France, Brittany, Public Records, 1793-1896

What is in This Collection?

This collection indexes military records of the First French Republic, 1792-1804; the First French Empire (Napoleon Empire), 1804-1815; the Kingdom of France (the Bourbon Restoration), 1815-1830; Second French Republic, 1848-1852; the Second French Empire, 1852-1870; and into the Third French Republic. It contains records from the War of 1870, also known as the Franco-Prussian War. There are also are lay or ecclesiastical seigniorial records and records of firefighters from Rennes in the department Ille-et-Vilaine, as well as court records from the later years of the Kingdom of France (to 1792).

Reading These Records

These records are written in French. For help reading them see:

• France Language and Languages
• French Genealogical Word List
• French Handwriting
• Script Tutorial for French