Genealogy in Indre: On the trail of your ancestors

Genealogy cheat sheet - Some research tips to find your roots in Indre: archives, records, old maps, and much more...

Genealogy in Indre: On the trail of your ancestors

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The Indre department was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. It is bordered by the departments of Loir-et-Cher, of Cher, of Creuse, of Haute-Vienne, of Vienne and of the Indre-et-Loire.



 Archives of Indre


Online Archives of Indre

Start your search for ancestors in the digitized archives of Indre: Civil statusCensusesMilitary registers and the Cadastre.



Online Records

On FranceGenWeb: „ Random Acts „ Marriages Migrant Marriages Marriages of Migrants from Indre Notaries Protestants

Roots in Berry



Unusual Records

A deadly storm, a terrible winter, an excerpt from the grievances book of Valençay and others on the J. Marchal's website.

Unusual testimony in the archives of Indre



Migrations in Indre

Doing the history of immigration in the Centre region: a beginning

History and memory of immigrations in the Centre region



Indre in images

Videos

George Sand's legacy in Gargilesse and Nohant – 1964

Fox hunting in Indre – 1966

Resistance fighters in Indre – 1969

Châteauroux, a medium-sized city – 1976

Rural commerce – 1976

Contraception in Indre – 1979

Tourism in Indre – 1981

Indre: Berry or Limousin? – 1982



Old images and postcards of Indre

On Gallica: Indre in images 

On Clochers de France: the belfries of Indre in images

On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials

On CPArama: collection of old postcards of Indre

On communes.com: postcards of Châteauroux-sur-Indre



Old maps of the department

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

On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department

On Gallica: old maps of the Indre



History of Indre

History of the Indre department

Biographical sketches of the Indre department


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


Genealogy websites in Indre


Genealogy circles and associations in Indre

Genealogy in Berry

Society of Genealogy of Lower Berry



Useful social networks

Facebook: Departmental Archives of Indre  Genealogy Berry (Cher and Indre)


Happy researching! 


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