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Newt Robineau-81 ... my brickwall ancestor

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Why is Paris so hard to get records from? Anyone have any new ideas?
WikiTree profile: Simon Robineau
in Genealogy Help by Jonathan Marvel G2G Crew (310 points)

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Have you been to the France Project page? They have a list of resources for France  Here is the Project page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:France#Resources

by Lorraine Nagle G2G6 Pilot (209k points)
edited by Lorraine Nagle
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Because Paris' townhall burned in 1871 and all records from pre-1860 were lost in the fire. Some of them were able to be recreated from other copies (in possession of the families, or some parishes) but a lot of them are sadly lost forever.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fires_in_the_Paris_Commune#Burnt_memory
by Léa Haupaix G2G6 Mach 9 (96.7k points)

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