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

Loire-Atlantique Department

History[edit | edit source]

Loire-Atlantique is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally, it was named Loire-Inférieure, but its name was changed in 1957 to Loire-Atlantique.^[1]

Histoire de Bretagne, composée sur les titres & les auteurs originaux, par dom Gui Alexic Lobineau, enrichié de plusieurs portraits & tombeaux en taille douce; avec les preuves & pièces justificatives, accompagnées d'un grand nombre de sceaux:(*); Lobineau, Guy-Alexis, 1667-1727 at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Notes historiques sur quelques paroisses du diocèse de Nantes(*); Du Bois de la Patellière, H at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Localities (Communes)[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Census[edit | edit source]

Recensements de population at Department Archives of Loire-Atlantique — index & images
See France Census for more information.

Church Records[edit | edit source]

1521-1896 France, Brittany, Church and Civil Records, 1521-1896 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
1536-1897 France, Protestant Church Records, 1536-1897 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1789-2005 Brittany & Yonne, France Politicians, 1789-2005 at Ancestry — index ($)
Before 1793 Répertoire numérique des registres paroissiaux antérieurs à 1793(*); Berranger, H. de at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Répertoire numérique, série V, cultes(*); Loire-Atlantique (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil at Department Archives of Loire-Atlantique — index & images
See France Church Records for more information.

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

1521-1896 France, Brittany, Church and Civil Records, 1521-1896 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
1542-1900 France, Civil Registration, Various Communes, 1542-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
1789-2005 Brittany & Yonne, France Politicians, 1789-2005 at Ancestry — index ($)
1792-1960 France, Loire-Atlantique, registres civil, 1792-1960(*); Loire-Atlantique (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
1792-1960 France, Loire-Atlantique, Civil Registration, 1792-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
1793-1896 France, Brittany, Public Records, 1793-1896 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
Before 1790 Inventaire sommaire des archives départementales antérieures à 1790, Loire-Inférieure, archives civiles, séries C et D(*); Maître, Léon at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Before 1793 Répertoire numérique des registres paroissiaux antérieurs à 1793(*); Loire-Atlantique (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
1800-1906 Liste des Baptemes 1800-1906 at Phiphi.Levesque — index
1800-1906 Liste des Mariages 1800-1906 at Phiphi.Levesque — index
1800-1906 Liste des Sepultures 1800-1906 at Phiphi.Levesque — index
Répertoire numérique, Série K (Lois, ordonnances et arrêtés)(*); Loire-Atlantique (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Répertoire numérique de la série S, travaux publics, fonds de la Préfecture(*); Loire-Atlantique (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
La base de donnée de l'Entraide at EntraideGenWeb — index
Les "actes en vrac" pour : Le Loroux-Bottereau (44) at FranceGenWeb — index
Les "actes en vrac" pour : Loire-Atlantique (44) at FranceGenWeb — index
Recherches En Loire-atlantique... at Millerx — index
Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil at Department Archives of Loire-Atlantique — index & images
Relevés généalogiques (Fonds Freslon) at Department Archives of Loire-Atlantique — index & images
Tables alphabétiques des décès de l'Enregistrement at Department Archives of Loire-Atlantique — index & images
See France Civil Registration for more information.

Compiled Genealogies[edit | edit source]

Histoire des familles at Odile-Halbert — index

Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

Les mariages de migrants originaires de : Loire Atlantique at FranceGenWeb — index
Les mariages de migrants pour : Loire Atlantique at FranceGenWeb — index

Heraldry[edit | edit source]

Blasons de communes et familles de Loire-Atlantique at HéraldiqueGenWeb — index & images

Land and Property[edit | edit source]

Répertoire numérique, série Q (domaines)(*); Loire-Atlantique (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Cartes et plans at Department Archives of Loire-Atlantique
Matrices et plans cadastraux at Department Archives of Loire-Atlantique

Military Records[edit | edit source]

1914-1918 Le Mémorial virtuel de la guerre 1914-1918 at Department Archives of Loire-Atlantique — index & images
Conscrits militaires at Department Archives of Loire-Atlantique — index & images
Conscrits militaires (recherche chronologique) at Department Archives of Loire-Atlantique — index & images
Les mariages pour : Loire Atlantique at Napoléon-MariagesGenWeb — index
Résultat de votre requête sur le département 44 at LaFayetteGenWeb — index

Schools and Education[edit | edit source]

Before 1790 Inventaire sommaire des archives départementales antérieures à 1790, Loire-Inférieure, archives civiles, séries C et D(*); Maître, Léon at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Before 1790 Inventaire sommaire des archives départementales antérieures à 1790, Loire-Inférieure, archives civiles, séries C et D(*); Loire-Atlantique (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Répertoire numérique de la série T, instruction publique, sciences et arts(*); Canal, Séverin at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Répertoire numérique de la série T, instruction publique, sciences et arts(*); Loire-Atlantique (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Repositories[edit | edit source]

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

Archives[edit | edit source]

Archives départementales de Loire-Atlantique
Les Archives départementales
6 rue de Bouillé
CS 23505
44035 Nantes cedex 1
France
Telephone: +33 (0)2 51 72 93 20
Contact form
Website

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Societies[edit | edit source]

FranceGenWeb - Cousins
FranceGenWeb Cousins 44, Loire-Atlantique

Research Helps[edit | edit source]

The following articles will help you research your family in France.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Loire-Atlantique," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire-Atlantique (accessed October 31, 2018).

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Loire-Atlantique," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire-Atlantique (accessed October 31, 2018).

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