Genealogy in Orne: Find Your Ancestors with This Guide
Genealogy Cheat Sheet - All the resources you need to find your roots in Orne: archives and records, images and videos, old maps...
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The Orne department was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. It is bordered by the Calvados, the Manche, the Eure, the Eure-et-Loir, the Mayenne and the Sarthe and its territory consists of a large part of the former duchy of Normandy and Alençon.
The archives of Orne
Orne Archives Online
Do your genealogical research by browsing the online archives of the departmental archives of Orne. Browse the civil records (from 1527), the census records (from 1786), military preparation and recruitment, the cadastre as well as the estate and absence records.
Online Records
On FranceGenWeb: "Loose Acts" - Marriages - Marriages of Migrants - Marriages of Migrants from Orne - Notaries - Protestants
Genealogists of Orne – marriage and marriage contract searches
Transcriptions of parish registers of Flers and its surroundings
Tables and transcriptions of 39,637 marriages from Bocage Virois
Unusual Acts
Deed of transfer, double marriages, a bell founder buried like a King and more on the J. Marchal's website.
Migrations in Orne
Percheron emigration to New France
Tourouvre, main center of Percheron emigration to Canada
Political refugees from Spain in Orne in the 19th century
History of Italian immigrants in Normandy
Orne in Images
Videos
Horse Breeding – 1930
A Weekend in Bagnoles de l'Orne – 1935
With President Coty – 1954
The Perche in Search of Its Identity – 1976
Interview with a Farmer from Orne Participating in the March to Paris – 1980
Old Postcards and Pictures
On Gallica: Orne in Images
On Clochers de France: the belfries of Orne in images
On Caparama: Postcard collections of Orne
On communes.com: postcards of Athis-de-l'Orne and of Bagnoles-de-l'Orne
Old Maps of the Department
From Cassini's villages to today's communes: the department of the Orne
On Old Maps Online: the old maps of the department
On Gallica: the old maps of the Orne
The History of Orne
Orne Department Directory – 1809
Excursion to Saint-Cénery-Le Géré - 1842
The Orne department, archaeological and picturesque – 1845
The Criminal Court of Orne during the Terror – 1866
Inhabitants of Orne at the beginning of the July Monarchy – 1965
Notes on primary education in Orne under the Second Empire – 1975
A potter's workshop at the end of the 12th century at La Roche-Mabille (Orne) – 1993
The breeding of work horses in Orne in the 19th century (1815-1900) - 2002
A glimpse of the evolution of postal traffic in Orne between 1847 and 1921 - 2003
The exploitation of Orne quarries from 1870 to 1939 - 2006
On Gallica: books, the press and the manuscripts to learn everything about the Orne department
Genealogy Sites in Orne
Genealogy Circles and Associations in Orne or Nearby
Genealogical Circle of Orne and Perche
Parisian Association of Norman Genealogy
Union of Genealogical and Heraldic Circles of Normandy
Genealogical Assistance Brittany – Maine – Normandy
Happy researching!
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