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The Alpes-Maritimes department, as we know it today, was created in 1860. From 1793 to 1814, the former Alpes-Maritimes department consisted of the County of Nice and the Principality of Monaco. The Alpes-Maritimes are bordered by the Var, the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Italy and the Mediterranean Sea.
Browse the website of the departmental archives of the Alpes-Maritimes in search of your ancestors. You will have access to a large number of digitized archival documents such as the civil status, the census, the conscript registers, the cadaster, the mortgages, the digital library, the directories, the journal "Regional Research" and the digitized press.
Many documentary databases will allow you to go further in your research: the ancient archives, the administrative archives from 1800 to 1940, the municipal and hospital archives, the notarial archives, the administrative archives after 1940, the private archives, the microforms and digital reproductions, the Italian immigration, the baptisms in Nice from 1814 to 1860, the marriages in Nice from 1814 to 1860, the plans, the iconography, the posters, the cinematographic archives, the sound archives, the armories, the historical library, the periodicals and the local newspaper records.
On FranceGenWeb: "Miscellaneous records" - Marriages - Marriages of migrants - Marriages of migrants from the Alpes-Maritimes - Notaries - Protestants
Records at gogo by Hélène and Thierry Bianco – Alpes-Maritimes
History of immigration in PACA in the 19th and 20th centuries
History of immigration in PACA
Immigration in the Alpes-Maritimes in the 20th century
The history of labor immigration in the PACA region
Italians in the Alpes-Maritimes 1919-1939
Fascist Italy and the clandestine emigration of Jewish refugees to France (1939-1940)
Tunisian immigration in the Alpes-Maritimes department 1956-1984
Illegal Yugoslav immigration in the Alpes-Maritimes (1950-1970)
On the front lines of the Alpes-Maritimes with the French army– 1945
The Nice Cycling Grand Prix- 1946
The Nice Automobile Grand Prix- 1946
Various views of Nice- 1947
La Napoule- 1949
Cannes- 1949
Cities of the Southeast- 1949
Battle of Flowers for the Nice Carnival- 1949
The wedding of Ali Khan and Rita Hayworth- 1949
The opening of the film festival- 1949
The Nice Carnival- 1950
The Plaster Battle- 1950
First swims of the year and water skiing in Cannes- 1951
Opening of the Cannes Film Festival– 1951
Cannes Film Festival- 1951
The bees of Contes- 1954
Village of Andrieux: the omelette festival- 1954
Floods in Saint Jean de Maurienne and Isola- 1957
Sir Winston Churchill leaves the French Riviera- 1958
First swim of the year in Nice- 1959
The Nice Carnival- 1960
Urbanism in Nice- 1961
Call for young volunteer restorers- 1969
Testimony on Braque in Saint Paul de Vence- 1969
Menton- 1972
Saint Paul de Vence– 1975
The Alpes-Maritimes: the Niçoise salad- 1977
On Gallica: the Alpes-Maritimes in images
On Clochers de France: the belfries of the Alpes-Maritimes in images
On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials
On communes.com: postcards of Nice
On CPArama: old postcards of the Alpes-Maritimes
From Cassini’s villages to today’s communes: the department of the Alpes-Maritimes
On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department
On Gallica: old maps of the Alpes-Maritimes
IGN: go back in time
The History of Nice and the Alpes Maritimes over 21 Centuries- 1802
The History of Nice from its Foundation to the Year 1792- 1824
Guide for Foreigners in Nice- 1827
Nice and its Surroundings- 1843
Statistics of the Alpes-Maritimes- 1862
Analytical Flora of the Alpes-Maritimes Department– 1867
Walks in Nice- 1867
Geography of the Alpes-Maritimes Department- 1884
The 11th Century in the Alpes Maritimes– 1889
Raging Wolves in the Alpes-Maritimes- 1919
The Evolution of the Population of the Alpes-Maritimes from 1936 to 1954– 1955
The Revolution and Catholicism in the Alpes-Maritimes Department (1792-1799)– 1969
The Economic and Social Situation in the Alpes-Maritimes from Summer 1944 to Spring 1945– 1976
The Beginnings of Agricultural Education in the Alpes-Maritimes (1860-1914)- 1984
The French Popular Party in the Alpes-Maritimes (1936-1939)- 1986
The Alpes-Maritimes from 1939 to 1945. A Department in Turmoil– 1990
Italian Fascism in the Alpes-Maritimes (1922-1939)– 1991
The Time of Shortages (1939-1949) in the Alpes-Maritimes– 1994
The Alpes-Maritimes and the Border, 1860 to the Present- 1994
The Italians in the Liberation of the Alpes-Maritimes- 1996
The Consulate of the Sea of Nice, 1613-1855- 2007
Espionage on the Borders of the Alpes-Maritimes at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries– 2012
The Border Man: The Customs Officer in the Mountains of the Alpes-Maritimes (1860-1980)- 2012
On Gallica: the books, the press and the manuscripts to learn everything about the Alpes-Maritimes department
Top 10 Surnames in the Alpes-Maritimes:
The other 40 most popular surnames in the department (according to the INSEE File) :
Genealogical Association of the Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes Maritimes and Elsewhere Genealogical Help Circle
Cannois Country Genealogical Circle
Genealogy, history and walks in the former County of Nice
Facebook: Group Genealogy Alpes Maritimes (06) – AGAM Genealogical Association of the Alpes-Maritimes
Happy researching!
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