Most genealogy sites have limited French content. Parish and civil records do not have complete indexes so it is very likely that you will have to scroll through many pages when searching for your family. This is tough spade work that is often made more arduous because of poor image quality. If my spaniel rolled around in some ink then took the registers out to play in the garden they might have much the same appearance.
The Archives Départementales
01 Ain
Archives départementales de l'Ain
02 Aisne
Archives départementales de l'Aisne
03 Allier
Archives départementales de l'Allier
04 Alpes de Haute-Provence
Archives départementales des Alpes de Haute-Provence
05 Hautes-Alpes
Archives départementales des Hautes-Alpes
06 Alpes-Maritimes
Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes
07 Ardèche
Archives départementales de l'Ardèche
08 Ardennes
Archives départementales des Ardennes Parish and civil records are incomplete.
09 Ariège
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
10 Aube
Archives départementales de l'Aube
11 Aude
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
12 Aveyron
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
13 Bouches-du-Rhône
Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône
14 Calvados
Archives départementales du Calvados
15 Cantal
Archives départementales du Cantal
16 Charente
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
17 Charente-Maritime
Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime
18 Cher
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
19 Corrèze
Archives départementales de la Corrèze
2A Corse-du-Sud
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
2B Haute-Corse
Archives départementales de la Haute-Corse
21 Côte-d'Or
Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or
22 Côtes-d'Armor
Archives départementales des Côtes-d'Armor
23 Creuse
24 Dordogne
Archives départementales de la Dordogne
25 Doubs
Archives départementales du Doubs Parish and civil records are incomplete.
26 Drôme
Archives départementales de la Drôme
27 Eure
Archives départementales de l'Eure
28 Eure-et-Loir
Archives départementales d'Eure-et-Loir
29 Finistère
According to the Conseil général a website will soon be online.
30 Gard
31 Haute-Garonne
Archives départementales de la Haute-Garonne
32 Gers
33 Gironde
Archives départementales de la Gironde
34 Hérault
Archives départementales de l'Hérault
35 Ille-et-Vilaine
Archives départementales de l'Ille-et-Vilaine Parish and civil records are available online through THOT, one lot remains to be loaded during 2011.
36 Indre
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
37 Indre-et-Loire
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
38 Isère
Archives départementales de l'Isère
39 Jura
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
40 Landes
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
41 Loir-et-Cher
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
42 Loire
Archives départementales de la Loire
43 Haute-Loire
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
44 Loire-Atlantique
Archives départementales de la Loire-Atlantique
45 Loiret
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
46 Lot
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
47 Lot-et-Garonne
Archives départementales de Lot-et-Garonne
48 Lozère
Centre départemental de ressources culturelles
49 Maine-et-Loire
Archives départementales de Maine-et-Loire
50 Manche
Archives départementales de la Manche
51 Marne
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
52 Haute-Marne
Archives départementales de la Haute-Marne
53 Mayenne
Archives départementales de la Mayenne
54 Meurthe-et-Moselle
Archives départementales de la Meurthe-et-Moselle
55 Meuse
Archives départementales de la Meuse
56 Morbihan
Archives départementales du Morbihan
57 Moselle
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
58 Nièvre
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
59 Nord
Archives départementales du Nord Tables décennales are online. Parish and civil records are not yet available.
60 Oise
Archives départementales de l'Oise
61 Orne
Archives départementales de l'Orne
62 Pas-de-Calais
Archives départementales du Pas-de-Calais Tables décennales are online. Parish and civil records are not yet available.
63 Puy-de-Dôme
Archives départementales du Puy-de-Dôme
64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques
65 Hautes-Pyrénées
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
66 Pyrénées-Orientales
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
67 Bas-Rhin
Archives départementales du Bas-Rhin
68 Haut-Rhin
Archives départementales du Haut-Rhin
69 Rhône
Archives départementales du Rhône
70 Haute-Saône
Archives départementales de la Haute-Saône
71 Saône-et-Loire
Archives départementales de Saône-et-Loire
72 Sarthe
Archives départementales de la Sarthe
73 Savoie
Archives départementales de la Savoie
74 Haute-Savoie
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
75 Paris
Archives départementales de Paris The archives were destroyed by fire when the Commune collapsed in May 1871. Access is limited to the index of the reconstituted registers and to the tables décennales.
76 Seine-Maritime
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
77 Seine-et-Marne
Archives départementales de Seine-et-Marne
78 Yvelines
Archives départementales des Yvelines
79 Deux-Sèvres
Archives départementales des Deux-Sèvres
80 Somme
Archives départementales de la Somme
81 Tarn
Archives départementales du Tarn
82 Tarn-et-Garonne
Archives départementales du Tarn-et-Garonne
83 Var
Archives départementales du Var
84 Vaucluse
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
85 Vendée
Archives départementales de la Vendée
86 Vienne
Archives départementales de la Vienne
87 Haute-Vienne
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
88 Vosges
Archives départementales des Vosges
89 Yonne
Archives départementales de l'Yonne
90 Territoire de Belfort
Archives départementales du Territoire de Belfort
91 Essonne
Archives départementales de l'Essonne
92 Hauts-de-Seine
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
93 Seine-Saint-Denis
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
94 Val-de-Marne
Archives départementales du Val-de-Marne
95 Val-d'Oise
Parish and civil records are not yet available online.
