Ardennes, France Genealogy
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Guide to Ardennes Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
History[edit | edit source]
The department is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 under the Act of 22 December 1789. It includes part of the former provinces of Champagne and Argonne, several principalities including those of Arches and Sedan, countships (such as Rethel), and different areas returned to France (from the former Spanish Netherlands) in the 18th century. On 12 May 1793 the department expanded itself with the Bailiwick of Liège, Couvin, and the countships from the Holy Roman Empire of Fagnolle, and on 26 October 1795 a part of the Duchy of Bouillon. After the victory of the allies in the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, the second Treaty of Paris subtracted territory from Ardennes to attach to the Netherlands: Duchy of Bouillon, Couvin, Mariembourg, Fagnolle, and Philippeville.[1]
Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]
Localities (Communes)[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Census[edit | edit source]
- Recensements de la population at Archives départementales des Ardennes — index & images
- See France Census for more information.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- 1536-1897 France, Protestant Church Records, 1536-1897 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1585-1892 France, Ardennes, Parish and Civil Registration, 1585-1892 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- Etats civils de Champagne et pays voisins(*); Rossu, Louis at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil at Archives départementales des Ardennes — index & images
- See France Church Records for more information.
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
- 1542-1900 France, Civil Registration, Various Communes, 1542-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- 1585-1892 France, Ardennes, Parish and Civil Registration, 1585-1892 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1791-1892 Ardennes, France Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1791-1892 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- Les "actes en vrac" pour : Ardennes (08) at FranceGenWeb — index
- Recherches terminées at EntraideGenWeb — index
- Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil at Archives départementales des Ardennes — index & images
- See France Civil Registration for more information.
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
- 1939-1945 Base des Déportés 1939-1945 at MémorialGenWeb — index
- Les mariages de migrants originaires de : Ardennes at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les mariages de migrants pour : Ardennes at FranceGenWeb — index
Heraldry[edit | edit source]
- Blasons de familles des Ardennes at HéraldiqueGenWeb — index & images
Military Records[edit | edit source]
- Les mariages pour : Ardennes at Napoléon-MariagesGenWeb — index
- Les soldats ayant combattu pour la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis originaires des Ardennes at La FayetteGenWeb — index
- Les Morts pour la France décédés dans les Ardennes at MémorialGenWeb — index & images
- Les Morts pour la France nés dans les Ardennes at MémorialGenWeb — index & images
Repositories[edit | edit source]
For a list of FamilySearch Centers and Affiliate Libraries, see map.
Archives[edit | edit source]
Archives départementales des Ardennes
10 rue de la Porte de Bourgogne
Charleville-Mézières
France
Telephone: +33 (0)3 24 57 40 06
Contact form
Website
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
FranceGenWeb - Cousins
FranceGenWeb Cousins 08, Ardennes
- Ardennes Wiki GenWeb Associations
- Ardennes Forums
- Southern Europe Genealogy Research Community
- Ardennes Généalogie
- Association des Releveurs Bénévoles pour la Recherche et l'Entraide (ARBRE)
- Hôtel de ville
- 08000 CHARLEVILLE MEZIERES
- France
Research Helps[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Ardennes (department)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardennes_(department) (accessed October 30, 2018).