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Departmental and Municipal Archives

These sites provide access to numerized records for parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials until 1793) and civil registration records (births, marriages, deaths, divorces) since 1793. Each departement has its own site. Availability changes with each department.

All the sites listed below are accessed free, some of them require the creation of an account (no charge). Most of them require agreement to Terms of Use before access. Please do not post screencaps of the registers, unless you are certain this is allowed. Many sites provide a permalink feature. When using information from the Archives, make sure to cite where it comes from: "Archives du xxx" and the reference, or shelf mark (called "cote" in French) of the register, if available.

For more details on the organization of French departmental archives and how to use them, see the How to use French Departmental Archives page.

See also this list at guide-genealogie.com.

Departments (Archives Départementales)

RegionNrDepartmentWebsiteNotes
Île-de-France75Parishttp://archives.paris.fr/r/124/-at-civil-de-paris/,
See also Familles Parisiennes for pre-1860 research
All records before 1860 were destroyed during the Commune events in 1870
Île-de-France92Hauts-de-Seinehttps://archives.hauts-de-seine.fr/n/archives-en-ligne/n:89
Île-de-France93Seine-Saint-Denishttps://archives.seinesaintdenis.fr/Archives-en-ligne/p220/Le-portail-de-l-Histoire-des-familles-et-des-populations May still be incomplete. For Saint-Denis see below.
Île-de-France94Val-de-Marnehttp://archives.valdemarne.fr/r/4/archives-en-ligne/
Île-de-France91Essonnehttp://www.essonne.fr/culture-loisirs-tourisme/archives-departementales/rechercher-dans-les-archives/
Île-de-France78Yvelineshttps://archives.yvelines.fr/rechercher/archives-en-ligne Also includes many resources for the former Seine-et-Oise (Essonne and Val d'Oise)
Île-de-France77Seine-et-Marnehttp://archives.seine-et-marne.fr/archives-en-ligne
Île-de-France95Val d'Oisehttp://archives.valdoise.fr/Pontoise archives available on their own site (see below)
Hauts-de-France59Nordhttps://archivesdepartementales.lenord.fr/?id=etat_civilNew, non-Flash website appears to be up and running
Hauts-de-France02Aisnehttp://archives.aisne.fr/ Many documents are reconstituted due to widespread destruction during the world wars.
Hauts-de-France60Oisehttp://archives.oise.fr/archives-en-ligne/
Hauts-de-France80Sommehttp://recherche.archives.somme.fr/
Hauts-de-France62Pas-de-Calais http://www.archivespasdecalais.fr/Archives-en-ligne
Grand Est08Ardennes https://archives.cd08.fr/ Some records destroyed during the world wars, especially in the south of the department.
Grand Est10Aubehttp://www.archives-aube.fr/r/16/inventaires-bibliotheque-et-archives-numerisees/
Grand Est51Marnehttp://archives.marne.fr/ Some documents are reconstituted due to destruction during the world wars.
Grand Est52Haute-Marnehttp://archives.haute-marne.fr/archives/search
Grand Est54Meurthe-et-Mosellehttp://www.archives.meurthe-et-moselle.fr/fr/archives-en-ligne.html
Grand Est55Meusehttp://archives.meuse.fr/search/home
Grand Est57Moselle http://www.archives57.com/index.php/recherches/archives-en-ligne Decennial tables and parish registers available, no 19th century civil registration online
Grand Est67Bas-Rhin http://archives.bas-rhin.fr/rechercher/documents-numerises/ See the Strasbourg archives for additional records.
Grand Est68Haut-Rhinhttps://archives68.alsace.eu/page/archives-numeriseesCivil records from 1793 to 1892. Parish registers (prior to 1793) are being digitised and put online town by town in backwards alphabetical order.
Grand Est88Vosges http://archives.vosges.fr/recherche-en-ligne/base-de-donnees-et-images-numerisees
Pays de la Loire44Loire-Atlantiquehttp://archives.loire-atlantique.fr/jcms/chercher/archives-numerisees/genealogie-fr-c_5670 For Nantes see below. Formerly Loire-Inférieure
Pays de la Loire49Maine-et-Loirehttps://www.archives49.fr/acces-directs/archives-en-ligne/
Pays de la Loire53Mayenne http://www.lamayenne.fr/fr/Archives53/Archives-en-ligne
Pays de la Loire72Sarthe http://archives.sarthe.fr/r/24/en-ligne/
Pays de la Loire85Vendée https://etatcivil-archives.vendee.fr/r/1/
Centre-Val de Loire41Loir-et-Cherhttp://www.culture41.fr/Archives-departementales/Rechercher-et-contribuer/Archives-en-ligne
Centre-Val de Loire18Cherhttps://www.archives18.fr/archives-numerisees
Centre-Val de Loire28Eure-et-Loir https://archives28.fr/archives-et-inventaires-en-ligne/histoire-des-individus-des-populations-et-genealogie
Centre-Val de Loire36Indre http://archives36.fr/
Centre-Val de Loire37Indre-et-Loirehttps://archives.touraine.fr/?id=recherche_thematique
Centre-Val de Loire45Loirethttps://www.archives-loiret.fr/ Many records destroyed during WWII
Nouvelle-Aquitaine16Charentehttp://archives.lacharente.fr/arkotheque/consult_fonds/index.php?ref_fonds=12
Nouvelle-Aquitaine17Charente-Maritimehttps://archives.charente-maritime.fr/archives-en-ligne/consulter-documents-numerises
Nouvelle-Aquitaine19Corrèzehttp://www.archives.cg19.fr/recherche/archiveenligne/See below fro Brive-la-Gaillarde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine23Creusehttp://archives.creuse.fr/s/2/registres-paroissiaux-et-d-etat-civil/?
Nouvelle-Aquitaine24Dordognehttp://archives-num.dordogne.fr/pleade330/search-form.html?name=etat-civil
Nouvelle-Aquitaine33Girondehttp://gael.gironde.fr/pages/index.html Incomplete
Nouvelle-Aquitaine40Landeshttp://archivesenligne.landes.org/article.php?larub=7&titre=genealogie
Nouvelle-Aquitaine47Lot-et-Garonnehttp://www.archinoe.fr/cg47/registre.php
Nouvelle-Aquitaine64Pyrénées-Atlantiqueshttp://earchives.le64.fr/etat-civil-search-form.htmlFormerly Basses-Pyrénées
Nouvelle-Aquitaine79Deux-Sèvreshttps://archives-deux-sevres-vienne.fr/archive/resultats/ecalternatif/n:100?type=ecalternatif Site shared with Vienne Archives
Nouvelle-Aquitaine86Viennehttps://archives-deux-sevres-vienne.fr/archive/resultats/ecalternatif/n:100?type=ecalternatif Site shared with Deux-Sèvres Archives
Nouvelle-Aquitaine87Haute-Viennehttp://archives.haute-vienne.fr/r/12/
Bretagne22Côtes d'Armorhttp://sallevirtuelle.cotesdarmor.fr/EC/ecx/connexion.aspx Formerly Côtes-du-Nord, website restricted to French residents, those outside need VPN to access
Bretagne29Finistèrehttp://mnesys-portail.archives-finistere.fr/?id=recherche_etat_civil Incomplete: many municipalities not numerized yet
Bretagne35Ille-et-Vilainehttp://archives-en-ligne.ille-et-vilaine.fr/thot_internet/FrmSommaireFrame.asp See below for Rennes
Bretagne56Morbihanhttps://patrimoines-archives.morbihan.fr/rechercher/archives/archives-en-ligne
Normandie14Calvadoshttps://archives.calvados.fr/editorial/page/4230e8fa-b522-450d-9754-45d319d3c628
Normandie27Eurehttp://archives.eure.fr/ Census records only available 1891 onward.
Normandie50Manchehttps://www.archives-manche.fr/r/1/rechercher/
Normandie61Ornehttp://archives.orne.fr/consultez/consultez2.html
Normandie76Seine-Maritimehttp://www.archivesdepartementales76.net/rechercher/archives-en-ligne/ Formerly named Seine-Inférieure
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 21Côte-d'Or https://archives.cotedor.fr/v2/site/AD21/Rechercher/Recherche_thematique/Genealogie
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 25Doubs https://portail-archives.doubs.fr/editorial/page/22974e8c-0ee5-404c-b392-53e205e7625aDecennial tables, civil registration may be incomplete. For Besançon and Montbéliard see below
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 39Jura http://archives39.fr/Acces-aux-documents-numerises/p13/Documents-numerises-en-ligneHas parish registers and decennial tables, civil registrations may still be incomplete
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 58Nièvre http://archives.cg58.fr/?id=chercher
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 70Haute-Saône http://archives.haute-saone.fr/n/archives-numerisees/n:118
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 71Saône-et-Loire https://www.archives71.fr/consulter/en-ligne/familles-et-individus
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 89Yonne http://www.yonne-archives.fr/Archives-en-ligne/Fonds-numerises
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 90Territoire de Belfort https://archives.territoiredebelfort.fr/page/acceder-aux-fonds-numerises
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes01Ain http://www.archives.ain.fr/n/archives-numerisees/n:313
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 03Allier http://archives.allier.fr/
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 07Ardèche http://archives.ardeche.fr/Accueil/Consulter_les_archives_numerisees
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes15Cantal http://archives.cantal.fr/?id=recherche_guidee_etat_civil
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes26 Drôme http://archives.ladrome.fr/?id=recherche_guidee
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 38Isère https://archives.isere.fr/
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes42 Loire http://www.loire.fr/jcms/c_825883/les-archives-en-ligneThe permalinks don't work (they are not permanent. Do not use them).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes43Haute-Loire http://www.archives43.fr/article.php?larub=5
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes63Puy-de-Dôme http://www.archivesdepartementales.puydedome.fr/n/archives-en-ligne/n:3
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes69Rhône & Métropole de Lyon http://archives.rhone.fr/See municipal archives for Lyon
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes73 Savoiehttp://www.savoie-archives.fr/8075-page-test.htm
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes74Haute-Savoie http://archives.hautesavoie.fr/?id=248
Occitanie09 Ariègehttp://archives.ariege.fr/
Occitanie11Audehttps://archivesdepartementales.aude.fr/les-archives-en-ligne
Occitanie12Aveyronhttp://archives.aveyron.fr/n/archives-en-ligne/n:21
Occitanie30Gardhttp://archives.gard.fr/accueil.htmlCivil registration partially available for 241 communes, other assorted documents can be found on the site.
Occitanie31Haute-Garonnehttp://archives.haute-garonne.fr/archives_en_ligne/3cadre_docs_arch.htmlToulouse archives (after 1793) on their own site
Occitanie32Gershttp://www.archives32.fr/Decennial tables, civil registration progressively added
Occitanie34Héraulthttp://archives-pierresvives.herault.fr/n/archives-en-ligne/n:1
Occitanie46Lot http://archives.lot.fr/r/8/consulter-en-ligne/
Occitanie48Lozère http://archives.lozere.fr/n/archives-en-ligne/n:265
Occitanie65Hautes-Pyrénées http://www.archivesenligne65.fr/article.php?larub=18&titre=acces-thematique
Occitanie66Pyrénées-Orientales http://www.ledepartement66.fr/1372-archives-en-ligne-archives-departementales-des-pyrenees-orientales.htm
Occitanie81Tarn http://archives.tarn.fr/index.php?id=858
Occitanie82Tarn-et-Garonne http://www.archives82.fr/rechercher-et-consulter.html
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur04Alpes de Haute-Provencehttp://www.archives04.fr/r/68/archives-en-ligne/Formerly Basses-Alpes
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur05Hautes-Alpes https://www.archives05.fr/n/archives-numerisees/n:95
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur06Alpes-Maritimeshttps://www.departement06.fr/archives-departementales/outils-de-recherche-et-archives-numerisees-2895.html
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur13Bouches-du-Rhônehttp://www.archives13.fr/archives13/CG13/
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur83Var https://archives.var.fr/article.php?larub=97
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur84Vaucluse http://archives.vaucluse.fr/documents-numerises/
Corse2A Corse-du-Sud http://archives.corsedusud.fr/Internet_THOT/FrmSommaireFrame.asp
Corse2B Haute-Corse http://www.haute-corse.fr/site/index.php?page=etat-civil
Guadeloupe971Guadeloupe http://www.archivesguadeloupe.fr/archives-en-ligne/etat-civil-search-form.html
Martinique972Martinique http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=MARTINIQUE
Guyane973Guyanehttp://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=GUYANE
La Réunion974La Réunionhttps://www.cg974.fr/culture/index.php/Archives/pr%C3%A9sentation-archives/documents-en-ligne.html
and
http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=REUNION
Other Overseas Territorieshttp://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/a-propos.phpIncludes former colonies

Municipal archives

CommuneNrDepartmentWebsiteNotes
Aix-en-Provence13Bouches-du-Rhônehttp://aix.arkotheque.fr/
Alès30Gardhttp://www.alescevennes.fr/portal/portal/ac/culture/archives-municipales/etat-civil-archives-municipales
Amiens80Sommehttps://www.amiens.fr/Vivre-a-Amiens/Culture-Patrimoine/Les-Archives-municipales-et-communautaires
Angoulême16Charentehttp://www.angouleme.fr:8086/
Arbois, Poligny, et Salins39Jurahttp://www.archives39.fr/4DCGI/web_Custompage/htm/39registres.shtm/ILUMP10556
Aubervilliers93Seine-Saint-Denishttp://archives.aubervilliers.fr/Archives-en-ligne
Avignon84Vauclusehttp://archives.avignon.fr/4DCGI/Web_Custompage/archenligne.shtm/ILUMP14822
Bastia20Corsehttp://www.bastia.corsica/vivre-a-bastia/etat-civil-228.html?L=18.html.html
Besançon25Doubshttp://memoirevive.besancon.fr/?id=158_183
Blois41Loir-et-Cherhttp://archives.blois.fr/
Bonifacio20Corsehttp://www.bonifacio-mairie.fr/corse-du-sud/bonifacio.php?id=93
Bordeaux Métropole33Girondehttp://archives.bordeaux-metropole.fr/n/salle-de-lecture/n:40
Bourg-en-Bresse01Ainhttp://archives.bourgendoc.fr/
Brest29Finistèrehttps://archives.mairie-brest.fr/
Brive-la-Gaillard19Corrèzehttp://archives.brive.fr/
Cannes06Alpes-Maritimeshttp://archivescannes.ville-cannes.fr/
Chassieu69Rhônehttp://www.archives-chassieu.fr/n/archives-en-ligne/n:445
Châtenay-Malabry92Hauts-de-Seinehttp://archives.chatenay-malabry.fr/?id=6
Cholet49Maine-et-Loirehttps://www.cholet.fr/archives/
Gennevillers92Hauts-de-Seinehttp://archives.ville-gennevilliers.fr/
Grenoble38Isèrehttps://www.grenoble.fr/411-fonds-des-archives-en-ligne.htm
La Roche-sur-Yon85Vendéehttp://archives.ville-larochesuryon.fr/
Le Havre76Seine-Maritimehttp://archives.lehavre.fr/delia-CMS/archives/site/article_id-/sstopic_id-/topic_id-/topic_parent_id-805/
Lorient56Morbihanhttp://archives.lorient.bzh/
Lyon69MLyon Métropolehttp://www.fondsenligne.archives-lyon.fr/ac69v2/genealogie.php?mode=1
Metz57Mosellehttps://archives.metz.fr/
Meudon92Hauts-de-Seinehttps://www.meudon.fr/decouvrir-meudon/archives-municipales-766.html
Montbéliard25Doubshttp://archives.montbeliard.com/4DCGI/Web_Custompage/index.shtm/ILUMP3264
Montpellier34Héraulthttps://archives.montpellier.fr/4DCGI/Web_Custompage/index.shtm/ILUMP10828
Nancy54Meurthe-et-Mosellehttp://archives.nancy.fr/archives-numerisees/
Nantes44Loire-Atlantiquehttp://www.archives.nantes.fr/PAGES/ENLIGNE/etat_civil/etat_civil.htm (after 1793)
http://www.archives.nantes.fr/PAGES/ENLIGNE/registres_paroissiaux/registres_paroissiaux.htm (before 1793)
Nîmes30Gardhttp://www.nimes.fr/index.php?id=3233(1793 to 1912, no parish registers, requires registration to view archives)
Orléans45Loiret http://archives.orleans-metropole.fr/r/29/archives-numerisees/
Pau64Pyrénées-Atlantiqueshttps://archives.agglo-pau.fr/
Pontoise95Val-d'Oisehttp://archives.ville-pontoise.fr:2487/4DCGI/Web_Actes/ILUMP27288
Quimper29Finistèrehttp://www.quimper.bzh/410-archives-municipales.htm
Reims51Marnehttps://www.reims.fr/la-culture-a-reims/archives-municipales-et-communautaires
Rennes35Ille-et-Vilainehttp://www.archives.rennes.fr/archives-et-inventaires/archives-en-ligne/
Saint-Ambroix30Gardhttp://www.saint-ambroix.fr/index.php/Archives%20municipales?idpage=90&idmetacontenu=167(indexes only, no records)
Saint-Denis93Seine-Saint-Denishttp://archives.ville-saint-denis.fr/n/les-gens/n:6
Sceaux92Hauts-de-Seinehttp://archives.sceaux.fr/archives-numerisees
Strasbourg67Bas-Rhinhttps://archives.strasbourg.eu
  • Recent BMD records, with marginal notes
  • Domicilary registers (1796-1870)
  • Adress books (1870-1939)
  • "Bourgoisie" (city citizenship) records
  • Notary records
  • ...
Tarbes65Hautes-Pyrénéeshttp://www.archives.tarbes.fr/
Toulouse31Haute-Garonnehttp://www.archives.mairie-toulouse.fr/(after 1793, parish registers available through Haute-Garonne archives)

Other Resources

  • Fichier Origine-This site provides information on many of the pioneers to Quebec. Many of the entries offer details of the respective families and can help extend genealogical research back to France.
  • Napoleon.org: The Republican Calendar-This site provides an explanation of the Republican/Revolutionary calendar, a convenient calculator to convert Republican dates to Gregorian and vice versa, as well as a link to a PDF with every day of the year with its Republican name.
  • Base Léonore The Léonore database provides acces to the files of Légion d'honneur recipients.
  • Archives Nationales Home of the French National Archives. Hosts lots of documents including notarial archives.
  • The French Genealogy Blog An English language blog that comprehensively covers French genealogy. It often provides updates on additions made to the online archives.




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This seems to be the new link for Saône-et-Loire https://www.archives71.fr/consulter/en-ligne/familles-et-individus
posted by Gill Whitehouse
The link you have for Cher Department 18, Centre-Val de Loire Region, is no longer valid. I found its new home at https://www.archives18.fr/archives-numerisees
Hi ! The City of Strasbourg also has online archives at this adress : https://archives.strasbourg.eu . It has the most recent BMD records (with the mentions marginales), population registers and many more interesteing records.
The URL of les archives de la Vienne is not valid anymore since their archives were combined with those of des Deux-Sèvres.

A link to this page, (with credits), has been added to the Acadians Reliable Sources page. https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Acadians_Project_Reliable_Sources&public=1 Bravo pour ces excellentes ressources bien présentées et fort utiles, et un merveilleux How To guide.

posted by Gisèle Cormier
edited by Gisèle Cormier
Merci, Gisèle! La page a été mise à jour.
Besançon can no longer be found in the Archives départmentales de Doubs, they have their own site here: https://memoirevive.besancon.fr/editorial/page/68e7a5ca-3f9c-4a97-add6-acb585ccf260
posted by Lynnette LaPlace
Clearly, I'm late, this is what happens when you're off for a year and a half!
posted by Lynnette LaPlace
Mille merci pour ces tuyaux!
posted by Vicky Curry