Charente, France Genealogy

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Charente Department

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

Charente Department

History

Charente is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the former province of Angoumois. Angoumois was a county and province of France. Its capital was Angoulême, and it nearly corresponded to the Charente Department.

Jurisdictions

Localities (Communes)

• FranceGenWeb
• Locom
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia, former localities

Resources

Census

• 1837-1911 Charente, France, Censuses, 1837-1911 at Ancestry ($)
• Recensements de population at Archives de la Charente — 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
• 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
• 1791-1912 Charente, France Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1791-1912 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• Etat civil at Archives de la Charente — index & images
• Les "actes en vrac" pour : Bernac (16) at FranceGenWeb — index
• Les "actes en vrac" pour : Charente (16) at FranceGenWeb — index
• Les "actes en vrac" pour : Juillé (16) at FranceGenWeb — index
• Les "actes en vrac" pour : Raix (16) at FranceGenWeb — index
• Les "actes en vrac" pour : Saint-Georges (16) at FranceGenWeb — index
• Les "actes en vrac" pour : Villefagnan (16) at FranceGenWeb — index
• Les recherches terminées de Charente at EntraideGenWeb — index
• See France Civil Registration for more information.

Emigration and Immigration

• 1939-1945 Base des Déportés 1939-1945 at MémorialGenWeb — index
• Les mariages de migrants originaires de : Charente at FranceGenWeb — index
• Les mariages de migrants pour : Charente at FranceGenWeb — index

Heraldry

• Blasons de communes et familles de Charente at HéraldiqueGenWeb — index & images

Maps and Gazetteers

• Communes de Charente (carte) at Locom

Military Records

• Les mariages pour : Charente at Napoléon-MariagesGenWeb — index
• Les soldats ayant combattu pour la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis originaires de Charente at La FayetteGenWeb — index
• Morts pour la France décédés en Charente at MémorialGenWeb — index & images
• Morts pour la France nés en Charente at MémorialGenWeb — index & images

Repositories

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

Archives

Archives de la Charente
24 Av. Gambetta
16006 Angoulême
France
Telephone: +33 (0)5 16 09 50 11
Contact form
Website

Societies

FranceGenWeb - Cousins
FranceGenWeb Cousins 16, Charente

• Charente Wiki GenWeb Associations
• Charente Forums
• Southern Europe Genealogy Research Community
• Association Généalogique de la Charente(AGC)
• Cybergroupe Généalogique de Charente Poitevine

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