Genealogy in Eure: Archives and Resources for Your Research

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Genealogy in Eure: Archives and Resources for Your Research


The Eure department was created during the French Revolution in 1790 from a part of the Normandy province. The department takes its name from the Eure river, which flows through it. It is bordered by the Seine-Maritime, the Oise, the Val-d'Oise, the Yvelines, the Eure-et-Loir, the Orne, and the Calvados                                

                

 The archives of Eure


The archives of Eure online

Start searching for your Eure ancestors on the departmental archives website. You can consult the search for your ancestors. You can consult the civil status, the cantonal decennial tables, the population censuses, the military records, the succession and absence tables, the cadastral plans, the various plans, the grievance books, the pregnancy declarations, the notarial archives, as well as the Journal des 8 and many old postcards


Online Records

On FranceGenWeb: "Acts in bulk" - Marriages - Marriages of migrants  - Marriages of migrants from Eure - Notaries - Protestants

Records of Pressagny l'Orgueilleux

Eure Genealogy Workshop Records 

Lemire Family Records

Records by Jean-Paul Devy

Records for Etrépagny, Doudeauville-en-Vexin, Saint-Martin au Bosc, Nojeon-le-Sec, Le Thil-en-Vexin


Unusual Records

A baptism in utero matris, an epidemic, the visit of the Archbishop, and many others on J. Marchal's website.

Unusual testimonies in the archives of Eure


The Migrations in Eure


Normandy Immigrated. From the English to the "People of the River"

Observations on the Population of the Eure Department in the 19th Century

Immigration on the Neubourg Plateau around 1804



Eure in Images


Videos

The Ghost of Louviers – 1948

Presentation of the Tancarville Bridge – 1959

If You Like Trout – 1969

Wild Boars – 1970

Tillières-sur-Avre – 1972

An Eure Stretcher Bearer Saved Reims Cathedral 60 Years Ago – 1977


Old Images and Postcards

On Gallica: Eure in Images

On Clochers de France: the bells of Eure in Images

On Mémorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials

On communes.com: old postcards of Pacy-sur-Eure and Ezy-sur-Eure

On CPArama: old postcards of Eure

On CPA Bastille 91: collections of old postcards of Eure

Postcards of Tilly


Old Maps of the Department

On Old Maps Online: the old maps of the department

On Gallica: old maps of Eure


The History of Eure


History of the Eure department

Dictionary of former place names in the Eure department – 1839

Annual directory of the Eure department for the year 1842

Geography of the Eure department – 1847

Administrative, statistical and historical directory of the Eure department- 1866

Historical dictionary of all the communes in the Eure department - 1868

Historical notes on the revolution in the Eure department – 1868

From citizen-judges to consular notables: the judges of the Eure during the revolution – 2010

A peasant journal from the 18th century - 1stpart- 2013

A peasant journal from the 18th century - 2ndpart- 2014

Evacuations and evacuees in Eure, 1938-1940 - 2018


On Gallica: the books, the press and the manuscripts to learn everything about the Eure department



The 50 most common surnames in Eure


Top 10 surnames in Eure:

  • LEFEBVRE
  • DUVAL
  • LEROY
  • MARTIN
  • PETIT
  • LANGLOIS
  • PREVOST
  • MORIN
  • ROUSSEL
  • LETELLIER


the other 40 most popular surnames in the department (according to the INSEE File) :

  • DELAMARE
  • HEBERT
  • LEFEVRE
  • DUBOIS
  • LEROUX
  • SIMON
  • MARIE
  • AUBERT
  • LEFRANCOIS
  • LECLERC
  • DESCHAMPS
  • BENARD
  • LAMBERT
  • LEGENDRE
  • MOREL
  • CARON
  • VALLEE
  • PICARD
  • RENARD
  • FONTAINE
  • GUERIN
  • LUCAS
  • PHILIPPE
  • RICHARD
  • LESUEUR
  • LEGRAND
  • CHEVALIER
  • FLEURY
  • CHERON
  • LEMOINE
  • HUE
  • CARPENTIER
  • DURAND
  • THOMAS
  • DUMONT
  • MASSON
  • DUPONT
  • NOEL
  • MARAIS
  • MERCIER



Genealogy Sites in Eure


Genealogy Circles and Associations in Eure or Nearby

Genealogical Circle of Eure

Union of Genealogical and Heraldic Circles of Normandy 


Genealogy Blogs that Talk about Eure

Famille Moreau

My Family Roots – Benoit Petit


Social Media Accounts to Follow

Facebook: Departmental Archives of EureGenealogy in Eure (27)



Happy researching! 


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