Civil Registration: France, Goal 3

Goal 3: Learn about France civil registration.

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Overview: Learn about French civil registration in these articles.

FS—Wiki: France Civil Registration
Civil status: birth, marriage and death certificates

Learn about search strategies for vital records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.

FS—Wiki: Search Strategies for Vital Records

Learn more about French Civil Registration.

TH—French Civil Registration - 2018

Church & Civil Records: Learn about church and civil records in France.

FS—Beginning Research in France, Part 2—20:00 - 2011
FS—Using FranceGenWeb to Access French Records Online—9:53 - 2015

Marriages: Learn about marriages in France.

Understanding France: Marriages - 2022

Case Study: Watch this case study about civil registration records in France.

FS—France Research With the Wiki Part 6 of 8: A French Case Study: Civil Registration—5:40

Exercises

Record Search Practice | Hints | Answers

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Provinces

AC: Allier: Births Marriages Deaths
AC: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths: 1532-1915
AC: Alpes-Maritimes: 1742-1942
FS: Ardèche: 1481-1924
AC: Ariège, Foix, France, Census (in French): 1810-1911
AC: Aude, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1792-1912
FS: Calvados Civil Registration: 1742-1942
AC: Calvados, France Births, Marriages and Deaths (in French): 1697-1912
AC: Charente, France Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1791-1912 (in French): 1697-1912
AC: Cher, France, Censuses (in French): 1796-1921
FS: France, Côtes-d'Armor, Parish and Civil Registration: 1467-1920
AC: Deux-Sèvres, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths (in French): 1643-1932
FS: France, Dordogne, Church and Civil Registration 1540-1896
FS: France, Drôme, Parish and Civil Registration 1542-1922
FS: France, Eure, Church and Civil Registration 1526-1902
AC: Finistère, France, Census (in French): 1836-1922
FS: Gard, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths: 1791-1912
FS: Gironde Civil Registration: 1696-1912
FS: France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Civil Registration: 1792-1893
FS: Haut-Rhin Civil Registration: 1792-1919
AC: Indre, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths (in French) 1596-1911
AC: Indre-et-Loire, France, Censuses (in French) 1836-1911
AC: Jura, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths (in French) 1596-1911
FS: France, Lander, Parish and Civil Registration1580-1898
AC: Marne: Births Marriages Deaths
AC: Marseilles: Marriages
AC: Meuse, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths: 1792-1902
AC: Moselle, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths (in French): 1793-1922
MH: Nord Civil Births 1820-1915
MH: Nord Civil Marriages 1792-1937
MH: France, Nord Civil Deaths 1820-1935
MH: France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais Mining Personnel Entries
AC: Oise: Births & Christenings Marriages
AC: Paris & Vicinity: Births Marriage Banns Marriages Death Notices Identity Cards (FS)
FS: Paris Marriage Records: 1860-1918
AC: Pyrénées Orientales, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths (in French): 1506-1902
AC: Rhône, France, Birth, Marriages and Death Registers (in French): 1793-1917
FS: Saone-et-Loire Parish and Civil Registration: 1530-1892
AC: Saone-et-Loire: Births Marriages Deaths
FS: France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Parish and Civil Registration, 1523-1932: 1896
AC: Somme, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths: 1793-1912
FS: Toulouse Civil Registration: 1792-1893
AC: Upper Berry: Births Marriages Deaths
AC: Upper Brittany: Births & Christenings Marriages Deaths & Burials
AC: Val-de-Marne, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1552-1986 (in French): 1872 & 1836-1921
AC: Vaucluse, France Births, Marriages and Deaths (in French) 1400-1991
FS: France, Civil Registration, Various Communes 1542-1900

BLearn about census records for French research.

Learn about French census records in this FamilySearch article.

FS—Wiki: France Census

Learn about the history of census records in France.

Censuses and lists

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Provinces

France Provinces

Ain	Aisne	Allier
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	Alpes-Maritimes	Ardèche
Ardennes	Ariège	Aube
Aude	Aveyron	Bouches-du-Rhône
Calvados	Cantal	Charente
Charente-Maritime	Cher	Corrèze
Corse-du-Sud	Haute-Corse	Côte d'Or
Côtes d'Armor	Creuse	Dordogne
Doubs	Drôme	Eure
Eure-et-Loir	Finistère	Gard
Haute-Garonne	Gers	Gironde
Hérault	Ille-et-Vilaine	Indre
Indre-et-Loire	Isère	Jura
Landes	Loir-et-Cher	Loire
Haute-Loire	Loire-Atlantique	Loiret
Lot	Lot-et-Garonne	Lozère
Maine-et-Loire	Manche	Marne
Haute-Marne	Haute-Corse	Mayenne
Meurthe-et-Moselle	Meuse	Morbihan
Moselle	Nièvre	Nord
Oise	Orne	Pas-de-Calais
Puy-de-Dôme	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Hautes-Pyrénées
Pyrénées-Orientales	Bas-Rhin	Haut-Rhin
Rhône	Haute-Saône	Saône-et-Loire
Sarthe	Savoie	Haute-Savoie
Paris	Seine-Maritime	Seine-et-Marne
Deux-Sèvres	Somme	Tarn
Tarn-et-Garonne	Var	Vaucluse
Vendée	Vienne	Haute-Vienne
Vosges	Yonne	Yvelines

France

Goal 3: Civil Registration

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Goal 3: Learn about France civil registration.

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France Provinces