Genealogy in Ariège: On the Trail of Your Ancestors

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Genealogy in Ariège: On the Trail of Your Ancestors



The Ariège department was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. The department borders the Haute-Garonne, the 'Aude, the Pyrénées-Orientales as well as Spain and Andorra. 

 

 Archives of Ariège


Ariège Archives Online

Start your search for your ancestors on the website of the Ariège departmental archives. From the Online Resources tab, easily access the civil status, the military draft registers, as well as other digitized resources (Hameaux and écarts of Ariège, Population Census, passport issuance, labor survey, Demoiselles' War, and much more...). 

 

Online Records

On FranceGenWeb: “Bulk Records” Marriages Migrant Marriages - Marriages of migrants from Ariège -  Notaries Protestants

Records for the communes of: Bélesta, Camon, Fougax and Barrineuf, La Bastide sur l’Hers, Lagarde, Le Peyrat, Mirepoix, Montferrier, Pays d’Olmes, Teillhet, Troye d’Ariège

 

Unusual Records

Honorable fine and the end of the gayet windmills on the J. Marchal’s website.

 

Migrations in Ariège


Population movement in Ariège from year IX to 1936

History of immigration in the Midi-Pyrénées region

 

 

Ariège in images


Old images and postcards of Ariège 

On Gallica: the Ariège in images On Clochers de France: the belfries of Ariège in images

On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials 

On CPArama: Old postcards of Ariège

On CPA Bastille91: Postcards of Ariège

On communes.com: Postcards of Tarascon-sur-Ariège

 

Old maps of the department 

From the villages of Cassini to today's communes: the department of the Ariège

On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department

On Gallica: old maps of the Ariège

 

History of Ariège


 

An election in Ariège in 1850  – 1851

Ariège, Andorra and Catalonia, guide  – 1854

Notre-Dame de Celles, near Foix  – 1859

Statistical Yearbook of the Ariège department

Popular tales of Bélesta, Ariège, in local dialect  – 1891

Ariège before the democratic regime  – 1913

The collection of 45 centimes in Ariège (1848 – 1849)  – 1924

The physical uniqueness of the Pyrenees of Ariège  – 1937

The distribution of housing in Ariège. Its origins and evolution  – 1938

The “War of the Maidens” in Ariège: folklore and social history  – 1974 

Pedlar women in the Vicdessos valley: the chinaïres of the village of Suc, 1850-1940  – 2013

 

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



The 50 most common surnames in Ariège


Top 10 surnames in Ariège: 

  • PUJOL
  • EYCHENNE
  • DEDIEU
  • GALY
  • SOULA
  • LAFFONT
  • DEJEAN
  • VERGE
  • ROUCH
  • PONS


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

  • FAURE
  • MARTY
  • DUPUY
  • PIQUEMAL
  • MAURY
  • LAGARDE
  • MASSAT
  • PORTET
  • ROUZAUD
  • VIDAL
  • SENTENAC
  • GARCIA
  • BONZOM
  • RIVIERE
  • RUMEAU
  • MARTINEZ
  • DELRIEU
  • SICRE
  • SUBRA
  • RESPAUD
  • ROQUES
  • DENJEAN
  • BLAZY
  • MARROT
  • SANS
  • DELPECH
  • BERGE
  • CANAL
  • FOURNIE
  • ESTEBE
  • SOUM
  • GERAUD
  • MORERE
  • FERRE
  • MAURETTE
  • LOUBET
  • ESCAICH
  • LACOSTE
  • SEGUELA
  • RIVES

 


Genealogy sites in Ariège


Genealogy circles and associations in Ariège

Genealogy in Ariège

Genealogy Circle of Languedoc

Historical Genealogical Union of Occitanie


 

Genealogy blogs about Ariège

Heaven! My Ancestors

Branchee Roots

Genealogy of the FOUETE MOREREAU family

  

Happy researching!



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