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Genealogy is the practice that aims to search for the origin and filiation of individuals and families. Can be distinguished:

the ascendant genealogy , which focuses on a person's ancestors;
the descendant genealogy , which focuses on the descendants of a person;
genealogy or agnatic lineage , which focuses only on the male ancestry of a person, which transmits the surname;
the cognate lineage , genealogy of a person whose parents or children do not bear the same name, especially by women relatives;
without forgetting the genealogical succession, practiced by professionals ( Genealogists ) at the request of lawyers in charge of a vacant succession, a percentage of the estate being revealed then asked by the genealogist to beneficiaries found as a result of his research ( to the sixth degree of kinship according to the calculation of collateral Civil Code French).

Summary

1 In France
2 The micro-computer in the service of genealogy
3 Internet for genealogy
- 3.1 Flow of funds from public records
- 3.2 The initiatives of genealogical associations and individuals
4 Genealogy and Genetics
5 See also
6 References

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Information Sources

The main sources of information are:

information gathered in the family and entourage;
To start in France , we can build on the family, that everyone has:

ID
family record book
Announcements : Birth, marriage, death.
For Christians : images of communion , announcements of baptism , of marriage , the wedding silver and gold etc..
The old photos if the characters are identified and dated.

In France only data from more than 75 years (since shortly before it was 100 years but many councils are not aware, we must tell them), are accessible to all. For the protected period (less than 100 years) only the descendants or direct ancestors can justify their identity and their relatedness, get full copies. French law makes mandatory the issuance of such copies;
parish registers and civil registers (see History of civil status in France );
in France , the decennial tables which, since 1793, summarize for a period of ten years and shared all acts of civil status (births, marriages and deaths) in the alphabetical order every 10 years;
in France , deeds, generally abundant from the ^seventeenth century (departmental archives);
in France , the reference lists of enumeration of the population (census), regularly established since 1836 (except when in 1916 and 1941) (departmental and municipal archives);
in France , the actions of low and medium jurisdictions that may be locally common from the ^seventeenth century (departmental and municipal archives).

The information stored in the archives are generally not indexed and their reading is often difficult. Many volunteer actors - individuals or organizations - have produced a work of transcribing and indexing is often made available to the genealogist:

genealogical associations and informal groups of simple non-professional genealogists are often large county in France. They carry out systematic surveys of the state civil and church records (BMS) and other types of deeds, notarized, for example.

The result is broadcast on various media:

brochures "paper" available in local associations or councils in some municipalities (in the Ardeche, for example) according to the associations, this consultation is paying or not. As mayor, she is always free.
Minitel fee (most expensive) and less and less used,
system GeneaBank on the internet that allows as a member of an association to consult up to a certain number of points the records of all member associations of the system;
the many individual databases free; a Google search will usually find them easily on internet;
Site GeneaNet lists over 200 million genealogical data (April 2008), family trees or index name, town filed by individuals, must however be careful with the data found and check for yourself whenever possible The authenticity of the data;
Database ExpoActes 29,935,550 reference already acts and continues to enrich the work of volunteers of different groups of genealogy again, it is strongly recommended to check the act, either directly online at the site of AD when possible, or from genealogists who have filed actions on the database;
the genealogical database Roglo ;
based memory men Ministry of Defence provides the public 5 databases produced from the scanning and indexing biographical retained by the Department of Defense (died for France 1914-1918, Aerospace 1914-1918, 1946-1954 Indochina War, Firing Squad Mont Valerian 1939-1945, died for France NFA 1952-1962);
genealogical studies published.
The site Ballotpedia is a tool for identifying the encyclopedic data on genealogy.

Rules for access to archives in France

The archives of Vital Statistics can be found in town halls , and county records (as appropriate). The vital registration and notarial minutes less than 100 years are not accessible to the public except:

exemption (research of historical, statistical or estate purposes)
Death certificates, communicated freely by all irrespective of the date of death (only acts over a hundred years are directly accessible, others are supplied as complete copies).

For marital status and especially for birth and marriage certificates, proof of his direct relatives (not collateral) with the person named in the act, or the nature of spouse can obtain a complete copy of the act. Beyond 100 years, the law allows direct access to documents (or their copies on microfilm or in digital form).

The archives can be available in several forms:

original paper records;
microfilm of those records;
digitized images of books (still rare).

Genealogical research are increasingly popular, unfortunately at the expense of the sources. The state records has increasingly degraded over the last twenty years than in the previous three centuries. It is therefore urgent to undertake a full digitization of funds, the means exist (machine to scan 2400 pages per hour). Just wanting to.

Photocopy of original records is generally prohibited, to avoid damaging them (risks of breaking the binding on a regular copier is not equipped with a "ramp" to that effect, deterioration of the ink by the flash light the unit). Also prohibited are the pictures with a flash, which should always be preferred natural light (with variable exposure time accordingly).

The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterets makes mandatory record keeping by the church in 1539, but the recording of baptisms on record is older, from 1400 in some churches in France.

From 1737, in France, there are two parallel series of parish registers (until 1792) and Vital Statistics (since 1793). The contents of the two series is supposed to be identical. Parish registers and civil status of the series "communal" are preserved in town hall or municipal archives, or deposited in the departmental archives. The parish registers of the series called "registry" are still preserved in the departmental archives.

Nominal lists of the population (census), in turn, can only be consulted after a period of 30 years.

Under French law, all information on access to vital statistics are available in the following documents :

Statement on Vital 's May 11, 1999, NOR reference text: JUSX9903625J;
Decree 62-921 of August 3, 1962, see section 9.

The reproducing microfilm parish registers and civil status in France

The Vital Statistics before and after the Revolution has generally been microfilmed. These microfilms are available in the departmental archives on drives that often a paper reproduction. Generally, microfilm archive county may be sent to another departmental archives at the request of a user at the price of a certain period.

In France, microfilming has often been done by the Mormons who call themselves the task of reconstructing the family tree of humanity.

The micro-computer in the service of genealogy

Computer technology has facilitated some of the tasks genealogist. A wide range of software (commercial, but also free and open source) can:

managing large databases and printed lists of ancestry, descent and selective choice of the user;
graphic representation (drawing tools) trees ancestry and progeny, even "cousins";
these two types of functions are frequently coupled in the same software.

A specification for exchanging data between genealogy software has gradually imposed, the standard GEDCOM , an acronym for GEnealogical Data Communications. It was originally developed by researchers at the Genealogical Society of Utah, now with the active participation of designers from around the world.

Free software is of course present in the field of genealogy. We include GeneWeb . from the INRIA , which has a manageable database, searchable by a web interface, and @ rbre , from the Cultural Laboratory A + H to propose a scheme for peer-to-peer (P2P ) genealogical data represented in 3D.

Internet for genealogy

Digitization of public records

Main article: List of digital archives.

Valuable tips to effectively perform genealogical research are provided by a Conservative government on the website of the Archives of France. We learn the methodology, what is a table of ten years ... Internet facilitates trade between genealogists in the methods and data themselves. Thirty departments provide direct consultation and free on the web of departmental archives consist of series of documents scanned in France listed by France Genealogy. Appointment, from the portal of Ministry of Culture , is the national database listing more than 13 million names.

Some municipalities allow for consultation on the Internet some of their archives, like the city of Rennes . There is a national index of online vital records federating 26.9 million records from a forty associations, each record is sending charges.

Initiatives genealogical associations and individuals

The service GeneaNet gathers databases many users or professionals, as well as acts of civil status digitized, you can even search for a VIP in our family. Tens of thousands of trees are available online through the engine GeneWeb.

Other forms are also present such as genealogy groups on Yahoo! that include, depending on geographic or thematic users.

Various support systems exist as free FranceGenWeb , Ariadne's Thread , LibrActes , Geneanum , which are intended to support requests for copies of acts Genealogical departmental archives , municipal records and other archives. Searches are performed exclusively by volunteers.

The information available in forums and on various genealogy sites general public did not, alas, the reliability of the major genealogical associations. to establish themselves as unique and genealogy participatory self-policing.

Genealogy and Genetics

It's a new way to search its ancestors no longer based on the study of civil status registers, but on the analysis of DNA. Laboratories, the United States and Great Britain, offering tests to identify its distant ancestors, its region of origin or ethnic group.

References

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