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The Loire department was created in 1793 by dividing the Rhône-et-Loire department into two distinct departments. It is bordered by the departments of the Rhône, of the Isère, of the Ardèche, of the Haute-Loire, of the Puy-de-Dôme, of the Allier and of the Saône-et-Loire.
Browse the departmental archives of the Loire to search for your ancestors. Tell the story of your family and individuals in the parish registers and civil records, population censuses, military recruitment registers, estate and absence records, assisted children...
Trace the history of towns and territories with the Napoleonic cadastre, the section Iconography and the ancient press.
Municipal Archives of Saint-Etienne
On FranceGenWeb : " Miscellaneous Acts " - Marriages - Migrant Marriages - Marriages of Migrants from the Loire - Notaries - Protestants
Whirlwind, sorcerer or demon? An extraordinary mortality of oxen and cows and others on the J. Marchal's site.
Unusual Testimonies in the Archives of the Loire
Perspectives on migrations in the 19th and 20th centuries in Rhône-Alpes
La Marseillaise in Saint-Etienne – 1944
Football: Saint-Etienne beats Le Havre 5-1 in the French Cup– 1951
Protest by miners' wives in Saint-Etienne – 1963
A Man on a Wire– 1965
The construction of Saint-Etienne's highway – 1965
On Gallica: the Loire in images
On Clochers de France: the belfries of the Loire in images
On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials
On CPArama: collection of postcards from the Loire
From Cassini villages to today's communes: the department of the Loire
On Old Maps Online: the old maps of the department
On Gallica: the old maps of the Loire
History of the Loire Department
Journal of the Loire Department – 1813
Picturesque France. Loire Department - 1832
Directory of the Loire Department for the year 1835 - 1835
Carboniferous Flora of the Loire Department and Central France - 1877
Monuments of the Loire - 1902
Monuments of the Loire and Haute-Loire – 1903
Industrial Settlements in the Loire and Haute-Loire (1965-1972) - 1973
On Gallica: the books, the press and the manuscripts to learn all about the Loire Department
Genealogical Association of the Loire and Those of Roannais
History of Belmont in the Loire
Facebook : Departmental Archives of the Loire – Group Genealogy Loire 42
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