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The Cantal department was created in 1790 based on the southern territory of the Auvergne province. Cantal is bordered by the Corrèze, by the Haute-Loire, by the Puy-de-Dôme, by the Lozère, by the'Aveyron and by the Lot.
Dive into the online archives of Cantal to search for your ancestors. Search in the civil status records, in the digitized census lists, in the tables of successions and absences, in the tables of marriage contracts, the conscription records and in the registration.
You can also browse the photographs, postcards, maps, and plans.
On FranceGenWeb: "Records" - Marriages - Migrant Marriages - Migrant Marriages from Cantal - Notaries - Protestants
Cantal Database - Saint-Urcize
A woman crushed by the fall of her master's house, clay miners and others on the J. Marchal's site.
Unusual Testimonies in the Cantal Archives
Cantal – Emigration and Immigration – 19th Century
From the Monts of Aveyron and Cantal to the Paris Suburbs
Emigration from Cantal to the World (excluding Spain)
Auvergnat Immigration in Brittany
Auvergnats in Spain, Abroad, and Elsewhere in France
Reflections on the Migrations of Workers and Craftsmen from the Massif Central
Cantal cheese– 1927
Father Joseph Gély of Salers (Cantal) had a passion for photography.
The park of volcanoes– 1970
Cantal: the Murat cones– 1979
Tour of Cantal by steam train– 1985
On Gallica: the Cantal in images
On Clochers de France: the belfries of Cantalin images
On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials
On CPAuvergne: various old postcards from the department
On CPA Bastille91: postcards of Cantal
On CPArama: old postcards of Cantal
On communes.com: postcards of Murat
From Cassini villages to today's communes: the department of Cantal
On Old Maps Online: the old maps of the department
On Gallica: the old maps of the Cantal
History and prehistory of Cantal
Historical and scientific description of Haute-Auvergne - 1834
Statistical dictionary of the Cantal department – 1857
The mobiles of Cantal: campaign stories (1870-1871) – 1871
The first battalion of volunteers of the Cantal department - 1883
Geography of the Cantal department: with a colored map and 14 engravings - 1888
The agricultural crisis in Cantal and its social consequences - 1931
On Gallica: the books and the press to learn everything about the Cantal department
Top 10 surnames in Cantal:
the other 40 most popular surnames in the department (according to the INSEE records) :
La Société Historique du Pays de Salers (SHPS)
Cantal-Liens - association for genealogy and popular history of Cantal
Cercle Généalogique et Héraldique de l'Auvergne et du Velay
Facebook: Aprogemere Genealogy Cantal – Cantal Archives - Group Cantal Genealogy
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