Genealogy in Haute-Loire: Find Your Ancestors

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The Haute-Loire department was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. It borders the departments of Loire, Ardèche, Lozère, Cantal and Puy-de-Dôme.

The Archives of Haute-Loire

Online Archives of Haute-Loire

Browse the departmental archives of Haute-Loire to search for your ancestors. Various records are available online:

- Families and individuals in Haute-Loire: parish registers and civil status, decennial tables, population censuses, military draft records, records of acts control and registration, mortgage records and notary archives.

- Altiligérien Territories: Napoleonic cadastre maps, renewed cadastre maps, collections of maps and plans and many other archives to consult.

- Iconic Old Funds

- Iconographic Funds

- Memory of the Great War (1914-1918)

- Memories of World War II (1939-1945)

Online Acts

On FranceGenWeb: "Miscellaneous Acts" - Marriages - Migrants' Marriages - Marriages of Migrants from Haute-Loire - Notaries - Protestants

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Various records in Retournac

Various records in Tence

Various records in Saint Privat d'Allier and Monistrol d'Allier

Unusual Acts

An earthquake, a comet with a long tail, and others on the J. Marchal's website.

Unusual testimonies in the archives of Haute-Loire

Haute-Loire in Pictures

Videos

Bishop's visit to a summer camp - 1950

La Chaise Dieu - 1961

The tanneries of Puy en Velay - 1965

Summer camp in Sereys, Auvergne - 1966

Stroll in Auvergne - 1966

The green lentil of Puy en Velay - 1967

Walk in Haute-Loire - 1969

Haute-Loire: The small salt with lentils - 1976

In the country of verveine - 1977

The lace makers of Montusclat - 1978

Old Photos and Postcards

On Gallica: the Haute-Loire in pictures

On Clochers de France: the belfries of Haute-Loire in pictures

On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of the war memorials

On CPArama: postcard collection of Haute-Loire

Old Maps of the Department

From Cassini villages to today's communes: the department of Haute-Loire

On Old Maps Online: old maps of the department

On Gallica: old maps of the Haute-Loire

The History of Haute-Loire

History of the Haute-Loire department

Department of Haute-Loire. Organization of worship: law concerning the organization of worship, 18 Germinal, Year 10 - 1802

Statistical description of the Haute-Loire department - 1824

Flora of the Haute-Loire department - 1825

Historical and Agricultural Almanac of Haute-Loire - 1865

Guide for the traveler in Haute-Loire - 1866

The Central School of Haute-Loire - 1882

Three historical documents relating to Haute-Loire - 1884

Memoirs and minutes, volume 5 - 1890

Monuments of Loire and Haute-Loire - 1903

The ribbon industry in Haute-Loire - 1934

In Haute-Loire from the 18th to the 19th century: Merley (Jean), La Haute-Loire from the end of the Old Regime to the beginnings of the Third Republic (1776-1886), Le Puy, Cahiers de la Haute-Loire. Departmental Archives, 1974 - 1976

Haute-Loire from the end of the Old Regime to the beginnings of the Third Republic 1776-1886 - 1976

Rivet (Auguste) Political Life in the Haute-Loire department from 1815 to 1974 - 1982

A guide for genealogists: Brochier (A.), Colombani (L.), Soulingeas (Y.), Guide to Genealogy in Haute-Loire, Le Puy, Departmental Archives of Haute-Loire, 1982 - 1984

The Counter-Revolution in Haute-Loire (1789-1799). The company of the White Ganses, the White Terror, trial of the companions of Jesus - 2008

On Gallica: the books, the press and the manuscripts to learn everything about the Haute-Loire department

Genealogy Sites in Haute-Loire

Genealogy Circles and Associations in Haute-Loire

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Genealogical and Heraldic Circle of Auvergne and Velay

Genealogical Association of the Arrondissement of Brioude and Surroundings

Useful Social Networks

Facebook: Departmental Archives of Haute-Loire - Group: Genealogy Haute Loire (43) - Group: Genealogy and Heritage of Haut Vivarais in Haute-Loire

Happy researching!