France Research Tips and Strategies

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page
The France Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for France. It also contains general tips and other resources for locating your ancestors in this locality.

France Research Strategies

 * 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
 * France Resources

France Research Tips

 * 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.