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Genealogy cheat sheet - We provide all the useful and free genealogy resources for your research in Cher
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The Cher department was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. It borders the departments of Loir-et-Cher, Indre, Creuse, Allier, Nièvre and Loiret.
Browse the departmental archives of Cher to search for your ancestors. Find in the digitized archives: parish registers and civil status, census, military registration records, inheritance and absence records, marriage and registration records, war veteran cards, cadastre plans and postcards.
On FranceGenWeb: "Loose Acts" - Marriages - Marriages of migrants - Marriages of migrants from Cher - Notaries - Protestants
A strange accident, a bedroom baptism, a surprising burial and others on the J. Marchal's website.
Unusual testimonies in the archives of Cher
Poles in Berry in the 20th century
Doing the history of immigration in the Center region: a beginning
History and memory of immigration in the Center region
Vacations in Cher during the war - 1942
Bourges, capital of Berry - 1956
Bourges: illusionist Denysis - 1966
Musics in Bourges - 1977
"Vacations on the sly in Cher" - 1979
The construction site of the Belleville power plant - 1980
Postcard from Bourges - 1986
Fussy: the first Resistance museum in Cher - 1995
On Gallica: Cher in images
On Clochers de France: the belfries of Cher in images
On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the monuments to the dead
On CPArama: collection of postcards from Cher
History and old postcards of Cher
On communes.com: postcards of Châteauneuf-sur-Cher
From Cassini villages to today's communes: the department of Cher
On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department
On Gallica: old maps of the Cher
History of the Cher department
Practical observations on sheep farming in the Cher department - 1799
Description of the Cher department - 1802
Historical, archaeological and philological notes on Bourges and the Cher department - 1840
Seals prior to 1789 in the Cher department - 1937
Old bells of the Cher department - 1940
The first stone keeps in the Cher department - 1948
Meaning of workers' votes in the Cher department (1848-1914) - 1989
On Gallica: the books, the press and the manuscripts to learn everything about the Cher department
Top 10 surnames in Cher:
The other 40 most popular surnames in the department (according to the INSEE file):
Facebook: Cher Department Archives - Group Berry Genealogy
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