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
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1906
Decennial Tables 1793-1932
Censuses 1836-1975
02 – Aisne Free
http://www.archives.aisne.fr/archiv...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1905
03 – Allier Free
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1553-1903
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
04 – Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (former Basses-Alpes) Free
http://archivesenligne.archives04.fr
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1905
Decennial Tables 1793-1905
Censuses 1836-1905
05 – Hautes-Alpes Free
http://www.archives05.fr/3_ressourc...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1896
06 – Alpes-Maritimes Free
http://www.cg06.fr/fr/decouvrir-les...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1913
Decennial Tables 1793-1905
Censuses 1872-1936
Military Records 1870-1928
07 – Ardèche Free
http://www.ardeche.fr/Culture/archi...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
08 – Ardennes Free
http://archives.cg08.fr/arkotheque/...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1585-1850
Decennial Tables 1792-1892
09 – Ariège
No online archives.
10 – Aube Free
http://www.archives-aube.com/arkoth...
Decennial Tables 1792-1882
Censuses 1820-1931
Military Records 1867-1935
11 – Aude
No online archives.
12 – Aveyron
No online archives.
13 – Bouches-du-Rhône Free
http://www.archives13.fr/archives13/CG13
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1904
14 – Calvados Paying access
http://www.archinoe.net/cg14/accueil.php
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1792-1902
Censuses 1836-1911
15 – Cantal Free
http://archives.cantal.fr/?id=reche...
Civil Registers 1793-1932
16 – Charente Free
http://www.cg16.fr/culture-patrimoi...
Censuses 1841-1872
17 – Charente-Maritime (former Charente-Inférieure) Free
http://charente-maritime.fr/CG17/jc...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
Censuses 1836-1911
18 – Cher
No online archives.
19 – Corrèze Free
http://www.archives.cg19.fr/recherc...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1802-1902
Censuses 1906-1936
Military Records 1865-1938
2A – Corse-du-Sud Free
http://www1.arkhenum.fr/ad_corsedus...
Military Records 1859-1918
2B – Haute-Corse Free
http://www.cg2b.fr/cg2b/cgi-bin/pag...
Civil Registers 1793-1902
21 – Côte-d’Or Free
http://www.archives.cotedor.fr/jahi...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1802-1902
Censuses 1800-1936
22 - Côtes-d’Armor (former Côtes-du-Nord) Free
http://archives.cotesdarmor.fr/asp/...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1905
Censuses 1872-1906
23 – Creuse Free
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Censuses 1866-1901
Military Records 1832-1911
24 – Dordogne Free
http://archives-num.cg24.fr/pleade330/
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1507-1902
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
25 – Doubs Free
http://recherche-archives.doubs.fr
Decennial Tables 1903-1942.
26 – Drôme Free
http://archives.ladrome.fr/?id=rech...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
27 – Eure Free
http://archives.cg27.fr/pleade
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Censuses 1891-1906
Military Records 1867-1932
28 – Eure-et-Loir Free
http://www.archives28.fr/ec/ecenlig...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1883
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
Censuses 1836-1901
29 – Finistère Free
http://www.archives-finistere.fr
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1512-1901 (79 towns)
Censuses 1836-1911
Military Records 1867-
30 – Gard
No online archives.
31 – Haute-Garonne Free
http://www.archives.cg31.fr/archive...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1883
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
32 – Gers
No online archives.
33 – Gironde Free
http://archives.gironde.fr/ressources
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
34 – Hérault Free
http://archives.herault.fr/?IDINFO=328
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1886
Censuses 1836-1975
35 – Ille-et-Vilaine Free
http://archives.ille-et-vilaine.fr/thot,67604,fr.html
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1886
36 – Indre
No online archives.
37 – Indre-et-Loire Free
Parish Registers 1668-1792
Decennial Tables 1792-1902
Censuses 1836-1931
Military Records 1878-1929
38 – Isère Free
http://www.archives-isere.fr/1425-a...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1896
Decennial Tables 1792-1892.
39 – Jura
No online archives.
40 – Landes Free
http://www.archives.landes.org/inde...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
41 – Loir-et-Cher
No online archives.
42 – Loire Free
http://www.loire.fr/display.jsp?id=...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1793-1909.
43 – Haute-Loire
No online archives.
44 – Loire-Atlantique Free
http://www.loire-atlantique.fr/jcms...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1880
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
Censuses 1836-1931
45 – Loiret
No online archives.
46 – Lot
http://archives.lot.fr/arkotheque
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1600s-1802
Military Records 1871-1936
Censuses 1836-1911
47 – Lot-et-Garonne Free
http://www.lot-et-garonne.fr/archiv...
Censuses 1836-1901
Decennial Tables 1802-1892
Censuses 1836-1911
48 – Lozère Free
http://jeanphilippe0.chez-alice.fr/...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1906
Decennial Tables 1793-1892
49 – Maine-et-Loire Free
http://www.archives49.fr/recherche/...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Military Records 1872-1910
50 – Manche Free
http://recherche.archives.manche.fr
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1892
51 – Marne Free
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1650-1902
Censuses 1836-1901
52 – Haute-Marne Free
http://archives.haute-marne.fr/adhmpl3
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Censuses 1836-1906
53 – Mayenne Free
http://www.lamayenne.fr/?SectionId=315
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1882
Decennial Tables 1802-1902
Censuses 1836-1906
Military Records 1878-1900
54 – Meurthe-et-Moselle Free
http://www.archives.cg54.fr/archive...
Civil Registers 1793-1882
55 – Meuse Free
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Censuses 1802-1931
Military Records 1867-1937
56 – Morbihan Free
http://www.morbihan.fr/archives/dos...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1793-1912
57 – Moselle
No online archives.
58 – Nièvre Free
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1650-1902
59 – Nord Free
http://www.archivesdepartementales....
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1600-1902
Decennial Tables 1792-1902
Censuses 1906
60 – Oise Free
http://www.oise.fr/culture-et-vie-l...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
Censuses 1806-1936
61 – Orne Free
http://www.cg61.fr/archives/fonds-n...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1552-1902
62 – Pas-de-Calais Free
http://www.archivespasdecalais.fr/A...
Decennial Tables 1792-1902
Censuses 1820-1906
Military Records 1867-1930
63 – Puy-de-Dôme Free
http://www.archivesdepartementales....
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
64 – Pyrénées-Atlantiques (former Basses-Pyrénées) Free
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
65 – Hautes-Pyrénées
No online archives.
66 – Pyrénées-Orientales
No online archives.
67 – Bas-Rhin Free
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Censuses 1819-1866
68 – Haut-Rhin Free
http://www.archives.cg68.fr/Service...
Civil Registers 1793-1892
Decennial Tables 1793-1892
69 – Rhône
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1527-1910
Decennial Tables 1792-1912
Censuses 1836-1936
Military Records 1868-1890
70 – Haute-Saône Free
http://archives.cg70.fr/4DCGI/Web_R...
Civil Registers 1793-1872
Censuses 1836-1906
71 – Saône-et-Loire Free
http://www.archives71.fr/archives/a...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Censuses 1836-1901
Military Records 1867-1938
72 – Sarthe Free
http://www.archives.sarthe.com/Regi...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Military Records 1878-1898
73 – Savoie Free
http://www.savoie-archives.fr/index...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1903
Decennial Tables 1793-1902
Censuses 1571-1975
74 – Haute-Savoie Paying access
http://www.sabaudia.org/v2/archives...
Civil Registers 1793-1902
75 – Paris (former Seine) Free
http://canadp-archivesenligne.paris.fr
Civil Registers 1860-1902
Military Records 1875-1909
76 – Seine-Maritime (former Seine-Inférieure) Free
http://www.archivesdepartementales76.net
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1650-1891
77 – Seine-et-Marne Free
http://archives.seine-et-marne.fr/a...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1908
Censuses 1836-1931
Military Records 1867-1890
78 – Yvelines (former Seine-et-Oise) Free
http://img-dad.cg78.fr/archives/fon...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1860
Decennial Tables 1792-1902
Censuses 1809-1931
Military Records 1867-1929
79 – Deux-Sèvres Free
http://archives.deux-sevres.com/Arc...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Decennial Tables 1792-1892
Censuses 1836-1906
Military Records 1867-1910
80 – Somme Free
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1901
Censuses 1836-1936
81 – Tarn Free
http://archives.tarn.fr/index.php?id=858
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1908
Decennial Tables 1792-1933
Military Records 1867-1878
82 – Tarn-et-Garonne Free
http://www.archivesdepartementales....
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1933
Decennial Tables 1793-1933
83 – Var Free
http://www.archives.var.fr/arkotheq...
Civil Registers 1793-1914
Decennial Tables 1802-1922
Censuses 1836-1906
Military Records 1867-1935
84 – Vaucluse Free
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1519-1792
85 – Vendée Free
http://archives.vendee.fr/archives-...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1905
Decennial Tables 1675-1902
Censuses 1836-1906
86 – Vienne Free
http://www.archives-vienne.cg86.fr/...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Censuses 1836-1901
Military Records 1867-1908
87 – Haute-Vienne
No online archives.
88 – Vosges Free
http://www.vosges-archives.com/Arch...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1435-1905
Decennial Tables 1793-1892
Censuses 1836-1906
89 – Yonne Free
http://archivesenligne.yonne-archives.fr
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1519-1905
90 – Territoire-de-Belfort Free
http://www.archives.cg90.fr/?id=rec...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1539-1902
Censuses 1836-1936
Military Records 1867-1936
91 – Essonne (former Seine-et-Oise) Free
http://www.essonne.fr/culture_sport...
Parish Registers & Civil Registers 1519-1906
Censuses 1817-1906
92 – Hauts-de-Seine (former Seine and Seine-et-Oise) Free
http://archives.hauts-de-seine.net
Decennial Tables 1793-1882
93 – Seine-Saint-Denis (former Seine)
No online archives.
94 – Val de Marne (former Seine and Seine-et-Oise) Free
http://archives.cg94.fr/consultatio...
Civil Registers 1793-1952
Censuses 1795-1906
95 – Val-d’Oise (former Seine-et-Oise)
No online archives.