Doubs, France Genealogy

France Doubs



Communes

 * Liste des communes du Doubs
 * Liste des anciennes communes du Doubs
 * www.gencom.org
 * Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui
 * Locom.org

Church Records and Civil Registration
The vast majority of your research will be in church records and civil registration. Fortunately, these records are available online from the archives of each department.

How to Read the Records

 * For more instruction on using these records, see:
 * France Church Records
 * France Civil Registration- Vital Records.
 * Chapter 1: OLD FRENCH RECORDS
 * Chapter 2: PARISH CHRISTENING AND CIVIL BIRTH ENTRIES
 * Marriage Entries Chapter 3: MARRIAGE ENTRIES.

Learning to Read Enough French to Do Genealogy

 * It's easier than you think! You do not have to be fluent in French to use these records, as there is only a limited vocabulary used in them. By learning a few key phrases, you will be able to read them adequately.  Here are some resources for learning to read French records.
 * French Genealogical Word List
 * French Handwriting.


 * There is a three-lesson course in reading French Records:
 * Reading French Handwritten Records Lesson 1: The French Alphabet,
 * French Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Key Words and Phrases
 * Reading French Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Reading French Records

Finding Church Records and Civil Registration Online
Each Department of France has archives that provide digitized images of these records.

Here is the address for the Department Archives of Doubs, where you will find these records.

Archives départementales du Doubs en ligne (Departmental Archives of Doubs)


 * Tables décennales
 * Recensements (1906-1936)
 * Registres matricules
 * Tables des hypothèques de Baume-les-Dames
 * Cadastre napoléonien pour les agglomérations de Besançon et Montbéliard
 * Cartes postales de Besançon lors de la crue de 1910

Archives municipales de Besançon


 * État civil
 * Listes électorales
 * Recensement
 * Registres paroissiaux

Archives municipales de Montbéliard


 * État civil
 * Registres paroissiaux

Resources

 * Tout en Un
 * Memorhom
 * Genea-Bricolo
 * Cousins 25

Genealogical Societies

 * Geneawiki - Associations généalogiques en France
 * Centre d'entraide généalogique de Franche-Comté à Besançon

Websites

 * Doubs Généalogie
 * Dépouillement de communes du Doubs Dépouillement d'actes de l'état-civil et des registres paroissiaux

Family History Centers
3 rue du Chasselas 2034 PESEUX Switzerland Tel: +41 32-7314103
 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Besancon
 * Dijon
 * Neuchatel Switzerland Family History Center

12 avenue de Grandson 1400 YVERDON-LES-BAINS SUISSE Tel.:+41 24-4251 320
 * Yverdon Switzerland Family History Center

Allmendstrasse 16 3052 ZOLLIKOFEN, BERN SWITZERLAND Tel.: +41 31 859 08 68
 * Genealogie-Forschungsstelle Zollikofen


 * Lausanne Suisse