Nièvre, France Genealogy

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Nièvre Department

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

Nièvre Department

History

Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the former province of Nivernais.

Jurisdictions

Localities (Communes)

• FranceGenWeb
• Locom
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia, former localities

Resources

Census

• 1821-1946 Recensements de population at Archives Départementales De La Nièvre — 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
• 1685-1724 Pièces divers, 1685-1724(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - 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
• 1792-1922 État civil at Archives Départementales De La Nièvre — index & images
• Les "actes en vrac" pour : Nièvre (58) at FranceGenWeb — index
• Les recherches terminées de la Nièvre at EntraideGenWeb — index
• Tables et actes at GenNièvre — index
• Tables des successions at Archives Départementales De La Nièvre — index & images
• See France Civil Registration for more information.

Emigration and Immigration

• 1791-1926 Registres d'enregistrement des passeports, 1791-1926, :(*); France, Nièvre at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• 1939-1945 Base des Déportés 1939-1945 at MémorialGenWeb — index
• Les mariages de migrants originaires de : Nièvre at FranceGenWeb — index
• Les mariages de migrants pour : Nièvre at FranceGenWeb — index

Heraldry

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

Land and Property

• Répertoire numérique de la sous-série 2C (administration des domaines)(*); Nièvre (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Maps and Gazetteers

• Communes de la Nièvre (carte) at Locom
• Plans cadastraux at Archives Départementales De La Nièvre

Military Records

• Les soldats ayant combattu pour la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis originaires de la Nièvre at La FayetteGenWeb — index
• Morts pour la France nés dans la Nièvre at MémorialGenWeb — index & images
• Napoléon-Mariages Du Mariage de 6000 Militaires at NapoléonMariagesGenWeb — index

Newspapers

• Presse at Archives Départementales De La Nièvre — index & images

Nobility

• Fonds Villenaut, généalogies des familles royales et familles anoblis nivernaises(*); Villenaut, Adolphe de at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• Inventaire sommaire de la série 2F, fonds du Bourg de Bozas(*); Nièvre (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• Nobiliaire de Nivernais ...(*); Villenaut, Adolphe de at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Notarial Records

• Dépouillement des contrats tirés des registres des notaires de la Nièvre(*); Gudin de Valerin, François at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• Répertoire provisoire des minutes notariales (série III E. Notaires)(*); Nièvre (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Repositories

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

Archives

Archives départementales de la Nièvre
Centre des Archives historiques de la Nièvre
1 rue Charles-Roy
58000 Nevers
France
Telephone: +33 (0)3 86 60 68 30
Email: contact@nievre.fr
Contact form
Website

Societies

FranceGenWeb - Cousins
FranceGenWeb Cousins 58, Nièvre

• Nièvre Wiki GenWeb Associations
• Nièvre Forums
• Southern Europe Genealogy Research Community

Research Helps

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