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Guide to Allier Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Allier Department

History

Allier is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France. Named after the Allier River, it is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais. It was created from almost all of the former Duchy of Bourbonnaise. The history of Allier corresponds to the Duchy of Bourbon (Bourbonnais).

Jurisdictions

Localities (Communes)

• FranceGenWeb
• Locom
• Wikipedia list of Allier Communes
• Wikipedia list of former communes

Resources

Business and Occupations

• Les notaires pour : Allier at FranceGenWeb - index
• Maires at FranceGenWeb - index

Census

• Rechercher dans les indexations du recensement at Archives départementales de l'Allier - index & images
• See France Census for more information.

Church Records

• 1536-1897 France, Protestant Church Records, 1536-1897 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1560-1909 Allier, France, Births, 1560-1909 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1568-1913 Allier, France, Marriages, 1568-1913 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1598-1909 Allier, France, Deaths, 1598-1909 at Ancestry - index ($)
• Rechercher dans les indexations de l'état civil at Archives départementales de l'Allier - index & images
• Before 1790 Inventaire sommaire des archives départementales antérieures à 1790, Allier, série E supplément(*); Allier (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• Les "actes en vrac" pour : Allier (03) at FranceGenWeb - index
• Les demandes pour le département 03 at FranceGenWeb - index
• La base de données des ancêtres protestants français at FranceGenWeb - index
• See France Church Records for more information.

Civil Registration

• 1542-1900 France, Civil Registration, Various Communes, 1542-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
• 1560-1909 Allier, France, Births, 1560-1909 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1568-1913 Allier, France, Marriages, 1568-1913 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1598-1909 Allier, France, Deaths, 1598-1909 at Ancestry - index ($)
• Rechercher dans les indexations de l'état civil at Archives départementales de l'Allier - index & images
• Les demandes pour le département 03 at FranceGenWeb - index
• Les mariages de migrants pour : Allier at FranceGenWeb - index
• Les mariages de migrants originaires de : Allier at FranceGenWeb - index
• Les mariages pour : Allier at FranceGenWeb - index
• See France Civil Registration for more information.

Compiled Genealogies

• 1400-1900 France, Auvergne, Family Genealogies by Colonel Etienne de Bellaigue de Bughas, 1400-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images

Emigration and Immigration

• Les mariages de migrants pour : Allier at FranceGenWeb - index
• Les mariages de migrants originaires de : Allier at FranceGenWeb - index

Gazetteers

• Dictionnaire des noms de lieux habités du département de l'Allier(*); France, Allier at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Heraldry

• Blasons de communes et familles de l'Allier at HéraldiqueGenWeb - index & images

Land and Property

• Cadastre napoléonien at Archives départementales de l'Allier - images

Maps and Gazetteers

• Commune/Paroisse : Valigny (Allier) at annikr.free.fr

Military Records

• Rechercher dans les indexations des registres matricules at Archives départementales de l'Allier - index & images
• Résultat de votre requête sur le département 03 at FranceGenWeb - index

Newspapers

• Presse at Archives départementales de l'Allier - images

Repositories

For a list of FamilySearch Centers and Affiliate Libraries, see map.

Archives

Archives départementales de l'Allier
Rue Aristide Briand
Parc de Bellevue
03400 Yzeure
Email: archives@allier.fr
Telephone: +33 (0)4 70 20 01 40
Website

Societies

FranceGenWeb - Cousins
Website

Allier Généalogie

83 Avenue des Célestins

03200 Vichy

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• Allier Wiki GenWeb Associations
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• Southern Europe Genealogy Research Community

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