Category Archives: France

MyHeritage publishes France’s Tables of Successions and Absences, 1890–1970

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage has published a new record collection, France, Tables of Successions and Absences, 1890–1970, that provides an index of deceased or officially missing people from various French departments, spanning 80 years of history. It includes 26 million records. This collection … Continue reading →

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New collections on FamilySearch — Belarus, France, Ireland, England, and United States

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Gail Dever

FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in September 2022 with over 31.6 million new, name-searchable genealogy records from 49 countries. The new collections are: Belarus, Minsk Church Books, 1700-1965   1,649,536 records France, Haute-Saône, Parish and Civil Registration, 1551-1872 3,557,884 … Continue reading →

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MyHeritage announces DNA upload offer and 269 million family tree profile records from Filae

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Gail Dever

In the days leading up to and during the annual RootsTech conference, there are always a number of announcements and special offers. This year’s virtual event, taking place from March 3 to 5, is no exception We can expect the … Continue reading →

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MyHeritage publishes 359 million additional historical records from France

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage yesterday announced the publication of 359 million additional historical records from France from a vital records collection — including birth, marriage, and death records — and a naturalization records collection. This is MyHeritage’s third update of French historical record collections … Continue reading →

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MyHeritage publishes 22 million records in eight new French collections

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage yesterday announced the publication of 22 million records in eight new historical record collections from France. Three weeks ago, MyHeritage published 463 million French historical records that were previously available exclusively on Filae, a leading French genealogy company it had recently … Continue reading →

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MyHeritage publishes huge collection of 463 million records from France, including births, marriages and deaths

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage subscribers are now starting to benefit from the company’s acquisition of the French genealogy company, Filae, two months ago. Yesterday, MyHeritage announced the publication of 463 million historical records from France in five collections: birth, marriage, death, and two … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch adds French civil and parish registrations and census records and Mexican church records

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Gail Dever

Among the new and expanded collections on FamilySearch this week are new collections from France and Mexico. France, Ardèche, Parish and Civil Registration, 1481-1924 1,389,659 records France, Eure, Census, 1856 313,632 records France, Eure, Census, 1876 287,028 records Mexico, Jalisco, … Continue reading →

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MyHeritage and FamilySearch release new collections from France

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage yesterday announced it had added two collections from the French department of Nord: Nord Civil Births, 1820–1915 and Nord Civil Deaths, 1820–1935. The collections together comprise 13.7 million historical records and feature a detailed searchable index that is only … Continue reading →

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Paris cemetery records online

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Gail Dever

On The French Genealogy Blog, Anne Morddel shared the news on the weekend that Paris cemetery records are now available online from the Archives de Paris, and she explains how to search the interment registers. No ancestors buried in Paris? … Continue reading →

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New York Public Library and Bibliothèque nationale de France launch partnership to preserve and make cultural heritage accessible

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Gail Dever

The presidents of the New York Public Library (NYPL) and Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) yesterday signed a historic agreement to preserve and make accessible collections and scholarship related to cultural heritage. The two research libraries signed the agreement and … Continue reading →

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