Genealogy in the Lot: Useful Genealogical Resources

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Genealogy in the Lot: Useful Genealogical Resources

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The Lot department was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. It is bordered by the departments of Corrèze, Cantal, Aveyron, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, and Dordogne.



 The archives of the Lot


The online archives of the Lot

Browse the archives of the Lot to search for your ancestors: civil status from the 17th century to 1801, civil status from 1802 to 1902, the nominative census lists from 1836 to 1911, the plans of the Napoleonic cadastre, the tables of successions and absences from registration, the matriculation registers and their tables as well as the press.



Online records

On FranceGenWeb: “Miscellaneous records” - Marriages - Marriages of migrants - Marriages of migrants from the Lot - Notaries

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Genealogical data from the Friends of Old Souillac



Unusual records

A debt acknowledgment for a very special act, a theft of the parish register, and the clothing of a young notary on the J. Marchal's website.

Unusual testimony in the archives of the Lot



Migrations in Lot


Emigration of Lot residents to South America at the end of the 19th century - 1954

History of immigration in the Midi-Pyrénées region

The origins of Moroccan immigration in Midi-Pyrénées



Lot in pictures


Videos

Biology  – 1958

Testimony  – 1959

Figeac, Lot: strikes at Ratier factories – 1968

Caussade and Carjac: a farmers' meeting – 1968

Peasant demonstration in Lot – 1968

Cahors: student demonstrations – 1968

Cahors, Lot: meeting at the Labor Exchange – 1968

Travel in France: the Lot  – 1968

Houses of Lot – 1972

Knowing how to build in Lot – 1973

Cahors: Green Sunday of the ecological movement – 1976



Old images and postcards

On Gallica: the  Lot in pictures

On Clochers de France: the belfries of Lot in pictures

On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of war memorials

On CPArama: collection of postcards from Lot



Old departmental maps

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

On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department

On Gallica: old maps of the Lot



The History of the Lot


History of the Lot department

Biography of famous men from the Lot department, or Historical gallery of memorable figures born in this department- 1827

Statistics of the Lot department - 1831

Universal suffrage in the Lot department in 1848- 1905

The festivals of the Revolution in the Lot - 1928

A episcopal election in the Lot in 1791– 1930

Geographical study of food in the Lot department between 1840 and 1880 - 1954

Tobacco cultivation in the Lot department - 1956



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



Genealogy sites in Lot


Genealogy circles and associations in Lot

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Research Association on Family History

Friends of Old Souillac

Historical Genealogical Union of Occitanie


Useful social networks

Facebook: Group Genealogy Lot 46



Happy researching!


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