Birth Certificate / Acte de Naissance

There are three different forms of french birth certificates:

• Birth Certificate without the parents' names of the child (Extrait d'acte de naissance sans filiation)
• Birth Certificate mentioning the parents of the child (Extrait d'acte de naissance avec filiation)
• Full and legalized copy of the birth register (Copie intégrale de l'acte de naissance)

According to french laws, everybody is entitled to order a birth certificate without the names of the parents. A birth certificate with mention of the parents or a copy of the birth register may be ordered only by the concerned person himself or herself, the ancestors (parents, grand parents etc.), the descendants (children, grand children etc.) and the spouse (wife or husband).

French birth certificates inform also about further events occurred later on in the life of the concerned person, as marriage, divorce, separation, acquisition or loss of french nationality and death ("mentions marginales").

I would be happy to inform you about the address, phone fax and e-mail of the responsible french mainland or overseas authority, where you may ask for the needed birth certificate. If there is a possiblity to order the document online, I will inform you about the corresponding website. The fee for this information is EUR 10.00 or equivalent amount in any other currency.

Don't you speak french? On request I'll e-mail you an application letter in french to the responsible french authority, just for printig, signing and sending it by post or by fax to the mentioned address. The fee of this service is EUR 20.00 or equivalent amount in any other currency. If you wish to use this service, please answer to the 9 questions on the right (yellow) side.

Marriage Certificate / Acte de Mariage

There are three different forms of french marriage certificates:

• Marriage Certificate without the parents' names of the two spouses (Extrait d'acte de mariage sans filiation)
• Marriage Certificate mentioning the parents of the two spouses (Extrait d'acte de naissance avec filiation)
• Full and legalized copy of the marriage register (Copie intégrale de l'acte de naissance)

According to french laws, everybody is entitled to order a marriage certificate without the names of the parents. A marriage certificate with mention of the parents or a copy of the birth register may be ordered only by each one of the concerned spouses themselves, their ancestors (parents, grand parents etc.), their descendants (children, grand children etc.) and their heirs.

French marriage certificates inform also about further events occurred later on in the life of the concerned persons, as divorce, separation, acquisition or loss of french nationality and death ("mentions marginales").

I would be happy to inform you about the address, phone fax and e-mail of the responsible french mainland or overseas authority, where you may ask for the needed marriage certificate. If there is a possiblity to order the document online, I will inform you about the corresponding website. The fee for this information is EUR 10.00 or equivalent amount in any other currency.

Don't you speak french? On request I'll e-mail you an application letter in french to the responsible french authority, just for printig, signing and sending it by post or by fax to the mentioned address. The fee of this service is EUR 20.00 or equivalent amount in any other currency. If you wish to use this service, please answer to the 10 questions on the right (yellow) side.

Death Certificate / Acte de Décès

I would be happy to provide the death certificate (Copie intégrale de l'Acte de Décès) of any person deceased in France or in a french overseas department or territory.

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