Normandy Genealogical Records
Normandy Birth & Baptism Records
An index to and images of over 100,000 birth, marriage and death records from Protestant churches throughout France.
A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.
Normandy Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to and images of over 100,000 birth, marriage and death records from Protestant churches throughout France.
An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
Normandy Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
An index to and images of over 100,000 birth, marriage and death records from Protestant churches throughout France.
Newspapers Covering Normandy
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
Text-searchable copies of tens of thousands of French newspaper articles.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Normandy Wills & Probate Records
An index to almost 78,000 wills that were disputed. The index can lead you to documents that may shed a great deal of genealogical information as disputes often arose between siblings and cousins.
Normandy Military Records
An index to over 6.5 million medals and awards bestowed on British military personnel. The awards are the British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal, 1914 Star, Territorial War Force Medal and Allied Subjects Medal; the latter of which contains many French, Belgians and Dutch.
Photographs of over 1.7 million military graves, largely of British and Commonwealth soldiers Names from monuments have been indexed.
An index to and images records detailing the incarceration of 1.34 million military personnel, civilians, diplomats, missionaries & merchant seamen who were held as prisoners of war. The records cover British prisoners held by foreign powers and non-British prisoners held by Britain.
An index to men who served the English crown in the occupation of Normandy. Contains a reference to original documents.
An index to soldiers whose names occur in early muster rolls. Contains a reference to original documents held at The National Archives. Many men are stationed in France.
Normandy Court & Legal Records
An index to almost 78,000 wills that were disputed. The index can lead you to documents that may shed a great deal of genealogical information as disputes often arose between siblings and cousins.
Official reports relating activities of American interest in France, prior to World War II, including accounts of diplomatic visits, political unrest, behind-the-scenes insights, and tales from within the American Embassy.
Abstracts of French records relating to Britain.
The records of the American Section of the Supreme War Council consist of letters, reports, studies, minutes, cablegrams, charts, maps, pamphlets, and books sent to and received from American, French, British, and Italian sources.
Normandy Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Details of 150,000 people extracted from early telephone directories. Entries may include name, address, occupation and phone number.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
A directory listing manufactures in Britain, Europe and Australasia.
Normandy Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Normandy Histories & Books
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
A database containing over 46,000 historical postcards with photos of places in France. Each postcard caption has been indexed and may be searched by keyword or location.
Official reports relating activities of American interest in France, prior to World War II, including accounts of diplomatic visits, political unrest, behind-the-scenes insights, and tales from within the American Embassy.
This book covers sources relating to those who accompanied William the conqueror in England with some pedigrees of those families.
Normandy Occupation & Business Records
This database includes records of pensions paid to over 220,000 military personnel and government employees. Details given may include name, date and place of birth, date of death, particulars of marriage and particulars of children.
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on more than 35,000 slave voyages that forcibly embarked over 12 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
A directory listing manufactures in Britain, Europe and Australasia.
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Normandy
The lineages of French royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
This book covers sources relating to those who accompanied William the conqueror in England with some pedigrees of those families.
Normandy Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
The lineages of French royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
This book covers sources relating to those who accompanied William the conqueror in England with some pedigrees of those families.
Normandy Church Records
An index to and images of over 100,000 birth, marriage and death records from Protestant churches throughout France.
Normandy Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Normandy Reference Works
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.
Most Common Surnames in Normandy
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in France |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie | 25,977 | 1:129 | 37.16% | 29 |
| 2 | Martin | 16,807 | 1:200 | 5.34% | 1 |
| 3 | Leroy | 14,053 | 1:239 | 12.88% | 13 |
| 4 | Lefebvre | 13,230 | 1:254 | 16.70% | 20 |
| 5 | Duval | 12,818 | 1:262 | 24.68% | 59 |
| 6 | Simon | 10,313 | 1:325 | 8.53% | 8 |
| 7 | Langlois | 8,389 | 1:400 | 31.84% | 168 |
| 8 | Morel | 8,257 | 1:406 | 8.94% | 15 |
| 9 | Durand | 8,143 | 1:412 | 6.06% | 5 |
| 10 | Dubois | 7,986 | 1:420 | 6.05% | 6 |
| 11 | Morin | 7,944 | 1:422 | 10.99% | 26 |
| 12 | Leroux | 7,739 | 1:433 | 18.51% | 90 |
| 13 | Michel | 7,460 | 1:450 | 6.43% | 10 |
| 14 | Richard | 7,066 | 1:475 | 5.11% | 4 |
| 15 | Leclerc | 6,950 | 1:483 | 18.60% | 110 |
| 16 | David | 6,858 | 1:489 | 7.06% | 14 |
| 17 | Roussel | 6,585 | 1:509 | 12.58% | 58 |
| 18 | Laurent | 6,276 | 1:534 | 5.22% | 9 |
| 19 | Letellier | 6,176 | 1:543 | 47.31% | 411 |
| 20 | Dupont | 6,111 | 1:549 | 7.86% | 23 |
| 21 | Lefevre | 5,937 | 1:565 | 11.78% | 65 |
| 22 | Thomas | 5,927 | 1:566 | 5.15% | 12 |
| 23 | Lambert | 5,854 | 1:573 | 6.75% | 19 |
| 24 | Jeanne | 5,725 | 1:586 | 50.29% | 489 |
| 25 | Lemonnier | 5,655 | 1:593 | 38.77% | 355 |
| 26 | Robert | 5,554 | 1:604 | 3.95% | 3 |
| 27 | Fleury | 5,345 | 1:628 | 17.48% | 136 |
| 28 | Hamel | 5,338 | 1:628 | 42.74% | 438 |
| 29 | Bernard | 5,323 | 1:630 | 3.14% | 2 |
| 30 | Lucas | 5,300 | 1:633 | 11.40% | 75 |
| 31 | Hebert | 5,275 | 1:636 | 38.37% | 381 |
| 32 | Gautier | 5,260 | 1:638 | 9.62% | 53 |
| 33 | Deschamps | 5,257 | 1:638 | 13.75% | 103 |
| 34 | Delaunay | 5,166 | 1:649 | 24.40% | 206 |
| 35 | Aubert | 5,133 | 1:653 | 10.15% | 64 |
| 36 | Carpentier | 5,113 | 1:656 | 12.98% | 98 |
| 37 | Leconte | 5,102 | 1:657 | 31.90% | 320 |
| 38 | Denis | 5,035 | 1:666 | 8.40% | 40 |
| 39 | Renault | 4,591 | 1:731 | 15.97% | 150 |
| 40 | Girard | 4,588 | 1:731 | 5.23% | 17 |
| 41 | Jean | 4,501 | 1:745 | 7.96% | 51 |
| 42 | Lemoine | 4,427 | 1:758 | 12.41% | 118 |
| 43 | Guerin | 4,417 | 1:759 | 8.54% | 60 |
| 44 | Dufour | 4,380 | 1:766 | 7.46% | 44 |
| 45 | Dumont | 4,373 | 1:767 | 9.49% | 76 |
| 46 | Henry | 4,357 | 1:770 | 6.63% | 33 |
| 47 | Picard | 4,288 | 1:782 | 8.68% | 68 |
| 48 | Gosselin | 4,248 | 1:790 | 33.76% | 433 |
| 49 | Hubert | 4,222 | 1:794 | 9.91% | 86 |
| 50 | Lemarchand | 4,200 | 1:799 | 41.12% | 540 |
| 50 | Philippe | 4,200 | 1:799 | 10.89% | 102 |
| 52 | Blondel | 4,173 | 1:804 | 26.90% | 335 |
| 53 | Caron | 4,154 | 1:807 | 8.46% | 69 |
| 54 | Masson | 4,148 | 1:809 | 6.42% | 34 |
| 55 | Chevalier | 4,130 | 1:812 | 6.85% | 39 |
| 56 | Moreau | 4,128 | 1:813 | 3.16% | 7 |
| 57 | Roger | 4,088 | 1:820 | 9.89% | 93 |
| 58 | Fontaine | 4,071 | 1:824 | 7.18% | 49 |
| 59 | Moulin | 4,028 | 1:833 | 9.61% | 89 |
| 60 | Garnier | 4,026 | 1:833 | 5.59% | 27 |
| 61 | Lebrun | 4,015 | 1:835 | 11.92% | 125 |
| 62 | Mauger | 3,994 | 1:840 | 49.52% | 705 |
| 63 | Fournier | 3,901 | 1:860 | 4.47% | 18 |
| 64 | Adam | 3,870 | 1:867 | 10.68% | 116 |
| 65 | Levasseur | 3,863 | 1:868 | 32.22% | 456 |
| 66 | Maillard | 3,828 | 1:876 | 12.24% | 133 |
| 67 | Vincent | 3,735 | 1:898 | 5.48% | 32 |
| 68 | Paris | 3,702 | 1:906 | 9.10% | 94 |
| 69 | Lecoq | 3,665 | 1:915 | 25.60% | 365 |
| 70 | Mercier | 3,654 | 1:918 | 4.62% | 21 |
| 71 | Leblond | 3,646 | 1:920 | 28.85% | 430 |
| 72 | Bertin | 3,641 | 1:921 | 9.96% | 114 |
| 73 | Huet | 3,592 | 1:934 | 12.64% | 152 |
| 74 | Delamare | 3,590 | 1:934 | 53.51% | 942 |
| 75 | Dupuis | 3,567 | 1:940 | 8.55% | 91 |
| 76 | Olivier | 3,564 | 1:941 | 9.17% | 101 |
| 77 | Hue | 3,563 | 1:941 | 40.21% | 654 |
| 78 | Lecomte | 3,518 | 1:953 | 10.28% | 123 |
| 79 | Lemaitre | 3,430 | 1:978 | 16.37% | 210 |
| 80 | Benard | 3,318 | 1:1,011 | 20.44% | 316 |
| 81 | Auvray | 3,244 | 1:1,034 | 43.55% | 802 |
| 82 | Lesueur | 3,164 | 1:1,060 | 34.46% | 625 |
| 83 | Bisson | 3,127 | 1:1,073 | 37.76% | 692 |
| 84 | Bertrand | 3,116 | 1:1,076 | 4.20% | 25 |
| 85 | Duhamel | 3,029 | 1:1,107 | 19.37% | 330 |
| 86 | Monnier | 3,023 | 1:1,110 | 9.86% | 135 |
| 87 | Marchand | 3,012 | 1:1,114 | 6.02% | 66 |
| 88 | Launay | 3,005 | 1:1,116 | 14.34% | 211 |
| 89 | Lamy | 2,991 | 1:1,121 | 13.10% | 190 |
| 90 | Pottier | 2,989 | 1:1,122 | 19.42% | 336 |
| 91 | Voisin | 2,971 | 1:1,129 | 14.11% | 209 |
| 92 | Blanchard | 2,969 | 1:1,130 | 4.99% | 42 |
| 93 | Hardy | 2,962 | 1:1,132 | 15.75% | 256 |
| 94 | Joly | 2,944 | 1:1,139 | 5.20% | 50 |
| 95 | Poulain | 2,938 | 1:1,142 | 12.48% | 185 |
| 96 | Leblanc | 2,898 | 1:1,157 | 8.69% | 126 |
| 97 | Toutain | 2,874 | 1:1,167 | 43.70% | 972 |
| 98 | Delahaye | 2,872 | 1:1,168 | 19.84% | 358 |
| 99 | Anne | 2,853 | 1:1,176 | 40.80% | 886 |
| 100 | Besnard | 2,822 | 1:1,189 | 13.64% | 216 |
| 101 | Nicolas | 2,815 | 1:1,192 | 3.95% | 28 |
| 102 | Lebreton | 2,798 | 1:1,199 | 14.19% | 236 |
| 103 | Rousseau | 2,794 | 1:1,200 | 4.00% | 30 |
| 104 | Chevallier | 2,793 | 1:1,201 | 9.23% | 140 |
| 105 | Lesage | 2,778 | 1:1,207 | 13.28% | 212 |
| 106 | Alexandre | 2,752 | 1:1,219 | 12.24% | 192 |
| 107 | Lemaire | 2,749 | 1:1,220 | 4.62% | 43 |
| 108 | Duchemin | 2,742 | 1:1,223 | 31.80% | 670 |
| 109 | Cousin | 2,732 | 1:1,228 | 10.30% | 167 |
| 110 | Guilbert | 2,713 | 1:1,236 | 16.44% | 310 |
| 111 | Fauvel | 2,701 | 1:1,242 | 40.98% | 967 |
| 112 | Brunet | 2,687 | 1:1,248 | 5.87% | 78 |
| 113 | Lejeune | 2,672 | 1:1,255 | 12.24% | 201 |
| 114 | Hamon | 2,643 | 1:1,269 | 8.68% | 138 |
| 115 | Louis | 2,610 | 1:1,285 | 5.49% | 73 |
| 116 | Vautier | 2,555 | 1:1,313 | 45.17% | 1,149 |
| 117 | Quesnel | 2,550 | 1:1,315 | 54.29% | 1,464 |
| 118 | Robin | 2,540 | 1:1,321 | 3.94% | 35 |
| 119 | Baron | 2,519 | 1:1,332 | 6.71% | 109 |
| 120 | Lenoir | 2,513 | 1:1,335 | 13.50% | 262 |
| 121 | Varin | 2,512 | 1:1,335 | 43.29% | 1,116 |
| 122 | Prevost | 2,509 | 1:1,337 | 14.13% | 283 |
| 123 | Mallet | 2,490 | 1:1,347 | 10.10% | 174 |
| 124 | Samson | 2,489 | 1:1,348 | 18.69% | 403 |
| 125 | Mary | 2,473 | 1:1,356 | 14.44% | 295 |
| 126 | Godefroy | 2,469 | 1:1,358 | 25.87% | 594 |
| 127 | Poisson | 2,458 | 1:1,365 | 18.92% | 414 |
| 128 | Renard | 2,450 | 1:1,369 | 8.08% | 139 |
| 129 | Lelievre | 2,425 | 1:1,383 | 20.71% | 472 |
| 130 | Barbier | 2,413 | 1:1,390 | 5.42% | 83 |
| 131 | Bazin | 2,399 | 1:1,398 | 15.01% | 321 |
| 132 | Lemercier | 2,391 | 1:1,403 | 32.69% | 827 |
| 133 | Julien | 2,383 | 1:1,408 | 8.33% | 151 |
| 134 | Lenormand | 2,378 | 1:1,410 | 36.10% | 968 |
| 135 | Marais | 2,355 | 1:1,424 | 28.79% | 699 |
| 136 | Colin | 2,334 | 1:1,437 | 4.57% | 63 |
| 137 | Garcia | 2,305 | 1:1,455 | 2.00% | 11 |
| 138 | Noel | 2,290 | 1:1,465 | 8.82% | 172 |
| 139 | Avenel | 2,289 | 1:1,465 | 60.24% | 1,929 |
| 140 | Deshayes | 2,285 | 1:1,468 | 23.92% | 592 |
| 141 | Bourdon | 2,284 | 1:1,469 | 13.71% | 305 |
| 142 | Vasseur | 2,278 | 1:1,472 | 6.67% | 124 |
| 143 | Beaufils | 2,262 | 1:1,483 | 25.20% | 644 |
| 144 | Loisel | 2,253 | 1:1,489 | 30.50% | 813 |
| 145 | Catherine | 2,242 | 1:1,496 | 30.04% | 796 |
| 146 | Aubry | 2,240 | 1:1,497 | 7.33% | 137 |
| 147 | Godard | 2,237 | 1:1,499 | 12.21% | 266 |
| 148 | Lecarpentier | 2,223 | 1:1,509 | 61.58% | 2,051 |
| 149 | Hervieu | 2,209 | 1:1,518 | 59.61% | 1,983 |
| 150 | Anquetil | 2,202 | 1:1,523 | 60.20% | 2,010 |
| 151 | Neveu | 2,200 | 1:1,525 | 15.08% | 354 |
| 152 | Gilles | 2,190 | 1:1,532 | 12.02% | 269 |
| 153 | Cordier | 2,186 | 1:1,534 | 10.09% | 202 |
| 154 | Leboucher | 2,182 | 1:1,537 | 42.43% | 1,288 |
| 155 | Chauvin | 2,139 | 1:1,568 | 8.91% | 177 |
| 156 | Devaux | 2,118 | 1:1,584 | 11.78% | 279 |
| 157 | Boucher | 2,097 | 1:1,599 | 7.19% | 147 |
| 158 | Lefrancois | 2,090 | 1:1,605 | 44.15% | 1,445 |
| 159 | Martel | 2,088 | 1:1,606 | 10.66% | 239 |
| 160 | Guillot | 2,085 | 1:1,609 | 5.18% | 95 |
| 161 | Charles | 2,068 | 1:1,622 | 4.83% | 85 |
| 162 | Letourneur | 2,038 | 1:1,646 | 41.83% | 1,377 |
| 163 | Duclos | 2,031 | 1:1,651 | 14.73% | 379 |
| 163 | Gaillard | 2,031 | 1:1,651 | 4.24% | 72 |
| 163 | Petit | 2,031 | 1:1,651 | 5.59% | 115 |
| 166 | Picot | 2,029 | 1:1,653 | 16.66% | 447 |
| 167 | Viel | 2,024 | 1:1,657 | 30.25% | 946 |
| 168 | Binet | 2,015 | 1:1,665 | 19.95% | 548 |
| 169 | Daniel | 2,008 | 1:1,670 | 5.56% | 117 |
| 170 | Groult | 1,995 | 1:1,681 | 56.23% | 2,109 |
| 171 | Germain | 1,989 | 1:1,686 | 7.32% | 163 |
| 171 | Jourdain | 1,989 | 1:1,686 | 14.57% | 387 |
| 173 | Pierre | 1,975 | 1:1,698 | 5.58% | 119 |
| 174 | Auger | 1,961 | 1:1,710 | 12.20% | 318 |
| 175 | Allain | 1,957 | 1:1,714 | 11.39% | 293 |
| 176 | Levillain | 1,945 | 1:1,724 | 52.80% | 1,995 |
| 177 | Delarue | 1,941 | 1:1,728 | 25.65% | 770 |
| 178 | Le Roux | 1,940 | 1:1,729 | 6.56% | 146 |
| 179 | Drouet | 1,931 | 1:1,737 | 15.18% | 428 |
| 180 | Vallee | 1,930 | 1:1,738 | 17.71% | 511 |
| 181 | Renouf | 1,914 | 1:1,752 | 56.03% | 2,241 |
| 182 | Lebas | 1,904 | 1:1,762 | 25.42% | 788 |
| 183 | Guillaume | 1,891 | 1:1,774 | 4.55% | 92 |
| 184 | Royer | 1,886 | 1:1,778 | 5.08% | 111 |
| 185 | Clement | 1,871 | 1:1,793 | 4.10% | 79 |
| 186 | Castel | 1,870 | 1:1,794 | 14.32% | 410 |
| 187 | Breton | 1,867 | 1:1,797 | 7.00% | 166 |
| 187 | Bunel | 1,867 | 1:1,797 | 47.81% | 1,863 |
| 189 | Canu | 1,865 | 1:1,798 | 42.39% | 1,579 |
| 190 | Bourgeois | 1,853 | 1:1,810 | 5.04% | 113 |
| 191 | Duboc | 1,852 | 1:1,811 | 46.53% | 1,806 |
| 192 | Lecourt | 1,851 | 1:1,812 | 30.72% | 1,084 |
| 193 | Nicolle | 1,849 | 1:1,814 | 29.34% | 1,028 |
| 194 | Bigot | 1,843 | 1:1,820 | 9.61% | 247 |
| 195 | Francois | 1,832 | 1:1,831 | 5.21% | 120 |
| 196 | Gervais | 1,828 | 1:1,835 | 13.31% | 383 |
| 197 | Tessier | 1,825 | 1:1,838 | 7.83% | 187 |
| 198 | Burel | 1,818 | 1:1,845 | 23.81% | 759 |
| 198 | Laine | 1,818 | 1:1,845 | 18.01% | 549 |
| 200 | Dujardin | 1,817 | 1:1,846 | 17.02% | 521 |