EXPERT’S TIP
One of the joys of French genealogical research is that so much of it is free. Each of the 100 or so departments in the country has its ownland-registry maps from the early 19th century census returns historic newspapers or photographs and the military conscription lists of men of an age to fight in the First World War accompanied by a wealth of personal archives relating to the conflict gathered during a nationwide appeal, . Among the richest of the departmental archives’ websites is that of Seine-Maritime, where the port of Le Havre is located ().
