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France ProvincesGoal 3: Learn about France civil registration.
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ALearn about France civil registration.
- 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
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for civil registration. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Jules Gavriel Verne was married in France. Use the "FS: France Marriages 1546-1924" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What is Jules Gavriel Verne's father's name?
- What is Jules's wife's first name?
- What is Jules famous for?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Jules Gavriel" as the first name and "Verne" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for Jules Gavriel Verne.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Click the attached record in Family Tree to the right of the page; then click memory section to see the books he has written.
- His father is Pierre Verne.
- His wife is Honorine.
- He is a world-renowned science fiction writer.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
- MH: France Vital Records Index
- MH: 1906 France Census
- MH: 1901 France Census
- MH: 1872 France Census
- FS: France Marriages, 1546-1924
- MH: France Death Index, 1970-2019
- AC: Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1792-1902
- AC: France, Phone Book Indexes, 1997 - 2007
- MH: France, National Directory of Elected Officials, 2014 - 2022
- MH: France, Tables of Successions and Absences, 1890-1970
- 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: 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
- 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
- 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
QUIKLinks
- MH: France Vital Records Index
- MH: 1906 France Census
- MH: 1901 France Census
- MH: 1872 France Census
- FS: France Marriages, 1546-1924
- MH: France Death Index, 1970-2019
- AC: Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1792-1902
- AC: France, Phone Book Indexes, 1997 - 2007
- MH: France, National Directory of Elected Officials, 2014 - 2022
- MH: France, Tables of Successions and Absences, 1890-1970
- AC: Ain, France, Censuses (in French): 1836-1921
- AC: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, Census (in French): 1836-1911
- AC: Aude, France, Censuses: 1810-1906
- AC: Belfort, Alsace, France, Censuses (in French)1836-1911
- AC: Calvados, France, Censuses (in French): 1836-1911
- MH: France, Census of Corrèze: 1911
- FS: Cotes-d'Armor Census: 1906 1891 1876
- AC: Creuse, France, Censuses, 1836-1921 (in French): 1836-1921
- AC: Deux-Sèvres, France, Censuses (in French): 1896-1911
- FS: Dordogne Census: 1891 1876 1856 1836
- FS: Eure Census: 1836 1856 1876 1891
- AC: Finistère, France, Census (in French): 1836-1922
- FS: France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Censuses: 1891 1872 and 1886 1830-1831
- AC: Haut-Rhin Census: 1866
- AC: Hautes-Alpes Census: 1896 1876 1856 1836
- FS: Herault Census: 1906 1891 1876
- AC: Indre-et-Loire, France, Censuses (in French) 1836-1911
- AC: Jura, France, Censuses (in French) 1896-1921
- AC: Paris & Vicinity: Electoral Rolls
- AC: Puy-de-Dôme, France, Censuses (in French): 1836-1911
- AC: Rhône, Census, 1836-1911 (in French): 1793-1917
- FS: Saone-et-Loire Census: 1896 1876 1856 1836
- FS: France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Census: 1896
- AC: Seine-Saint-Denis, France Censuses, (in French): 1821-1911
- AC: Toulouse City, Haute-Garonne, France, Censuses, 1790-1911: 1872 & 1886
- FS: Toulouse Census (in French): 1872 & 1886
- AC: Var, France, Censuses (in French): 1872 & 1836-1921
- FS: Vienne Census: 1896 1872 & 1886 1876 1856
- AC: Yvelines, France, Censuses1836-1911
