Records Extraction Guide

If you are interested in learning how to read old French handwriting for the purpose of extracting parish records, you may consult the French Records Extraction Guide. This resource provides basic principles, examples, and practice exercises that will enable you to identify specific parts and characteristics of christening and marriage record entries. The French Records Extraction Guide was first published in 1981 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is now available for download on this website in PDF format.

To download the French Records Extraction Guide in its entirety (65MB), click here (opens in a new tab).

	French Records
	Chapter 1: Old Records (opens in a new tab)
	Chapter 2: Christening, Marriage, and Other Entries (opens in a new tab)
	Chapter 3: Marriage (opens in a new tab)
	Chapter 4: Other Entries (opens in a new tab)
	Chapter 5: French Handwriting and Spelling (opens in a new tab)
	Chapter 6: Name Identification (opens in a new tab)
	Chapter 7: Gender (opens in a new tab)
	Chapter 8: Dates (opens in a new tab)
	Chapter 9: Putting it All in Practice (opens in a new tab)
	Appendices Appendix A - French Occupation List (opens in a new tab) Appendix B - Common Abbreviations (opens in a new tab) Appendix C - Answers to Self-Evaluation Exercises (opens in a new tab)