PARIS

All parish baptism, marriage and burial records before 1792, and all civil records drawn up before 1859 in the 12 Parisian "arrondissements" (subdivision of a city) and the suburbs completely annexed in 1860, disappeared in May 1871 in the fires of the Law courts of Paris.

A law of february 12, 1872 prescribed the restoration of the Parisian records previous to 1860. About 3 millions records dating mostly from the XIXe century were restored :

They are divided in 3 sets (birth/marriage/death) and were arranged in chronological order. Three alphabetical files permit to check if the requiring record was restored. Records and files are in microfilm and viewable for free.

Alphabetical file of the birth certificates
1556 - 1859
Viewable in microfilms
Reference : 5Mi2 694 to 1075
Source (room of reading): I.1.1.

Alphabetical file of the marriage certificates
1568 - 1859
Viewable in microfilms
Reference: 5Mi2 1 to 288
Source : ( room of reading): I.1.1.

Alphabetical file of the death certificates
1630 - 1859
Viewable in microfilms
Reference: 5Mi2 289 to 693
Source : (the room of reading): I.1.1.

Birth certificates
1556 - 1859
Classified in the chronological order
Viewable in microfilms
Reference: 5Mi1 1 to 1078
Source : (room of reading): I.1.1.

Marriage certificates
1568 - 1859
Classified in the chronological order
Viewable in microfilms
Reference : 5Mi1 5001 to 5412
Source : (room of reading): I.1.1.

Death certificates
1630 - 1859
Classified in chronological orderrCommunicable
Consultable on microfilms

Arc de Triomphe

In 1942 a second restoration was done and approximatively 120,000 records of the XVIIe and XVIIIe centuries were established. Records and files are in microfilm and viewable for free.

1) Some Parish records of the XVIIIe and some civil records previous to 1860 which escaped from the fire of 1871.

2) A collection of announcement of births, marriages and death, counting nearly 100 000 records.

3) A list of burnt epitaphes on tombstones in the main cemeteries (XIXe century) can be found on microfilm.

4) The collections Rathelot (death certificates of 2581 victims of Terror), Saint-Joanny (keeper of public records of the Seine at the beginning of IIIe Republic), Bégis and Bégis-Richard (genealogies of parisian families: jewellers, goldsmiths, artists, writers, scientists, senior officials, aristocrats).

5) A list of the parisan marriages and divorces for the years 1793 and 1802, and a list of the parisian marriages celebrated between 1843 and 1832.

Parish registers and civil records escaped from the fires of 1871
1734-1852
Classified by "arrondissement", parish and towns of suburbs

Viewable in originals
Reference: V.6E 1 to 29
Source : (room of reading): I.1.1.

Announcement of births, marriages and death
1820-1930
Classified in three series and alphabetical order
Viewable in originals
Reference: V.7E
Source : (room of reading): I.1.1.

Epitaphier of the Parisian cemeteries
XIXe century
Classified in the alphabetical order of the cemeteries
Viewable in originals
Reference : V.7E/EPITAPHIER/1 with 10
Source :(room of reading): I.1.1.
Associated files: Papers Yves Duponchelle

File of the epitaphs of the Parisian cemeteries
XIXe century
Classified in alphabetical order of the names
Viewable in microfilms
Reference : 3Mi1 205 to 213
Source : (room of reading): I.3.1.

Collections Rathelot, Saint-Joanny, Bégis and Bégis-Richard
XVIIIe - XIXe Centuries
Viewable in originals
Reference: V.8E 1 to 28
Source : (the room of reading): I.1.1.

List of the Parisian marriages and divorces
1793 - 1802
Viewable in originals
Reference V.10E 1 to 12
Source : ( room of reading): I.1.1.

List of the Parisian marriages
1843 - 1852
Viewable in originals
Reference : V.10E 13 to 21
Source : ( room of reading): I.1.1.

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Notre-Dame

Lists and records are chronologically classified by decennial sections (1860-1872, 1873-1882, 1883-1892), each section is arranged according to the number of the parisian "arrondissement" (subdivision of Paris) and by type of records : birth/marriage/death.

Any record is in microfim and viewable for free. The section 1893-1902 is in process.

Decennial tables
1860-1872, 1873-1882, 1883-1892
Classified in the numerical order of the arrondissement, by category of record (births, marriages, death) then in the alphabetical order of the names
Viewable in microfilms
Reference : 5Mi4 1 to 100
Source : ( room of reading): I.2.1.

Registers of the birth certificates, marriages and death
1860-1872, 1873-1882, 1883-1892
Classified in the numerical order of the arrondissement, by category of record (births, marriages, death) then in the chronological orderaken i
Viewable in microfilms
Reference: 5Mi3 1 to 1592
Source : ( room of reading): I.2.1.

The archdiocese of Paris deposited 77 church files coming from ordinary parishes, 21 church files from 21 hospital parishes and SAINT LAZARE PRISON CHURCH.

- the first file is a catholic preserved at NOTRE-DAME of Paris and in the parish of St-Ambroise, St-Antoine of Quinze-Vingts, St-Denis of the St-Sacrament, St-Etienne of the Mount, St-Eugene, St-Eustace, St-Germain Auxerrois, St-Germain of the Meadows, St-Gervais-St-Protais, St-Lambert of Vaugirard, St-Leu-St-Gilles, St-Medard, St-Merry, St-Paul-St-Louis, St-Philippe of Rolls, St-Pierre de Montmartre, St-Roch, St-Severin, St-Sulpice, St-Thomas d' Aquin, Ste-Elisabeth, Ste-Madeleine, Ste-Marguerite and Ste-Valère;
- the second is a reading of the epitaphs taken in the Parisian cemeteries.

Dates of the documents 1792 - 1899

Registers of baptisms of the Parisian parishes
1792 - 1899
Classified in the alphabetical order of the parishes
Viewable in originals
Reference : D.6J
Source : ( room of reading): I.3.1.

Registers of marriages of the Parisian parishes
1792 - 1899
Classification in the alphabetical order of the parishes
Viewable in originals
Reference : D.6J
Source : ( room of reading): I.3.1.

Registers of the baptisms, marriages and burials celebrated in the church of the hospitals and the Paris prisons
1792 - 1899
Classified in the alphabetical order
Viewable in originals
Reference : D.6J
Source : ( room of reading): I.3.1.
Associated files: Repertories and registers of catholicity of the old people's home of the found children

File of the baptisms and the burials of 25 Parisian parishes
1792 - 1859
Classified in the alphabetical order of names
Viewable on microfilms
Reference : 3Mi1 1 to 204
Source : ( room of reading) I.3.1.

Bridge Alexandre III

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In 1926, 1931, 1936 and 1946 lists of names were made after a quinquennial (every 5 years) census.

The lists of names were drawn up by arrondissement, block and streets (not always classified in the alphabetical order); then for each building, they list every member of same family by date of birth and profession. The lists of names are in microfilm.

Tables of the shifts in population, statistics and professions
1800-1891
Viewable in originals
Reference : D.1M8 1 to 17
Source : (room of reading) : I.4.1.

List of names of 1926
1926
Classified by arrondissement, then by street, then by number of building
Viewable in microfilms
Reference : 2MiLN1926 1 to 94
Source : ( room of reading): I.4.1.

List of names of 1931
1931
Classified by arrondissement, then by street, then by number of building
Viewable in microfilms
Reference: 2MiLN1931 1 to 109

List of names of 1936
1936
Classified by arrondissement, then by street, then by number of building
Viewable in microfilms
Reference: 2MiLN1936 1 to 97
Source : ( room of reading): I.4.1.

List of names of 1946
1946
Classified by arrondissement, then by number of building
Viewable in microfilms
Reference : 2MiLN1946 1 to 53
Source : ( room of reading): I.4.1.

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Obelisque of la Concorde

The political electoral registers are classified by date and by "arrondissement" (subdivision of the city). Many lists concerning the second half of the XIXe century are missing, the years 1871 and 1892 are complete. From 1900 to 1960, almost every year and the majority of the arrondissements are represented. From 1960, every list was kept.

The electoral registers are available for consultation. Some of them will be soon in microfilm.

The first two (1860-1870 and 1921-1939), drawn up by the prefecture of the Seine, specify the date and birthplace as well as the address and profession of the electors. The third is a part of the electoral file of INSEE: for each elector born in Paris or in the department of the Seine between 1891 and 1959, it provides the chronology of the registrations and cancellations on the electoral lists.

Lists of electors of the conciliation board are the most interesting list of professional elections, they count a very significant part of the workers. The Oldest go back to 1890.

The ELECTORAL LISTS OF The SUBURBS ARE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF "Haut-de-Seine", Seine-saint-Denis" AND "Val de Marne"

Electoral lists previous to 1850
1801 - 1849
Classified in the chronological order then by arrondissement;
Viewable in originals
Reference: V.D4, V.D6, D.2M2
Source : ( room of reading): I.5.1.

Political electoral lists
1848-1939
Classified in chronological order then by arrondissement
Communicable
Viewable in originals
Reference: D.1M2 1 to 4540
Source : (usual of the room of reading): I.5.1.

Political electoral lists
1943-1997
Classified in chronological order then by arrondissement
Viewable in originals
Reference : 48W 1 to 1802, 1190W 1 to 159, 1347W 1 to 94, 1547W 1 to 102, 1700W 1 to 54, 1906W 1 to 53, 2115W 1 to 58
Source : ( room of reading): I.5.1.

Professional electoral lists: lists of the electors of the prud'hommes
1890-1908
Classified in chronological order
Viewable in originals
Reference :: D.M12 71 to 78
Source : ( room of reading): V.14.1.

Files of the electors of Paris and the department of the Seine
1860-1870, 1921-1939
Classified in the alphabetical order of names
Viewable in originals
Reference: D.4M2 1 to 914
Source : ( room of reading): I.5.1.

File of the electors born in Paris between 1891 and 1958
1925- 1979
Classified in two series (people born between 1891 and 1899, then from 1900 to 1959) and each serie is classified , by arrondissement, year and month of birth, then in the alphabetical order of the electors
Viewable in originals
Reference : 54W 1 to 1342
Source : ( room of reading): I.5.1.

Louvre, pyramide

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La Concorde, Fountain

The lists of military census count every young man living Paris at the time of their twentieth year. In fact alphabetical lists by arrondissement provide the following information: birthplace, profession, degrees, name and addresses of the parents. Annual alphabetical tables, incorporated in the registers, facilitate the consultation .

There are also some draft military lists of people coming from the suburbs.There are some more draft military lists (1810-1905) of people from Paris and the suburbs.

The regiment rolls coming from the military recruitments of the department from 1868 to 1929 were saved.Those registers contain the regiment rolls classified by number and also the descriptive report concerning the military service of the draftees.
The annual alphabetical tables are in microfilm and provide the number of the required draftee. The registration has been made by "class", (recruitments of people who are 20 years old) so you ll find a draftee born in 1902 in the table of 1922.

Military censuses, lists of the drawings of lots and official reports of the operations of the draft board
1800-1997
Classified in chronological order then in the order of the arrondissement
Time of communicability: 30 years after establishment
Viewable in originals
Reference : D.R1 1 to 939, 1098, 1105, 1219 and 2160W
Source : (room of reading): I.6.1.
Associated files: Military businesses - national Guard

Tables of the services
[1859] 1868 - 1929
Classified in the chronological order then in the order of the offices of recruitment
Partially viewable in originals and partly in microfilms (1875-1923)
Reference: Pérotin 10452/67/1, 2Mi1 1 to 27, 1866W 61 to 65, 1940W 63 to 67, 1970W 84 to 89, 2017W 67 to 72, 2050W 73 to 78, 2191W 77 to 81
Source : ( room of reading): I.6.1.

Registers numbers of military recruitment
1868-1928
Classified in the chronological order then in the order of the offices of recruitment

Medical records are not viewable until after 150 years of the date of birth
Viewable in originals
The registers also include personal informations for the conscripts living at Hanoï, Saigon and St-Pierre et Miquelon.

The tables of death are alphabetical lists mentioning the date of the corresponding declarations of inheritance. The date can also be found in the registers where they were chronologicaly classified.

There are 2 more registers : donations and wills (1889-1908) and marriage contracts (1889-1922).

TTables of death

1791 - 1899

Classified by office, chronological section then in the alphabetical order of names

Viewable in originals

Reference: D.Q8 1 to 2141

Source : ( room of reading): I.7.1.

Declarations of successions

1791 - 1899

Classified by chronological section then in the numerical order crescent of the registry offices

Viewable in originals

References: D.Q7 1696 to 1812, 1939 to 1951, 1984, 2055 to 2063, 2203 to 2210, 2304 to 2312, 2389 to 2394, 2994 to 3059, 3407 to 4022, 10 012 to 12851

Reference of the instrument of research (room of reading): I.7.1.

Associated files: Successions in déshérence

Registry office of Belleville, tables of the deaths, declarations of successions, tables of the paid successions

1779 - 1808

Classified by office then in chronological order

Viewable in originals

Reference: D.Q14 108 to 112 and 117-118

Source : ( room of reading): IV.4.3.

Table of the wills

1831 - 1866

Alphabetical classification

Viewable in originals with the presidency of the room of reading

Reference : D.Q7 17 658 to 17 662 and 18 650 to 18 652

Reference : ( room of reading): IV.4.3.

File of the official successions

1858 - 1899

Classification by chronological section then in the alphabetical order of the names of people

Viewable in originals with the presidency of the room of reading

Reference : D.Q7 12 852 to 13 169

Reference : ( room of reading): I.7.1.

File of the donations and the wills

1889 - 1908

Alphabetical classification

Viewable in originals with the presidency of the room of reading

Reference: D.Q7 13 994 to 14 018

Reference ( room of reading): I.7.1.

File of the marriage contracts
1889 - 1922

Alphabetical classification

Consultable in originals with the presidency of the room of reading

Reference: D.Q7 14 019 to 14 117

Reference ( room of reading): I.7.1.

La Seine

Created by Vincent saint de Paul under the "ancien regime", the assistance of the found children and the orphans is occured by several hospitals which amalgamated in the "service of the assisted children" in 1838. To find the trace of an "assisted" child, it is necessary to start from available repertories(they are in microfilm), which reveal the serial number of the required child; it continues with the chronological registers and the personal files of admission. It can be also research in the documents relating to the placements in boardings.

Alphabetical repertories of the admissions
1743-1896
Classified per year of admission then in the alphabetical order
Viewable partly in microfilms and partially in originals Reference : 2Mi2 1 to 34, 37, 49 to 62; EA 1200 to 1202 and 1256 to 1259
Source : ( room of reading): I.8.1.

Chronological registers of the admissions
1689 - 1896
Viewable partially in originals, with the presidency of the room of reading, and, partly, on microfilms (years 1849 and 1851)
Reference : EA 35bis to 325, 366 to 443, 528 to 601, 673, 1100 to 1112, 1165, 1167 to 1195, 1230 to 1255, 2784 to 2803, 4658 to 4704, 4724 to 4797, 4868 to 4872, 4874 to 4896, 4902-4907, 4915 to 4918 and 4920 to 4922; 2Mi2 38 and 39
Source : ( room of reading): I.8.1.

Personal files of admission
1639 - 1896
Classified in numerical order
Viewable except mentions in medical matter: in this case, communicable 150 years after the date of birth of the interested party
Viewable in originals with the presidency of the room of reading
Reference : EA 1310 to 2359, 2382 to 2453, 2454 to 2462, 2464 to 2502, 2552 to 2641, 2648 to 2783, 2985 to 4401, 4435 to 4519, 4520 to 4616
Source :( room of reading): I.8.1.

Repertories and registers of catholicity of the old people's home of the children found/assisted
1738 - 1911
Classified in chronological order
Viewable partially in originals and partly in microfilms (years 1859 and 1860)
Reference : EA 969 to 1076, 1197 to 1199, 1271, 2821 to 2842; 2Mi2 45
Source : ( room of reading): I.8.1.

Placements forms
1783-1818
Classified in the chronological order
Viewable in originals
Reference : EA 678 to 700, 702
Source : ( room of reading): I.8.1.

Placements in the countryside
1820 - 1914
Classified per year
Viewable in originals
Reference : EA 705 to 736, 1077 to 1099, 2812 to 2820
Source : ( room of reading): I.8.1.

Personal files of placements
1820 - 1940
Classified in the numerical order
Viewable except mentions in medical matter: in this case, communicable 150 years after the date of birth of the interested party
Viewable in originals with the presidency of the room of reading
Reference : EA 4402 to 4435; D.6X4
Source : ( room of reading): I.8.2.
the documentary series currently includes/understands files of children placed in the departments Allier (Bourbon-Lancy), of Ille-and-Unpleasant (agencies of Fraud-of-Brittany and Rennes), of Pas-de-Calais (agencies of Arras and Montreuil-on-Sea), of Saone-et-Loire (arranges of the Trawl-net-on-Saone), of the Sarthe (arranges of Ecommoy) and of the Sum (arranges of Abbeville).

The Opera Garnier