France: Regional, Local, and Family History

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Local Sources

Amiens

Digitized letters of 17th century political figures with Amiens
Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
(1646-1647; French transcriptions with German interface)

Angers

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 in the 12th century)

Besançon

Municipal digital heritage of Besançon.
Includes art and museum pieces and archival documents online.
(Facsimiles, photographs, maps, and transcripts)

Chantilly

Digitized correspondence and instruction of 17th century politicians
Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
(1634-1647; French transcription with German interface)

Compiègne

Digitized letters of 17th century political figures with Compiègne
Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
(1636-1641; French transcriptions with German interface)

Fontainebleau

Digitized letters of 17th century political figures with Fontainebleau
Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
(1644-1647; French transcriptions with German interface)

Dieppe

Digitized correspondence of 17th century political figures
Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
(1647; French transcription with German interface)

Grand Est

Literature collection from the Munich City Library surrounding the now-French region of Elsaß-Lothringen
In cooperation with Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
(18th-19th century; facsimiles; German, French)

Grenoble

Municipal digital collections of "Grenoble."
Use search bar at top of page to specify search or perform an advanced search here.
Includes manuscripts and medieval letters.
(Photographs and manuscript facsimiles)

Lascaux

Includes virtual visits to the Cave of Lascaux, other caves, and the ancient town of Vienne.
(Prehistory to antiquity; facsimiles and reproductions)

Lille

Municipal digital collections of Lille.
(Image facsimiles, manuscripts, and maps)

Limousin

The digitized library of Limousin as found in Gallica.
(Images, books, manuscripts, etc. in facsimile)

Lisiex

The Electronic Library of Lisieux.
With source texts; some archived in zip-format.
(17th to 20th centuries; French transcriptions)

Lyon

Municipal digital collections of Lyon.
(Journals, manuscript facsimiles, posters, archival materials and photographs)
Digital runs of numerous newspapers and journals from Lyon.
(1790-1944; facsimiles)

Marseille

Transcription of Justin’s history of Marseille.
Forum Romanum
(3rd century AD; French translation)

Montdidier

Correspondence between Mazarin and Longueville including the Dutch legation, Swedish alliances and the death of the empress
Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
(1646; French transcriptions with German interface)

Moulins

Digital municipal collection of Moulins as found in Gallica.
Includes a manuscript collection.
(Facsimiles)

Paris

Photographs and virtual reconstructions of Paris during the Roman Empire.
(Photo facsimiles and reproductions)
Digitized correspondence of 17th century political figures with Paris
Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
(1642-1649; French transcriptions with German interface)
Virtual exhibition provided by the Getty Museum on Parisian memorabilia of the early 18th century.
Offering insight into social and cultural history, especially during the reign of Louis XV.
(1715-1775; facsimiles of art and objects with explanatory context)
(1870-1871; photo facsimiles of portraits, political caricatures, and handwritten notes)
Part of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
Especially notable for images of the rebuilding of Paris under Emperor Napoleon III.
(ca. 1855-1870; dual stereoscopic facsimile images)
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)
A geometric approach to diachronic analysis of the Paris urban area (historic development).
Thematic maps for various time periods found under the resources tab.
(Middle ages to the 19th century; facsimile maps available in various formats)

Rueil

Digitized letters of 17th century political figures with Rueil
Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
(1644; French transcriptions with German interface)

Saint Omer

Virtual library of Saint-Omer as found in Gallica.
(Facsimiles of manuscripts, incunabula and the local press).

Strasbourg/Strassburg

Strassburg's Limping Messenger - Le Messager boiteux.
The 1895 edition of a popular family almanac from the time of German jurisdiction.
Similar annual almanacs, often with the same name, were published throughout Southern Germany and Switzerland.
(1895; German-language facsimile)

Toulouse

24/7 Digital Resources

Troyes

Municipal digital collections of Troyes.
(Images, books, colportage collection, manuscripts, and maps)
A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities.
(Facsimiles)

Regional Sources

Alsace

(Documents Regarding the Religious History of Alsace during the Revolution).
A published book of ecclesiastical documents (Mulhouse: Risler, 1859).
(1789-1804; French-language transcriptions)

Bretagne

From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
(1467 - 1485; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)

Burgundy

From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
(1454 - 1482; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)

Occitaine

Source documents, contemporary polemics, and inquisition records from Languedoc.
(11th to 14th centuries; Latin and Occitain transcriptions and French translations)

Normandy

Digital library for the region of Normandy.
(Book and manuscript facsimiles with transcriptions)
Deeds of the Norman Dukes by William of Jumièges. Focuses on the Norman conquest of England
From Liber Gentium
(1060; English translation)
  • Works of Orderic Vitalis
Orderic Vitalis was a monk who chronicled Normandy and Anglo-Norman England
The ecclesiastical history of England and Normandy
Battle of Bremule
On Henry I
The death of Edward the Confessor and the conflicting claims to the English Crown
The Gruesome Crowd; A True Medieval Ghost Story From Normandy
(11-12th century; English translations)
Commissioned by Henry II, with much of the text devoted to William the Conqueror. Includes the Battle of Hastings, much likely with information from family's eyewitness testimony.
(12th century)
"The chronicle is a pseudo-history of Britain, beginning with its legendary founding. The chronicle contains a lot of material concerning the legendary King Arthur, including the earliest reference to Arthur’s Round Table...The manuscript also contains the earliest known image of Stonehenge (f. 30r – digitised image 5)."
From the British Library
[1155; facsimiles]

Provence

Documenting the history of Provence.
(1789-1918; French transcriptions and commentary)

Roubaix

The Roubaix Digital Library in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais aims to concentrate all the local primary sources for the history of the city in one digital library.
Browse by theme or collection
(15th to 20th centuries; facsimiles, pictures, and descriptions)

Savoie

Historical documents and commentary on the former duchy of Savoy.
(1100 to present; French and Latin transcriptions, facsimiles, and commentaries)

Cumulative Sources

Naturalization records, residence records, and other genealogical sources from France.
From the Familie Geschiedenis website.
(French facsimiles)
Chronological order
Some wills have not been digitized. On left-hand sidebar is a summary of which wills have been digitized.
(6 September 1375-November 1421; French interface, Latin transcriptions)
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 to 19th centuries; facsimiles, transcriptions, and maps)
Searchable database of journals for Black Africans and Québecois.
(1930's to 1970's; facsimiles)
(Facsimiles)

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