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The GeneaNet Database

Jean-Yves Baxter — 2011-01-19T18:23:23Z

GeneaNet is the biggest French genealogy database so it's the right place to start your French family history research.
GeneaNet is a genealogy database of 1.6 million members who share 405 million individuals in their Online Family Trees and 3.5 million of digitized records.
But GeneaNet is also 23 million records indexed by French family history societies and more than 250,000 genealogy books.
Here is what you can expect to find in the GeneaNet database:
Online Family Trees
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Online Departmental Archives

Jean-Yves Baxter — 2011-01-19T18:20:20Z

France is divided in 95 administrative divisions called departments. Each department has its own archives which is separate from the National Archives (Archives Nationales).
Read 'Postal Code and INSEE Code' to know in which department your ancestors lived.
Some of these genealogical records have been digitized and made public online.
Here is the list of the Departmental Archives websites and what you can expect to find there:
01 – Ain Free
http://www.archives-numerisees.ain.fr
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Online Municipal Archives

Jean-Yves Baxter — 2011-01-19T18:19:04Z

Some genealogical records are kept in local town halls where they are called Municipal Archives (Archives Municipales).
Some of these genealogical records have been digitized and made public online.
Here is the list of these Municipal Archives websites and what you can expect to find there.
If the town you are looking for is not listed below, you can search in the Online Departmental Archives.
Aix-en-Provence Free
http://aix.arkotheque.fr/article.ph...
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Postal Code and INSEE Code

Jean-Yves Baxter — 2011-01-19T18:10:16Z

To search for genealogical records, you must know in which administrative division called department your ancestors lived.
Two codes are assigned to each French town:
The Postal Code
The INSEE Code
These are five-digit numeric codes, and the first two digits are representing the department in which the town is located.
The Postal Code is used by the postal service of France to locate the post office in charge of delivery to a town.
Many websites can help you find the Postal Code (...) - Search Your French Ancestors

French Genealogical Records

Jean-Yves Baxter — 2011-01-19T17:48:19Z

France is divided in 95 administrative divisions called departments. Each department has its own archives which is separate from the National Archives (Archives Nationales).
The genealogical records you need to trace your French ancestors are kept at these Departmental Archives (Archives Départementales) and in local town halls where they are called Municipal Archives (Archives Municipales).
The Parish Registers (Registres paroissiaux)
In 1539, King Francis I of France ordered the general (...) - Search Your French Ancestors