civil Registration- Vital Records|France Civil Registration - Vital Records]].
-== General Historical Background  ==
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-The keeping of Catholic parish registers was first required by the church at the beginning of the fifteenth century. The oldest parish register in France, for the city of Givry, dates back to 1334. However parish registers are rare until 1539, when the French king, François I, required priests to keep parish registers. Unfortunately, many of the earlier records have been destroyed or lost.
-The efficient recording of baptisms, marriages, and deaths developed slowly. The record-keeping requirement was limited, at first, to baptisms. The requirements developed as follows:
-'''1539: '''The first laws required baptismal registers showing the date and the hour of the birth.
-'''1563: '''The Council of Trent required that the godparents' names be recorded in the baptismal certificates.
-'''1579: '''Death and marriage records were required in addition to baptismal records.
-'''1691:&nbsp;'''Some preprinted forms were given to priests for uniformity of record keeping.
-'''1792: '''Civil registration began. Church records became less important as a genealogical source. Most church records before 1792 were turned over to the departmental archives.
-'''Feast Dates'''. Each day of the year had several patron saints and was a feast day to honor those saints. Some vital events are recorded in church records only by the holy day (feast day) on the church calendar. For example, the feast day called "All Saints Day" [Toussaint] is "1 November." To convert feast dates to days of the month for either the Julian (old style) or Gregorian (new style) calendar, use the following book:
-*Bukke, Inger M., et. al. ''The Comprehensive Genealogical Feast Day Calendar''. Bountiful, Utah, USA: Thomson's Genealogical Center, 1983. (FHL book 529.44 C738; fiche 6054630.)
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