Source Information

Ancestry.com. Cancale & Hirel, France Census, 1836-1906 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: ABGH Parchemin, compiler. Recensement de Cancale et Hirel, 1836–1906. Rennes, France: ABGH Parchemin.

About Cancale & Hirel, France Census, 1836-1906

Members of the French genealogical association ABGH Parchemin compiled this index to census records for the communes of Cancale and Hirel in the département of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany, France. The database includes censuses taken in the following years:

  • Cancale: 1836, 1851, 1866, 1881, 1896
  • Hirel: 1836, 1851, 1866, 1896, 1906

The 1881 census is missing for Hirel and the 1906 for Cancale.

Using the Records:

This collection can be searched by city, year of residence, name, and birth year. While the collection is an index only and has no images associated with it, the index may also contain:

  • Quarter
  • Street
  • House number
  • Age
  • Occupation
  • Status in household
  • Comments