France - Obtain a Family Record Book(livret de famille)

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Procedure

It's a French document, given to a couple when they marry (family record book).You can get one if you’re a French citizen, no matter where you got married. If married abroad, you will get one only if you got your foreign marriage certificate transcripted by the French embassy of the country where you are. It is used to record births, deaths etc in your immediate family.

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Required Documents

• Birth Certificates
• Marriage Certificate
• Passports

Office Locations & Contacts

Monsieur le Maire
Bureau de l'Etat-Civil
Mairie de Boulogne sur Mer
62200 Boulogne sur Mer, France

Ministre des Affaires Etrangres
Direction des Franais l'Etranger
Service Central de l'Etat-Civil
11, rue Maison Blanche, 44000 Nantes
Tel: 0826 080 604 (from the U.S. tel: 00 33 1 41 86 42 47)
Fax: 02.51.77.36.99

This service allows you to know how you should contact the municipality.

Eligibility

A Livret de Famille is issued in France (and some other countries) to either spouse after the marriage ceremony, or after the birth of the first child of an unmarried couple.

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Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Required Information

• The applicant's full name at the time of birt
• The date and place of birth
• Father's full name
• Mother's full name at the time of the applicant's birth, including maiden name
• Mother and father's occupation

Need for the Document

A family Record Book(livret de famille) is a civil registry used in many France to track information of a genealogical or legal interest.

The livret de famille generally contains the marriage certificate of the couple and the birth certificates of their children, as well as a certificate of divorce if one exists.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

The Livret de Famille is given to a couple when they get married in France and all the subsequent children are registered in it. Which is why you're asked for it, as well as birth certificates, vaccination certificates, etc... when you first register them at school (at the Mairie for Maternelle and Primaire).

External Links

The official gateway to the French civil service http://www.service-public.fr/langue/english/

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