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Guide to Var Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
History[edit | edit source]
The department of Var was created at the time of the French Revolution, on 4 March 1790, from a portion of the former royal province of Provence. It takes its name from the river Var, which flowed along its eastern boundary, until the boundary was moved in 1860 with the creation of the new department of Alpes-Maritimes. Var is bordered by the departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, and by the Mediterranean Sea on the south.[1]
Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]
Localities (Communes)[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Census[edit | edit source]
- Recensements de population at Archives départementales du Var — index & images
- See France Census for more information.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- 1536-1897 France, Protestant Church Records, 1536-1897 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection, index & images
- Registres paroissiaux et de l'état civil at Archives départementales du Var — index & images
- See France Church Records for more information.
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
- 1542-1900 France, Civil Registration, Various Communes, 1542-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection, index
- 1793-1914 France, Var, Civil Registration, 1793-1914 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection, index
- 1793-1914 France, Var, registres civil, 1793-1914(*); Var (France). Archives départementales at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- La base de donnée de l'Entraide at Entraide FranceGenWeb — index
- Les "actes en vrac" pour : Cotignac (83) at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les "actes en vrac" pour : Var (83) at FranceGenWeb — index
- Registres paroissiaux et de l'état civil at Archives départementales du Var — index & images
- See France Civil Registration for more information.
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
- 1939-1945 Base des Déportés 1939-1945 at MémorialGenWeb — index
- Les mariages de migrants originaires de : Var at FranceGenWeb — index
- Les mariages de migrants pour : Var at FranceGenWeb — index
Heraldry[edit | edit source]
- Blasons de communes et familles du Var at HéraldiqueGenWeb — index & images
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
- Communes du Var (carte) at Locom
Military Records[edit | edit source]
- Les soldats ayant combattu pour la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis originaires du Var at La FayetteGenWeb — index
- Morts pour la France nés dans le Var at MémorialGenWeb — index
- Napoléon-Mariages Du Mariage de 6000 Militaires at NapoléonMariagesGenWeb — index
Nobility[edit | edit source]
- Recherches de noblesse faites en Provence(*); Le Bret, Pierre Cardin 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 des Var
660 Bd John Kennedy
Pôle Culturel Chabran
83300 Draguignan
France
Telephone: +33 (0)4 83 95 83 83
Email: ad83@var.fr
Website
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
FranceGenWeb - Cousins
FranceGenWeb Cousins 83, Var
Research Helps[edit | edit source]
The following articles will help you research your family in France.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Var (department)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Var_(department) (accessed July 13, 2020).