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France ProvincesGoal 4: Learn about French church, religious, and cemetery records.
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ALearn about France church records.
- Basics: Learn about France church records in this FamilySearch Wiki article. See also the Search Strategies section of the article.
FS—Wiki: France Church Records - Learn how to trace ancestors with Protestant church records.
RT—French Ancestors? There Is More Than the Civil Status! Part 2 of 2—17:15 - 2021
- Watch this video for tips on using French church records in your research.
RT—Using French Church Records—19:58 - 2021
- Case Study: Watch this case study video about using church records in France.
FS—France Research With the Wiki Part 7 of 8: A French Case Study: Church Records—5:54
Groups
- Huguenots: Explore French Huguenot resources in this website.
- Jewish: Explore Jewish genealogy in France in this guide from the
Center for Jewish History site. - Explore the JewishGen France database.
- Explore the Jewish Genealogy Encyclopedia for Jewish resources in France.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Alexandrine Marie Dumas was baptized in France. Use the "FS: France Protestant Church Records, 1536-1893" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who is Alexandrine Marie Dumas' father??
- What is her mother's name?
- When was she baptized?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Alexandrine Marie Dumas" as the first name and "Alexandrine Marie Dumas" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for Alexandrine Marie Dumas.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Her father is Louis Dumas.
- Her mother is Hortense Meyer.
- Alexandrine was baptized on 1 Nov 1892.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
- FS: France, Protestant Church Records, 1536-1897
- MH: France, Church Baptisms and Civil Births
- MH: France, Church Marriages and Civil Marriages
- MH: France, Church Burials and Civil Deaths
- FS: Avranches Catholic Parish Records, 1533-1906
- FS: France, Brittany, Church and Civil Records, 1521-1896
- FS: France, Finistère, Quimper et Léon Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1772-1894
- FS: Seine-Maritime, Rouen, Indexes to Church Records, 1680-1789
BExplore France cemetery records.
- Explore the National Cemeteries Inventory site.
- Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- Learn how to find Paris cemetery records.
Paris Cemetery Records Online
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