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*For records generally in France
**The Departmental Archives in France provide online records, see External links below, for The French Genealogy Blog (in English) which contains links to some of the online Departmental Archives
**Family Search FamilySearch [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927089?region=France France research page]. You must be signed in to [[FamilySearch]] to view records.
**The pay website [https://en.filae.com Filae], a " prime resource for accessing French archives and tracing French ancestors", may be accessed for free from FamilySearch computers in FamilySearch Centres, see this [https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-register-for-an-account-with-filae FS article]. (Filae is also a Partner for Latter day Saints Church members). See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for more details.
** The pay website [https://en.geneanet.org Geneanet] has the best collection of French Family Trees,<ref>Video "Beginning French Research for Non-French Speakers, Part 1" by Amberly Beck, see External links above.</ref> and may be accessed for free from FamilySearch computers in FamilySearch Centres, see this [https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/what-genealogy-websites-are-available-in-family-history-centers FS article]. (Geneanet is also a Partner for Latter day Saints Church members). See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for more details.
**To see what is available at pay website Ancestry, use the [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/catalog/?limitToCountry=0 Ancestry Card Catalogue], a listing of all record collections. You can filter by Location Europe, then by Location France to see what records are available for France.
**Pay website Findmypast [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/historical-records?page=1&order_direction=desc&order_by=relevance®ion=world All Record Sets] currently (2021/02) indicates only one small database relating to France.
**Other sources are detailed in [https://familysearch.org/blog/en/searching-french-family-history-records Searching for French Family History Records] FamilySearch Blog.
==Archives==
===ANOM, previously CAOM===
There were three very large enclaves for British ex-pats in France: Pas de Calais, Paris and the Mediterranean coast of France and also a very large group living in Biarritz (where there was a very popular spa and casino).<ref> Fuller, Tony. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190210021458/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/785638/ IETD in Persia] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 20 February 2012, archived. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biarritz Biarritz] Wikipedia.</ref>
For French records generally available online, see [[https://familysearch.org/blog/en/searching-french-family-history-records Searching for French Family History #Other|Records- Other] Family Search Blog] above.
Some retirees from India also settled in the [[Channel Islands]], particularly in Jersey.
