Mayenne, France Genealogy
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Guide to Mayenne Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
History
Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The northern two thirds correspond to the western part of the former province of Maine. The southern third of Mayenne corresponds to the northern portion of the old province of Anjou. The former province of Maine was partitioned into two, Upper Maine, centered on Le Mans, became the new department of Sarthe, and Lower Maine, centered on Laval became the new department of Mayenne. Anjou, to the south, being too big to form a single department, was reduced in size and became Maine-et-Loire. In this partition, Sarthe received the region of La Flèche, and Mayenne received Château-Gontier and Craon.[1]
- Dictionnaire historique, topographique et biographique de la Mayenne(*); Angot, A. at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Jurisdictions
Localities (Communes)
Resources
Census
- La base nominative des recensements at Archives départementales de la Mayenne — index & images
- Les listes du recensement at Archives départementales de la Mayenne — index & images
- Tables des noms de rues de Château-Gontier, Laval et Mayenne at Archives départementales de la Mayenne — index & images
- See France Census for more information.
Church Records
- 1427-1897 France, Mayenne, Parish and Civil Registration, 1427-1897 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1536-1897 France, Protestant Church Records, 1536-1897 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1546-1793 Registres paroissiaux, 1546-1793(*); Eglise catholique. Paroisse de Bonchamp-lès-Laval (Mayenne) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- See France Church Records for more information.
Civil Registration
- 1427-1897 France, Mayenne, Parish and Civil Registration, 1427-1897 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1542-1900 France, Civil Registration, Various Communes, 1542-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- 1597-1792 Baptêmes de Montenay (1597-1792) at Chamcro — index & images
- Actes et tables des communes mayennaises at Archives départementales de la Mayenne — index & images
- La base de donnée de l'Entraide at Entraide FranceGenWeb — index
- Les "actes en vrac" pour : Mayenne (53) at FranceGenWeb — index
- See France Civil Registration for more information.
Emigration and Immigration
- Les mariages de migrants originaires de : Mayenne at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les mariages de migrants pour : Mayenne at FranceGenWeb — index
Heraldry
- Blasons de communes et familles de Mayenne at Héraldique FranceGenWeb — index & images
Military Records
- La Fayette Database at FranceGenWeb — index
- Napoléon-Mariages Du Mariage de 6000 Militaires at NapoléonMariagesGenWeb — index
Nobility
- Généalogies féodales Mayennaises du XIe au XIIIe siècle, ouvrage publié avec tables alphabétiques:(*); Angot, A. at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Noblesse du Maine aux Croisades(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Repositories
For a list of FamilySearch Centers and Affiliate Libraries, see map.
Archives
Archives départementales de la Mayenne
39 Rue Mazagran
53000 Laval
France
Telephone: +33 (0)2 43 66 53 53
Contact form
Website
Libraries
Societies
FranceGenWeb - Cousins
FranceGenWeb Cousins 53, Mayenne
Research Helps
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References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Mayenne," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayenne (accessed October 31, 2018).