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The department of Landes was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. It is bordered by the departments of Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Gers, and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Browse the departmental archives of the Landes to search for your ancestors. Do your research in the civil status and parish registers, the census records, the military recruitment, the notary archives, the death tables, estates, and absences, the prison registers, the cadastre, the postcards and the local press.
On FranceGenWeb : « Miscellaneous Records » - Marriages - Migrant Marriages - Marriages of Migrants from the Landes - Notaries - Protestants
Extracts from Lahosse, Castelnau-Chalosse, and Tartas
Blessed bell and mortality of horned livestock on the J. Marchal's website.
Unusual Testimonies in the Landes Archives
The administrative treatment of the Romani people in the Landes (1895-1946)
History and memories of immigration in Aquitaine
History of Portuguese immigration. The role of the Aquitaine region
In the Land of Resin – 1921
Congress of the Landes Forest – 1932
Exploitation of Pine Forests in the Landes – 1941
Pine Resin Tapping in the Landes – 1943
Dax: First Post-War Bullfight – 1945
Forest Fires in the Landes – 1949
Funeral in Cestas for Victims of the Landes Fire - 1949
Forest Protection Against Insects – 1949
Basketball Match in the Landes – 1950
The Landes Camp – 1953
Oil Deposit in the Landes – 1954
The Golden Tree – 1955
Deer for the Landes Forest - 1956
Before the Intervilles Games in Dax, Landes – 1962
Postcard from Dax, Landes – 1965
The Arrival of Surfing in Dax – 1967
Landes: Festivities in Dax – 1968
Workshops in the Landes – 1969
Canary Bird Anniversary in Mimizan, Landes – 1969
Presentation of the Women's Basketball Team from Mont-de-Marsan, Landes – 1969
Vacation Village in the Landes – 1972
Mont-de-Marsan – 1973
Foie Gras from the Landes - 1975
On Gallica: the Landes in Pictures
On Clochers de France: the belfries of the Landes in Pictures
On Mémorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials
On CPArama: Collection of postcards from the Landes
From Cassini's villages to today's communes: the department of the Landes
On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department
On Gallica: old maps of the Landes
History of the Landes Department
The Inhabitants of Landes: A one-act comedy with sung couplets - 1811
Landes in 1826 - 1826
Truths about Landes of Gascony and on the forestry of pines – 1841
Journey in Landes – 1841
Hunters' Tales: The Landes of Gascony - 1857
Clergy and Nobility of Landes: Armorial - 1864
Elements of an ethnic map of the Landes department – 1870
The right of inheritance for daughters in Landes – 1872
Vineyard farming in the sands of Landes- 1888
The economic future of Landes, according to a recent survey - 1918
Landes, the Basque Coast and Puy-en-Velay- 1925
The cork industry in Landes - 1931
Landes a Hundred Years Ago – 1934
Agriculture in Landes in 1805 - 1943
Origins of the Landes Department – 1951
The population evolution of the Landes Department from 1954 to 1962 – 1964
The general councilors of the Landes Department during the July Monarchy - 1964
The names of villas in Hossegor (Landes) – 1984
The population of the Landes Department in 1990- 1991
Voter participation and sociology in Landes in 1790 – 1999
The treatment of fevers in Landes in the 19th century - 2000
On Gallica: the books, the press and the manuscripts to learn everything about the Landes department
History and Genealogy of the Landes
Genealogical Center of the Landes
Facebook : Departmental Archives of the Landes
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