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Genealogy Cheat Sheet - All the useful resources for your genealogical research in Nord: archives, online records, images, videos, useful sites…
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The Nord department was created after the French Revolution in 1790 based on the territory of the Flanders province. It is bordering Belgium, the Pas-de-Calais, the Aisne and the Somme.
Browse the website of the Departmental Archives of Northern France to find your ancestors. You will find there the civil records, the decennial tables, the cadastre, the population censuses, the military records and the estate inventories.
On FranceGenWeb: “Miscellaneous records” - Marriages - Migrants’ marriages - Marriages of migrants from Northern France - Notaries
x Databases - Genealo 59, 62, 02, Belgium project
x Records on the forums of genealogists from Northern France-Pas-de-Calais
x Decennial tables of marriages in Bantigny, Blecourt, Cauroir, Escarmain, Estrun, Eswars, Fressies, Gonnelieu, Haynecourt, Hem lenglet, Honnechy, Montigny en Cambrésis, Neuville St Rémy, Niergnies, Paillencourt, Sancourt, Vendegies sur Ecaillon, Villers Plouich, Villers-Guislain
x Records of deeds in Abancourt, Anneux, Blécourt, Boursies, Doignies, Elincourt, Flesquières, Fontaine notre Dame, Fressies, Gouzeaucourt, Haynecourt, Hem Lenglet, Moeuvres, Raillencourt St Olle, Ribécourt la Tour, Sailly lez Cambrai, Sancourt, Thun St Martin, Villers Plouich, Villers-Guislain, Walincourt, Wavrin
x Marriage records of Bourbourg
x Records and decennial tables of Iwuy
x Douchy and Hainaut, Genealogy and local history
x History and genealogy in the chatellenie of Lille
x Genealogy of Northern France
x Genealogy and local history in Haisnaut
x Genealogy between Lille and Tournai
x Genealogy in Marcq en Baroeul
x Genealogy in Annoeullin, Carnin and surroundings
x Genealogy in Clary en Cambrésis
A huge fire, after the Battle of Wattignies, and champagne offered at the Soyez café to all travelers on the J. Marchal’s website.
Unusual testimonies in the archives of Northern France
History and memory of immigration in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 19th-20th centuries
Major migration flows in Nord-Pas-de-Calais in the 19th and 20th centuries
Nord-Pas-de-Calais, a border region at the heart of Europe
Belgian workers in the Nord department in the mid-19th century
Migratory movements in Belgium in the 19th and 20th centuries
From the countryside to the slag heap: Moroccan miners in Northern France
Dunkerque, one of the most ravaged cities in France – 1945
Demining work in the port of Dunkerque – 1945
School for young miners in Aubry – 1946
Strike in Vieux Condé – 1948
Football match Lille LOSC – Racing de Paris – 1948
Heating in a street in Lille – 1954
In the mines of the Nord, the machine replaces the miner – 1956
The parade of giants in Lille – 1959
The woman at home: snow eggs with caramel – 1959
An athlete's life – 1961
Farmers in the Nord talking about their profession – 1967
A farmer from the Nord – 1967
Christmas in Lille – 1968
The conversion of central workshops – 1972
Douai: cut trees – 1973
The Nord: rabbit with plums – 1977
Textile factory – 1979
Tell me where you live: Nord-Pas-de-Calais – 1980
On Gallica: the Nord in images
On Clochers de France: the church towers of the Nord in images
On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of war memorials
On CPArama: Collection of old postcards from the Nord
Old postcards in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
From Cassini's villages to today's communes: the department of Nord
On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department
On Gallica: old maps of the Nord
History of the Nord Department
Currency in Flanders and the Nord (17th-19th century)
Statistics of the Nord Department
Description of the Nord Department
Agriculture in the Nord Department
City of Lille, Nord Department
Army and society in northern France (17th-20th century)
Sports practices and spectacles in northern France (19th-20th centuries)
Sports policy in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais under the Vichy regime(1940-1944)
On Gallica: the books, the press and the manuscripts to learn everything about the Nord Department
Research Center for Genealogy Flanders Artois
Genealogy Association Maubeuge Avesnois Thiérache
Genealogical Circle of the Lys Valley and Ferrain
Genealogical and Historical Association Flanders Hainaut
Group of Amateur Genealogists of Cambrésis
Historical and Genealogical Circle Berlaimont-Avesnois
Genealogy and History of Dunkerque
Genealogy Association Gravelines
Genealogical Group of the North Region
Forums of Genealogists of Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Genealogy Nord-Pas-de-Calais (59 & 62) – Genealogy in the North (59) – Memorial of the Unknown
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