Genealogy Cheat Sheet - Many free resources to help you with your genealogical research in Ariège: archives, History, maps...
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.
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...).
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
Honorable fine and the end of the gayet windmills on the J. Marchal’s website.
Population movement in Ariège from year IX to 1936
History of immigration in the Midi-Pyrénées region
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
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
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
Top 10 surnames in Ariège:
the other 40 most popular surnames in the department (according to the INSEE file) :
Historical Genealogical Union of Occitanie
Genealogy of the FOUETE MOREREAU family
Happy researching!
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