Searching in France 8.
Several genealogists go to France to carry out search.
But, visiting the country of the ancestor is also an occasion to walk upon ancestral soil and several of us visit France each year. There are a certain number of reference books, sometimes a cardex with an index of local records, sometimes repertories of records from the departement. The documents are organized in the same way for all departements and there is a general catalogue indicating the contents of each series. Each center is different. Here a few series of interest.