European Collectivity of Alsace, France

Guide to European Collectivity of Alsace Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin have been merged into the European Collectivity of Alsace.

The European Collectivity of Alsace is a territorial collectivity in the Alsace region of France. On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin merged into a territorial collectivity but remained part of the region Grand Est. The creation of this new entity was voted by the French Parliament on 25 July 2019.

Online Local Databases and Extracted Records
Valuable links to lists of online local databases and extracted records are still found on the Bas-Rhin, France and Haut-Rhin, France Wiki pages.

Alsace Archives
Archives d'Alsace 6 Rue Philippe Dollinger 67100 Strasbourg, France Phone: +33 3 69 06 73 06 Facebook

Notice as of 7 October 2021: Since October 7, connections to the sites of the Archives of Alsace ( https://archives.haut-rhin.fr and https://archives.bas-rhin.fr ), and to other CEA sites, have been restricted from abroad. To this day, we do not know when connections will be possible again and we ask for your apologies. Crossing our fingers for a speedy recovery.

FamilySearch Digitized Records
Fortunately, the church and civil registration records have been microfilmed and digitized by FamilySearch. To find a microfilm: Click on. Find and click on "Places within France, Bas-Rhin," and choose your locality from the list. "or" Click on. Find and click on "Places within France, Haut-Rhin," and choose your locality from the list.