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The Eure-et-Loir department was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. It gets its name from the rivers that cross it and is composed of several parts of the ancient provinces of Orléanais, Maine, and Île-de-France to the north. It is bordered by the departments of Loir-et-Cher, of Loiret, of the Essonne, of the Yvelines, of the Eure, of the Orne and of the Sarthe.
Start your search for your ancestors' records on the website of the departmental archives of Eure-et-Loir. Access online archives, choose to work on the History of individuals, populations, and genealogy, on the iconographic funds, on the oral archives, or on the press in Eure-et-Loir.
In the first menu, browse the different registers: the parish and civil status registers, the population census lists, the tables of successions and absences, the military registers, the mortgage registers and the electoral lists.
On FranceGenWeb: "Mixed Acts" - Marriages - Marriages of Migrants - Marriages of Migrants from Eure-et-Loir - Notaries - Protestants
The records of Véronique Riffault
Database of marriages, births, and deaths in Eure-et-Loir by the Perche-Gouët Genealogical Research Circle
A family of bad subjects, a terrible storm, a courageous teacher, and many more on the J. Marchal's website.
Buried with the heart and body separated, Death of Henry de Bourbon in Vitray-en-Beauce in 1608, Deaths due to heatwave in Vitray-en-Beauce in 1608, A furious hurricane in the commune of Oinville-Saint-Liphard and A child with multiple fathers in Ollé in 1671 on the Geneactinsolite website.
The murder of a Breton agricultural worker: from news to the history of migrations
History and memory of migrations in the Center region
Doing the history of immigration in the Center region: a beginning
Political immigration from Spain in the Center region
Restoration and installation of the stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral - 1948
Congress of young farmers in Chartres - 1952
View of Chartres Cathedral - 1960
The Harkis - 1964
Ephraim Grenadou - 1967
The bell of the house of Combray - 1971
A father and his son about their vocation as farmers - 1974
The Perche in search of its identity - 1976
Competitors and yet friends of Rufus - 1977
Organic farming - 1989
Picassiette House - 1995
A family from Eure-et-Loir in the Great War - archives and books used
Chartres in History. Archives and Testimonials
On Gallica: the Eure-et-Loir in images
On Clochers de France: the belfries of Eure-et-Loir in images
On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials
On CPArama: postcards of the Eure-et-Loir
On CPA de Bastille 91: old postcards of the Eure-et-Loir
Old postcards of the commune of Ymonville
From Cassini's villages to today's communes: the department of Eure-et-Loir
On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department
On Gallica: old maps of Eure-et-Loir
History of the Eure-et-Loir department
History of Chartres and the ancient Pays Chartrain - 1801
Physical, civil, and moral history of the surroundings of Paris - 1828
The department of Eure-et-Loir - 1836
Special almanac for the department of Eure-et-Loir - 1837
Ancient measures of Eure-et-Loir - 1843
Popular beliefs and supernatural medicine in Eure-et-Loir in the 19th century- 1946
Fires and arsonists in Eure-et-Loir in the 19th century - 1996
A 12th-century house in Dreux - 2012
On Gallica: the books, the press and the manuscripts to learn everything about the department of Eure-et-Loir
Top 10 surnames in Eure-et-Loir:
The other 40 most popular surnames in the department (according to the INSEE file):
Genealogical Society of Eure-et-Loir
Perche-Gouët Genealogical Research Circle
Genealogy blog of Cloyes and the Dunois region
Twitter: @CRGPercheGouet
Facebook: Departmental Archives of Eure-et-Loir - Genealogy 28 Eure et Loir
Happy researching!
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