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The Essonne department was created in 1968 following the dismantling of the former Seine-et-Oise department. It takes its name from the river that runs through it. It is bordered by the departments of the Yvelines, of the Hauts-de-Seine, of the Val-de-Marne, of the Seine-et-Marne, of the Loiret and of the Eure-et-Loir.
Consult the online archives on the online archives on the Essonne Departmental Archives website. You can search the vital records, census records, the intendance plans and the Napoleonic cadastre plans.
On FranceGenWeb: "Miscellaneous Records" - Marriages - Migrants' Marriages - Marriages of Migrants from Essonne - Notaries - Protestants
BMS Transcriptions of La Norville by the Cercle Généalogique norvillois
Genealogy of Méréville by Danielle Caracostea
Floods, windstorms, hail, and many more on the J. Marchal's website.
Ile-de-France – History and memory of immigrations since 1789
Supply March at Montlhery - 1929
Miniature Radio Receiver - 1951
Visit of SHAPE Officers to the Bretigny Flight Test Center – 1958
Launch of Saturn, the Particle Accelerator – 1958
Hair Straightener – 1969
Visit to the Saclay Nuclear Center – 1969
Russian Youth Festival – 1972
Children Learning Russian Through Song – 1972
On Gallica: Essonne in Pictures
On Clochers de France: the belfries of Essonne in Pictures
On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the War Memorials
On Cartes Postales Anciennes de Bastille91: the Essonne in Postcards
On communes.com: Postcards of Corbeil-Essonnes, of Ballancourt-sur-Essonne and of Boutigny-sur-Essonne
On CPArama: Old Postcards of Essonne
From Cassini's villages to today's communes: the department of Essonne
On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department
On Gallica: old maps of Essonne
History of the Essonne department
Geographical description of the Seine-et-Oise department
Memoirs of the Society of Agriculture of the Seine-et-Oise department- 1814
Biography of remarkable men of the Seine-et-Oise department- 1832
Memoir on the project of the Seine-et-Oise railway- 1865
Episodes of the French Revolution in the Seine-et-Oise department - 1872
Dictionary of ancient names of the communes of the Seine-et-Oise department - 1874
Ecclesiastical topography of the Seine-et-Oise department - 1874
Epidemics and mentalities: cholera of 1832 in Seine-et-Oise - 1974
War and rural world - Requisitions in the surroundings of Paris (1814-1816) - 2001
On Gallica: the books, the press and the manuscripts to learn everything about the Essonne department
GenCom: to learn everything about a commune in Essonne
Norvillois Genealogical Circle
Montgeron, Val d’Yerres, North Essonne Genealogy Fair
Circle of Genealogical and Heraldic Studies of Île-de-France
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