France Research Tips and Strategies
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France Research Strategies[edit | edit source]
- Online Genealogy Records
- Birth records 1539-1791
- Birth records 1792-Present
- Death records 1539-1791
- Death records 1792-Present
- Marriage records 1539-1791
- Marriage records 1792-Present
- Huguenot Research Handouts
- Vital Record Search Strategies
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France Research Tips[edit | edit source]
- Civil records are crucial for research in France. Civil authorities began registering births, marriages, and deaths in 1792.
- French citizens of Alsace-Lorraine (Haut Rhin, Bas Rhin, Moselle) often speak German. Many people from this area moved to Russia and the Ukraine and are discussed in Germans from Russia Genealogy.