Cantal, France Genealogy
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Guide to Cantal Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
History
The area of Cantal was historically part of the southern, upper area of Auvergne (Haute-Auvergne). It is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. Cantal is among the most sparsely populated and geographically isolated departments of France.[1]
Jurisdictions
Localities (Communes)
Resources
Census
- 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
- 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
- État civil at Archives départementales du Cantal — index & images
- Les "actes en vrac" pour : Cantal (15) at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les recherches terminées du Cantal at EntraideGenWeb — index
- Recherche dans l'état civil at Archives départementales du Cantal — index & images
- 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 originaires de : Cantal at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les mariages de migrants pour : Cantal at FranceGenWeb — index
Heraldry
- Blasons de communes et familles du Cantal at HéraldiqueGenWeb — index & images
Maps and Gazetteers
- Communes du Cantal (carte) at Locom
Military Records
- La Fayette Database (15) at LaFayetteGenWeb — index
- Les mariages pour : Cantal at Napoléon-MariagesGenWeb — index
- Morts pour la France décédés dans le Cantal at MémorialGenWeb — index & images
- Morts pour la France nés dans le Cantal at MémorialGenWeb — index & images
Repositories
For a list of FamilySearch Centers and Affiliate Libraries, see map.
Archives
Archives départementales du Cantal
42 bis rue Paul Doumer
15000 Aurillac
France
Telephone: +33 (0)4 71 48 33 38
Contact form
Website
Libraries
Societies
FranceGenWeb - Cousins
FranceGenWeb Cousins 15, Cantal
- Aprogemere: Cantal Regional Association for the Promotion of Genealogy and Memories
- 12 rue Arsène Vermenouze
- 15000 - Aurillac
- France
- Email: contact_apro@aprogemere.fr
- Phone: 09 80 61 87 79
- Cercle Généalogique et Héraldique de l'Auvergne et du Velay
- 55, rue de Châteaudun
- 63000 CLERMONT FERRAND
- France
Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in France.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Cantal," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal (accessed October 30, 2018).