Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France Genealogy

France Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Prefecture
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History
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the southern part of France. It was formerly named Basses-Alpes.

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ) was formerly part of the province of Provence. Nord-de-Provence was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was renamed Haute-Provence and Basses-Alpes.On 13 April 1970 the department of Basses-Alpes was renamed Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Places/Localities
There are 4 Arrondissements (Districts) with the following cantons in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence:


 * Barcelonnette: Barcelonnette, Le Lauzet-Ubaue
 * Castellane: Allos-Colmars, Annot, Castellane, Entrevaux, Saint-André-les-Alpes
 * Digne-les-Bains: Barrême, Digne-les-Bains-Est, Digne-les-Bains-Ouest, La Javie, Les Mées, Mézel, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Riez, Seyne, Valensole
 * Forcalquiere: Banon, Forcalquier, Manosque-Sud-Est, Manosque-Sud-Ouest, La Motte-du-Caire, Noyers-sur-Jabron, Peyruis, Reillanne, Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues, Sisteron, Turriers, Volonne

There are 320 Communes in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, most are relatively small, usually rural communities.

Societies and Libraries
The Archive of The Department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence has put the following records online:


 * Church Records
 * Civil Registers
 * 10 Year Indexes
 * Yearly Indexes
 * Census Records
 * Cadastral Maps
 * Post Cards

Permanences et Secrétariat Maison des Associations 29, boulevard de Temps-Perdu 04100 Manosque
 * Cercle Généalogique des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Archives Départementales
 * Alpes-de-Haute-Province France Genweb
 * Gazetteer for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
 * Tout en Un This is a very useful site, listing the notaries of this department, marriages during the time of Napoleon, soldiers fighting with La Fayette and many more things.