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This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-06/1308968184 post] advises how the author’s research involved going through records of various departments in France.
This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-02/1328800822 post] advises that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avranches Avranches] (Wikipedia) in Lower Normandy was very popular with retirees from British India.
This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-02/1329751468 post] advises that there were three very large enclaves for British ex-pats in France: Pas de Calais, Paris and the Mediterranean coast of France and in addition there was also a very large group living in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biarritz Biarritz] (Wikipedia) where there was a very popular spa and casino.
This further India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-06/1309000968 post] includes advice of Anne’s [http://french-genealogy.typepad.com/genealogie/about-anne.html The French Genealogy Blog] (in English) which contains links to some of the online Departmental Archives
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==Tracing the British in France==
===Records of Departments in France===
Many British people with Indian connections lived in Boulogne-sur–Mer which had a large foreign population with schools, boarding houses etc catering for these residents. The online archives for Boulogne-sur-Mer are available as part of [http://www.archivespasdecalais.fr/Archives-en-ligne The Archives of Pas-de-Calais]
[https://familysearch.org/blog/en/searching-french-family-history-records Searching for French Family History Records] Family Search Blog
