Genealogy in Haute-Vienne: Your Ancestors in the Archives

Genealogy Cheat Sheet – The Complete Guide to Online Resources to Help You with Your Genealogy Research in Haute-Vienne: Archives, Histories...

Genealogy in Haute-Vienne: Your Ancestors in the Archives

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The Haute-Vienne department was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. It is bordered by the departments of Creuse, Corrèze, Dordogne, Charente, Vienne and the Indre.



Archives of Haute-Vienne


Online Archives of Haute-Vienne

Browse the departmental archives of Haute-Vienne to find your ancestors: parish registers and civil status, population censuses, military registers, cadastre, mortgage records, tables of successions and absences, iconotheque and other records...



Online Records

On FranceGenWeb: "Miscellaneous Records" - Marriages - Marriages of Migrants - Marriages of Migrants from Haute-Vienne - Notaries

Chabatz d’entrar



Unusual Records

Work in the church, an extraordinary hailstorm and others on the J. Marchal’s website.

Unusual Testimonies in the Archives of Haute-Vienne



Migrations in Haute-Vienne


Limousin. History of Immigration in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Migration of the "maçons creusois" before the 19th Century

Turkish Families in Limousin



Haute-Vienne in Images


Videos

Oradour-sur-Glane – 1944

Oradour-sur-Glane: One Year Later – 1945

Limoges – Mayor’s Deputy, Marriage Record Holder – 1964

Report on the Underground of Limoges – 1966

They Won 1 Million! – 1966

The Monster of Lac du Bujaleuf – 1967

Limoges: Road Transport Situation – 1968

Portrait Painted by Vigée Le Brun – 1968

Christmas in Limoges – 1968

Investigation on the Police – 1971

No Authorization for Concrete Blocks – 1973

The Artificial Kidney – 1973

Regards: A Young Postcard Collector – 1975

Haute-Vienne in "Album de France" – 1978

The Station of Limoges, 50 Years Ago – 1979

Living in Bellac – 1981

Goat Farming in Haute-Vienne – 1983



Old Images and Postcards

On Gallica: Haute-Vienne in Images

On Clochers de France: the belfries of Haute-Vienne in images

On Memorial GenWeb: postcards of War Memorials

On CPArama: Postcard collection of Haute-Vienne



Old Maps of the Department

From Cassini’s villages to today’s communes: the department of Haute-Vienne

On Old Maps Online: the old maps of the department

On Gallica: the old maps of Haute-Vienne



History of Haute-Vienne


History of the Haute-Vienne Department

Department of Haute-Vienne – 1808

Statistical Directory of the Departments of Haute-Vienne, Creuse, Corrèze, District of the Court of Limoges – 1835

History of the Town of Bellac (Haute-Vienne) – 1851

Public Education in Haute-Vienne – 1870

Agriculture, Meadows, and Irrigations of Haute-Vienne – 1884

Biographical Notes on the Deputies of Haute-Vienne in the Legislative Assemblies of the Revolution – 1893

The Sources of the History of Limousin – 1895

1848 in Haute-Vienne – 1949

Geological Guide of Haute-Vienne – 1961

Jean Perrier, Map and Text of the Department of Haute-Vienne – 1965

Some Demographic Problems of Northern Haute-Vienne – 1967

Conscription in the Department of Haute-Vienne from 1798 to 1814 – 1970

Organization of Rescue for Drowned People in the Department of Haute-Vienne (End of 18th Century – Early 19th Century) – 1999

Cattle Farming in Limousin in the 18th Century – 2004

Les Cars (Haute-Vienne): The Emergence of a Power Residence (13th – 16th Centuries) – 2006

Inventory of Aristocratic Residences (16th – 17th Centuries) in Basse-Marche Limousine (Haute-Vienne) – 2006

The Massacres of Oradour and Pont Lasveyras – 2014

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

GenCom: to learn everything about a commune in Haute-Vienne



Genealogy Sites in Haute-Vienne


Genealogy Circles and Associations in Haute-Vienne

Genealogy87

Amitiés Généalogiques du Limousin


Useful Social Networks

Facebook: Group Genealogy 87 Haute Vienne



Happy Researching!



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