France: Regional, Local, and Family 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 in the 12th century)
- Municipal digital heritage of Besançon.
- Includes art and museum pieces and archival documents online.
- (Facsimiles, photographs, maps, and transcripts)
- Municipal digital collections of Grenoble.
- (Photographs and manuscript facsimiles)
- Includes virtual visits to the Cave of Lascaux, other caves, and the ancient town of Vienne.
- (Prehistory to antiquity; facsimiles and reproductions)
- Municipal digital collections of Lille.
- (Image facsimiles, manuscripts, and maps)
- The digitized library of Limousin as found in Gallica.
- (Images, books, manuscripts, etc. in facsimile)
- The Electronic Library of Lisieux.
- With source texts; some archived in zip-format.
- (17th to 20th centuries; French transcriptions)
- Municipal digital collections of Lyon.
- (Journals, manuscript facsimiles, and photographs)
- Digital municipal collection of Moulins as found in Gallica.
- (Facsimiles)
- Early digitized books, maps, and photographs, some with primary documentation of Narbonne regional history.
- (15th to 18th centuries; book, map, and image facsimiles)
- Photographs and virtual reconstructions of Paris during the Roman Empire.
- (Photo facsimiles and reproductions)
- Browse the Cartulaire blanc ("White Cartulary"), archival documents of the Abbey of St. Denis - Tremblay (Paris).
- Browse the General inventory.
- Important for economic, agrarian, and social history.
- (1270-1320; transcriptions)
- 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 Cartography tab.
- (Middle ages to the 19th century; facsimile maps available in various formats)
- Virtual library of Saint-Omer as found in Gallica.
- (Facsimiles of manuscripts, incunabula and the local press).
- Virtual library of Toulouse as found in Gallica.
- (French-language facsimiles)
- Regional library of documents, pictures, manuscripts, and images from Toulouse.
- (French facsimiles)
- Early modern historical monographs and documents from Toulouse and environs.
- Including Spanish items digitised at libraries in Toulouse.
- (16th to 18th centuries; facsimiles)
- 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)
- Web portal to Alsatian information, including historical documents.
- After making a search, click on "Ressource électronique" in the left frame to find digital holdings.
- (Searchable database of both digital and textual materials)
- Database of document descriptions and reproductions concerning "New France."
- Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland, the Great Lakes region, and Louisiana.
- Part of the New France - New Horizons website.
- (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 to 19th centuries; facsimiles, transcriptions, and maps)
- Source documents, contemporary polemics, and inquisition records from Languedoc.
- (11th to 14th centuries; Latin and Occitain transcriptions and French translations)
- Digital library for the region of Normandy.
- (Book and manuscript facsimiles with transcriptions)
- Documenting the history of Provence.
- (1789-1918; French transcriptions and commentary)
- 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, collection or chronological era.
- (15th to 20th centuries; facsimiles, pictures, and descriptions)
- Historical documents and commentary on the former duchy of Savoy.
- (1100 to present; French and Latin transcriptions, facsimiles, and commentaries)
- Searchable database of journals for Black Africans and Québecois.
- (1930's to 1970's; facsimiles)
- (Facsimiles)
EuroDocs > History of France: Primary Documents > Regional, Local, and Family History
EuroDocs Creator: Richard Hacken, European Studies Bibliographer,
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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