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Map of France

• To view present-day France at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=france&hl=en&sll=47.516231,14.550072&sspn=6.678559,16.907959&hnear=France&t=m&z=6 her.
• For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|her].
  Note the higher concentration in the Alsace area.

JewishGen.org

• Find others, possibly cousins, searching for your family name in the same countries, cities, and villages. Search by clicking JewishGen Family Finder. Free registration required.

France Civil Registration and Records

• French civil records begin in 1792 with some variation and some lost records. These records are now largely on line through the individual French Departments. To access the records by Department, click [[France Online Genealogy Records|her].

The JewishGen Germany Database

More than 400,000 records for Germany, from a variety of sources, including: citizenship records, vital records, cemetery data, survivor lists, and Holocaust sources. Requires free registration. To search, click [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/#Germany her.

Help with France Jewish Research

• Access the JewishGen.org French Special Interest Group (SIG) by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/French/ her.
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