Category How to Find French Vital Records

While many records are available online on various family history platforms, there is still a large amount of unindexed digital collections as well as offline records for you to explore.

This series of article explains where to find civil status records (from 1973), how to know if they are online, and what to do if the are not. It provides an overview about:

– Which archives hold French birth, marriage and death records
– When these records become available to the public
– How to find an unindexed French birth, marriage or death record online
– How to obtain a French birth, marriage or death record when it is not available online.