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Guide to Calvados Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
History
Calvados is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast. Calvados is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from a part of the former province of Normandy.[1]
Jurisdictions
Localities (Communes)
Resources
Census
- 1836 France, Calvados, Census, 1836 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1856 France, Calvados, Census, 1856 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1876 France, Calvados, Census, 1876 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1891 France, Calvados, Census, 1891 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- Recensements de population at Archives Du Calvados — 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
- 1597-1818 France, Coutances et d'Avranche Diocese, Inquiries of Consanguinity, 1597-1818 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images
- 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
- 1539-1939 France, Calvados, registres civils, 1539-1939(*); Calvados (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1697-1912 Calvados, France Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1697-1912 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- 1792-1942 France, Calvados, Civil Registration, 1792-1942 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- 1793-1982 France, Calvados, registres civils 1793-1982, 1793-1982(*); Calvados (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- État civil at Archives Du Calvados — index & images
- Les "actes en vrac" pour : Calvados (14) at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les recherches terminées du Calvados at EntraideGenWeb — index
- See France Civil Registration for more information.
Emigration and Immigration
- 1939-1945 Base des Déportés 1939-1945 at MémorialGenWeb — index
- EGBMN Exiles List at EGBMN — index
- Les mariages de migrants originaires de : Calvados at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les mariages de migrants pour : Calvados at FranceGenWeb — index
Heraldry
- Armorial général de France, généralité d'Alençon(*); Prevost, G. A. at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Blasons de communes et familles du Calvados at HéraldiqueGenWeb — index & images
Maps and Gazetteers
- Communes du Calvados (carte) at Locom
Military Records
- 1867-1921 France, Calvados, Military Registration Cards, 1867-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- 1870-1916 France, Calvados, registres matricules militaires, 1870-1916(*); Archives départementales de Calvados at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Les mariages pour : Calvados at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les soldats ayant combattu pour la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis originaires du Calvados at La FayetteGenWeb — index
- Morts pour la France décédés dans le Calvados at MémorialGenWeb — index & images
- Morts pour la France nés dans le Calvados at MémorialGenWeb — index & images
Public Records
- Before 1790 Inventaire sommaire des archives départementales antérieures à 1790, Calvados, série E, archives civiles(*); Bénet, Armand at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Before 1790 Inventaire sommaire des archives départementales antérieures à 1790, Calvados, série E, archives civiles(*); Calvados (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Taxation
- 1562 Rôle des taxes de l'Arrière-ban du bailliage d'Evreux en 1562, avec une intro. sur l'histoire de l'organisation du ban et de l'arrière-ban:(*); Lebeurier, P. F. (Pierre François) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Repositories
For a list of FamilySearch Centers and Affiliate Libraries, see map.
Archives
Archives du Calvados
Archives départementales
61 rue de Lion-sur-Mer
14000 Caen
France
Telephone: +33 (0)2 31 47 18 50
Email: archives@calvados.fr
Contact form
Website
Libraries
Societies
FranceGenWeb - Cousins
FranceGenWeb Cousins 14, Calvados
- Calvados Wiki GenWeb Associations
- Entraide Généalogique Bretagne-Maine-Normandie,
- Parisiennne Association of Norman Genealogy
- Union of Genealogical and Heraldic Circles of Normandy
- Calvados Forums
- Southern Europe Genealogy Research Community
- Le Cercle de Généealogie du Calvados., Cegecal
- 67, bvd General Vanier
- 1400 Caen
- France
Research Helps
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References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Calvados (department)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvados_(department) (accessed October 30, 2018).