France: Regional, Local, and Family History
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Local History
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- A Cartulary or archival document trove from the Abbey of St. Aubin in Angers.
- Two searchable volumes, of which only the first is online at present.
- (11th century events: transcribed 12th century)
- Including virtual visits to the Cave of Lascaux, other caves, and the ancient town of Vienne.
- (prehistoric to antiquity; facsimiles and reproductions)
- The Electronic Library of Lisieux.
- With source texts, some archived in zip-format.
- (17th - 20th centuries; French transcriptions)
- Early digitized books, some with primary documentation of Narbonne regional history.
- (15th-18th centuries; book facsimiles)
- Photographs and virtual reconstructions of Paris during the Roman Empire.
- (Photo facsimiles and reproductions)
- (1870-1871; photo facsimiles of portraits, political caricatures and handwritten notes)
- A Brown University Library Digital Collection.
- Online access to pictorial works and texts that provide a window into the context of 19th century Parisian culture.
- (19th century; images and French language textual facsimiles)
- The liberation of Paris
- (25 August 1945; transcriptions, facsimiles and maps)
- 100 historical maps of Paris.
- (18th and 19th century; facsimiles -- GIF files)
- "White Cartulary:" archival documents of the Abbey of St. Denis - Tremblay (Paris).
- Important for economic, agrarian and social history.
- (1270-1320; transcriptions)
- Strasbourg newspaper digitized by Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.
- (1609; German-language facsimiles)
- Early modern historical monographs and documents from Toulouse and environs.
- Including Spanish items digitised at libraries in Toulouse.
- (16th-18th centuries; facsimiles)
- A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities
- (Facsimiles).
Regional History
- Source documents, contemporary polemics, and inquisition records from Languedoc.
- (11th - 14th centuries; Latin & Occitain transcriptions and French translations)
- Database of document descriptions and reproductions concerning "New France"
- -- Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland, the Great Lakes region, and Louisiana --
- A portion of the New France - New Horizons website.
- (mostly 1500 - 1763; searchable facsimiles of documents and photos)
- Digital library of Library of Congress in cooperation with the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- A bilingual site offering digitized books, prints, maps and manuscripts on the French presence in North America.
- (16th - 19th centuries; facsimiles, transcriptions, and maps).
- Documenting the history of Provence.
- (1789-1918; French transcriptions and commentary)
- Historical documents and commentary on the region -- former duchy -- of Savoy.
- (1100 - present; French & Latin transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries)
- A searchable database of journals for Black Africans and Québecois.
- (1930s-1970s; facsimiles)
- (Facsimiles).
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Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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