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Guide to Haut-Rhin Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
History
Haut-Rhin is a department of the Alsace region France. It is one of the original 83 departments that were created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It borders on Switzerland to the south and Germany to the east. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departments of the former administrative Alsace region. Its boundaries have been modified many times:
- 1798, it absorbed Mulhouse, formerly a free city, and the last Swiss enclave in the south of Alsace;
- 1800, it absorbed the whole département of Mont-Terrible;
- 1814, it lost the territories which had been part of Mont-Terrible, which were returned to Switzerland, except for the old principality of Montbéliard;
- 1816, it lost Montbéliard, which was transferred to the département of Doubs;
- 1871, it was mostly annexed by Germany (Treaty of Frankfurt). The remaining French part formed the Territoire de Belfort in 1922;
- 1919, it was reverted to France (Treaty of Versailles) but remains administratively separated from Belfort.
- 1940, it was annexed de facto by Nazi Germany.
- 1944, it was recovered by France.
On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin will merge into the European Collectivity of Alsace. [1]
Jurisdictions
Localities (Communes)
Resources
Census
- 1866 Recensement de population 1866 at Archives d'Alsace — index & images
- See France Census for more information.
Church Records
- 1231-1462 Registratura der vom Fürstlichen Stift Murbach empfangenen Lehen und Le hensreverse, 1231-1462, Serie 10 G, 1-154(*); Haut-Rhin (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1231-1462 Alphabetische geordnete vollständiger Auszug aus Serie 10 G Abtei Murba ch, Registratur der Lehensbrief und Lehensreverse, 1231-1462:(*); Eglise catholique. Abbaye de Murbach (Haut-Rhin) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1536-1897 France, Protestant Church Records, 1536-1897 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1802-1865 Documents divers concernant les affaires des cultes protestantes, 1802- 1865(*); Haut-Rhin (France : Département). Préfet at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Inventaire sommaire de sous série 1 H 4 (H 131), Abbaye de Munster(*); Haut-Rhin (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Registres paroissiaux et état civil at Archives d'Alsace — 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
- 1792-1919 France, Haut-Rhin, Civil Registration, 1792-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- 1793-1892 Haut Rhin, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1793-1892 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- Les "actes en vrac" pour : Haut Rhin (68) at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les recherches terminées du Haut-Rhin at EntraideGenWeb — index
- Numérisation des registres paroissiaux at Archives d'Alsace — index & images
- Registres paroissiaux et état civil at Archives d'Alsace — index & images
- 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 : Haut Rhin at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les mariages de migrants pour : Haut Rhin at FranceGenWeb — index
Gazetteers
- Dictionnaire géographique, historique et politique de l'Alsace(*); France, Haut-Rhin at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Heraldry
- Armorial de la généralité d'Alsace, recueil officiel(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Blasons du Haut-Rhin et familles du Haut-Rhin at HéraldiqueGenWeb — index & images
Land and Property
- 1201-1787 Registres de fiefs de l'Abbaye de Murbach, 1201-1787(*); Eglise catholique. Abbaye de Murbach (Haut-Rhin) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1790-1795 Procès-verbaux concernant les biens et revenues des chapelles, les chapelaines et les prisons, 1790-1795(*); Colmar (Haut-Rhin : District). Bureau des domaines at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Maps and Gazetteers
- Communes du Haut-Rhin (carte) at Locom
- Plans de finage at Archives d'Alsace
Military Records
- 1766-1768 Documents divers concernant les affaires militaires, 1766-1768(*); Ribaupierre (Alsace : Comté). Chancellerie at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Les mariages pour : Haut Rhin at Napoléon-MariagesGenWeb — index
- Les soldats ayant combattu pour la guerre d'indépendance originaires du Haut-Rhin at La FayetteGenWeb — index
- Morts pour la France décédés dans le Haut-Rhin at MémorialGenWeb — index & images
- Morts pour la France nés dans le Haut-Rhin at MémorialGenWeb — index & images
Taxation
- 1738-1789 Documents concernant les biens et les impôts, 1738-1789(*); Alsace (France : Province). Intendant at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Repositories
For a list of FamilySearch Centers and Affiliate Libraries, see map.
Archives
Archives départementales du Haut-Rhin
Site de Colmar
Bâtiment M / Cité administrative
3 Rue Fleischhauer
68000 Colmar,
France
Telephone: +33 (0)3 89 21 97 00
Website
Archives d'Alsace
Website
Libraries
Societies
FranceGenWeb - Cousins
FranceGenWeb Cousins 68, Haut-Rhin
Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in France.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Haut-Rhin," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haut-Rhin (accessed June 22, 2019).