Genealogy in Vaucluse: Help, Resources, and Archives

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Genealogy in Vaucluse: Help, Resources, and Archives

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The Vaucluse department was created in 1793, from the districts of Avignon, Carpentras, Apt, and Orange. It is bordered by the departments of Gard, of the Ardèche, of the Drôme, of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, of the Var and of the Bouches-du-Rhône.



 Vaucluse Archives


Vaucluse Archives Online

Find your ancestors in the digitized archives of Vaucluse: parish and civil registration records, population census records, military conscription records, and Napoleonic cadastral plans.


Avignon Municipal Archives



Online Records

On FranceGenWeb: "Loose Records" - Marriages - Marriages of Migrants - Marriages of Migrants from Vaucluse - Notaries - Protestants

Various records in Vaucluse by Thierry and Hélène Bianco

Various records in Vaucluse by Francis Pelotier

Various records in Vaucluse by François Barby

Transcriptions in Ansouis and Villelaure by André Barbaroux



Unusual Records

The schoolmaster's rations and a swift sanitary measure to stop the plague on the J. Marchal's website.

Unusual testimony in the archives of Vaucluse



Migrations in Vaucluse


Mobilization of Italian immigrants in Vaucluse during World War I

History of immigration in PACA in the 19th and 20th centuries

History and memories of immigration in the PACA region




Vaucluse in Pictures


Videos

The destroyed bridges of Avignon – 1944

Harvesting in Châteauneuf du Pape – 1956

Bearded with bees – 1959

Inauguration of the Ventoux ski lift – 1961

Wedding of the three sisters – 1962

These Provençals who come from the East – 1963

Start of the school year at Avignon University – 1963

Electric fishing in the Sorgue – 1964

Host factory in Pernes-les-Fontaines – 1964

Screech-owl – 1966

Peasant demonstration in Vaucluse – 1968

Villages in Vaucluse – 1970

Landscapes and villages of Vaucluse – 1970

The fountain of Vaucluse – 1972

He runs, he runs, the shepherd – 1973

The other France: tourism in Vaucluse – 1973

Vaucluse: Provençal tomatoes – 1978



Old Postcards and Images

On Gallica: the Vaucluse in images

On Clochers de France: the belfries of Vaucluse in images

On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials

On CPArama: collection of postcards from Vaucluse


Old Maps of the Department

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

On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department

On Gallica: old maps of the Vaucluse



The History of Vaucluse


History of the Vaucluse department

Statistical memo on the Vaucluse department – 1808

Fruit and vegetable production in the Vaucluse department – 1922

The paper industry in Vaucluse – 1947

Structure of the Vaucluse vineyard – 1957

The peasant fortune in Vaucluse (1900 – 1938) – 1967

Recent demographic evolution of the Vaucluse department – 1968

Dye plants in the economy of Vaucluse in the 19th century – 1975


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

GenCom: to learn everything about a commune in Vaucluse


Genealogy Sites in Vaucluse


Genealogy Circles and Associations in Vaucluse

Vaucluse Genealogy Circle


Genealogy Blogs in Vaucluse

Sacred Ancestors!

Our Absent Presents


Useful Social Networks

Facebook: Vaucluse Departmental ArchivesTraditional and genetic genealogy in Vaucluse



Happy researching!


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