French Departmental Archives
This website has a locator of new and old communes. It also has a direct access to French Departments’ vital records, to military records, census of population, notary records and cadastral records. It’s an excellent tool for genealogical research.
Access to Departmental Archives of France in alphabetical order, by department number and by location on the map. Access to ultra-mar A.N.O.M. vital records. Models of letters in French to request civil records which are not yet online.
