France

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Capital Paris
Language French
Currency Euro


France will always be famous for its wine exports, Paris for monuments such as the Eiffel tower and fine buildings such as The Louvre.

France’s famous people are Marie Antoinette, former queen of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, Christian Dior and Coco Chanel.

Links

• French birth / death / marriage certificate information

• ARCHIVES DE FRANCE

• Geography of France

• The National Huguenot Society

• Familysearch France Research Outline

• French Revolutionary Calendar

• Digital resources Netherlands and Belgium This site also covers parts of France

• CyndisList-France

• Kindred trails-french genealogy

• Genealogy in France

• Alsace Genweb

• Cim Genweb This site is in french

• Cemetery of Père Lachaise

• généalogie ! Genealgy France recherches sur la généalogie, l'histoire des noms de famille This is in French only

• French Genealogy terms translated to English

• Mortsdanslescamps Deaths in Deportation

• Surname distribution in France 1891-1990. Might help to locate some family origins in France - no centralised BMD.

In French ONLY but just enter name in the "VOTRE NOM" box then choose from the year options offered

LH menu also looks interesting but there doesn't seem to be an English version of this site

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