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The Vendée department was created during the French Revolution in 1790. Vendée is bordered by the departments of the Loire-Atlantique, the Maine-et-Loire, the Deux-Sèvres and the Charente-Maritime.
Start your search for your ancestors by consulting the online departmental archives. You can easily find thecivil status records, the census records, the military draft registers, the names of Vendée and the soldiers of Vendée from 1914 to 1918.
On FranceGenWeb: « Miscellaneous Records »- Marriages- Migrant Marriages- Marriages of Migrants from Vendée - Notaries- Protestants
Nominative Records – Names of Vendée
Draft Records of Vendée – Soldiers of Vendée
Personal Pages of Claudie Dussert
A hanged man by the Dutch, an accidental death, heavy snowfalls and much more on the J. Marchal's website.
Unusual Testimonies in the Archives of Vendée
New History of the Wars in Vendée
Rural Migrations of the Vendéens to the Southwest: A Phenomenon?
A Surviving Emigration: The Vendéens in Aquitaine
The Vendéens in Canada. A Migratory Epic (1880-1920)
Construction Site in Vendée- 1941
Pornic and Saint Gilles Croix de Vie- 1960
Floods in Vendée- 1962
A Young Vendée Farmer, CNJA Activist- 1965
Vacation in Noirmoutier– 1966
The Sorcerer's Village– 1966
St Jean de Monts: Tourism in the Marshes - 1970
The Island of Noirmoutier– 1973
A Sharecropper in Vendée- 1976
Sables d'Olonne– 1977
Face of Tourism in Vendée– 1978
At Puy du Fou- 1979
Farmers' Wives and Women Farmers?- 1979
The Onion Fair in Vendée- 1981
On Gallica: the Vendée in Pictures
On Clochers de France: the belfries of Vendée in Pictures
On Mémorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials
CPArama: Old Postcards of Vendée
CPA85: Old Postcards of Vendée
Bastille91: Old Postcards of Vendée
Old Postcards of La Roche-sur-Yon
From Cassini's villages to today's communes: the department of Vendée
On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department
On Gallica: old maps of Vendée
Historical Summary of the Civil War in Vendée, from its origins to the pacification of La Jaunaie- 1802
History of the War in Vendée and the Chouans, from its origins to the pacification of 1801, volume 1– 1806
Picturesque Journey through the Countryside of Vendée, or Views of Clisson and its Surroundings- 1817
History of the Wars of Vendée and the Chouans from the Year 1792 to 1815– 1819
Journey in Vendée and the South of France: Followed by a Picturesque Journey in Switzerland- 1821
Memoirs to Serve the History of the War in Vendée– 1824
Vendée at Three Epochs: from 1793 to the Empire, 1815-1832- 1840
Notes and Sketches on Vendée, Histories, Customs, Monuments, Costumes, and Portraits– 1843
History of Military Vendée, volume 2- 1844
Brittany and Vendée: History of the French Revolution in the West– 1845
History of Military Vendée, volume 4- 1851
Historical Research on the Department of Vendée (former Lower Poitou)– 1859
History of Vendée according to New and Unedited Documents– 1878
Ancient Vendée- 1902
Vendée of Anjou in 1832– 1931
Feast and Commemoration in 'Military Vendée' 1814-1914– 1982
Vendée, from Origins to Present Day- 1982
Vendée and its War, the Logic of the Event– 1985
The Sick Revolution of Vendée– 1987
Hospitalization during the War of Vendée– 1990
The Fishing Port of Les Sables-d'Olonne during the Period 1982-1990- 1991
Refugees from 'Vendée' in Angers (1793)– 1992
Civil Internment Camps in Vendée: 1914-1919– 1998
The Pre-War of Vendée: Religious Questions at the Legislative Assembly- 2005
The First Restoration Facing the 'Incomprehensible Vendée': The Uprising of May 3-5, 1814- 2011
The Behavior of Vendée Deputies at the Convention (1792-1795)– 2013
Resonance of a 'Perversion': Tanning Human Skin in Military Vendée (1793-1794)- 2013
On Gallica: the books, the press and the manuscripts to learn everything about the Department of Vendée
GenCom: to learn everything about a commune in Vendée
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