Genealogy in Savoy: On the Trail of Your Ancestors

Genealogy Cheat Sheet - Departmental archives, online records, old postcards and other resources for your genealogy in Savoy

Genealogy in Savoy: On the Trail of Your Ancestors

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The department of Savoy was created on June 15, 1860. It is bordered by the departments of the Haute-Savoie, the Ain, the Isère and the Hautes-Alpes


               

 Archives of Savoy


Savoy Archives Online

Start your search for ancestors in Savoy in the department's online archives: civil recordscadastremilitary recordspopulation censuses and notary records.



Online Records 

On FranceGenWeb: "Bulk Records" Marriages Migrant Marriages Marriages of Migrants from Savoy Notaries

Records from Marmottes de Savoie Genealogy and History

History and genealogy of Fréterive

Detour to Fontcouverte

Unusual Records

An infanticide, terrible hurricanes accompanied by floods and famine, and others on the J. Marchal's site.

Unusual testimony in the archives of Savoy



Migrations in Savoy


Migratory flows in Savoy and Haute-Savoie: 1860-2015. Research report for the Savoisien Museum

Savoyard diaspora

Ancient Savoyard migrations

The migration of Savoyards

From the Alps to the Rockies, a story of 1st July

Men and Migrations. Emigrated Savoyards, immigrants in Savoy. 

Views on migrations in the 19th and 20th centuries in Rhône-Alpes




Savoy in pictures


Videos

Sugar-sweetened condensed milk production  – 1930

Landslide in the mountains – 1931

Passage of the Little St Bernard by emigrants from the Aosta Valley – 1946

Snowplow test in Savoy – 1946

The attachment of the Mont Cenis plateau to France – 1947

Camping for boys in Savoy – 1950

Vacation colony in Savoy – 1952

The end of Tignes  – 1952

Snow classes – 1953

Floods in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Isola – 1957

Presentation of the Courchevel resort – 1961

Savoy white wine: the Apremont – 1968

Val d'Isère after the avalanche – 1970

The work of rescuers in Val d'Isère after the avalanche – 1970

Beaufort cheese – 1970

Between skiing and cheese – 1971



Old postcards and images

On Gallica: Savoy in pictures

On Clochers de France: the belfries of Savoy in pictures

On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials 

On CPArama: collection of postcards of Savoy



Old maps of the department

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

On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department

On Gallica: old maps of Savoy



The History of Savoy


History of the Savoy Department

Current State of Savoy– 1833

Traveler's Guide to Savoy and Piedmont - 1835

Saracen Invasions in France and in Savoy– 1836

Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and Arts of Savoy - 1872

The 1921 Census in the Savoy Department– 1921

The Drought of Winter 1924-1925 in Savoy- 1925

The Climate of 1926 in Savoy– 1927

The Population of Savoy from 1921 to 1926– 1928

The Climate of 1927 in Savoy– 1928

The Climate of 1928 in Savoy– 1929

Roads and Transport in Savoy (1815-1859)– 1934

The Development of Ugine (Savoy) (1901-1933) - 1934

Avalanches in Savoy (1942)– 1942

Savoy. Geography and History of Savoy and Haute-Savoie– 1947

Rainfall in Savoy– 1955

What the Official of Savoy Was Like in the 18th Century- 1960

The Savoy Dairies (Savoy and Haute-Savoie)- 1972

Economic and Social History of Savoy from 1860 to the Present– 2014

The Mines of the Northern Alps, Yesterday and Today- 2014



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

GenCom: to learn everything about a commune in Savoy


Genealogy sites in Savoy


Genealogy circles and associations in Savoy

Savoy Genealogical Center

Savoy Marmots Genealogy and History

Savoyard Genealogical Center – Paris and Paris Region

Maurienne Genealogy


Genealogy blogs in Savoy

The blog of a Savoyard writer

Des Aieux et des Hommes

La Ronde des Ancêtres et his article about his ancestor Nicolas Bard in Savoy


Useful social networks

Facebook: Genealogy in Savoy (73-74)


Happy researching! 


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