Paris, France Genealogy

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Guide to Paris, France ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.



Places/Localities
Originally 79 communities belonged to the Ancient Department "Seine", later the communities were divided between the Departments of Paris (75), Hauts-de-Seine (92) Seine-Saint-Denis (93)and Val-de-Marne (94).

Online Church Records and Civil Registration
Department Archives of Paris Civil registration before 1860 was destroyed by a fire in 1871, but some have been reconstituted and the alphabetical cards are available on the site also.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Gazetteer for Paris