Allier, France Genealogy

France Allier

Prefecture
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History
Allier is a department in central France named after the Allier River. It is one of the original departments created during the French Revolution. Allier is part of the Region of Auverne,

Places/Localities
Allier is divided into 3 arrondissements (districts)


 * Montluçon is divided into 12 cantons: Cérilly, Commentry, Domérat-Montluçon-Nord-Ouest, É. breuil, Hérisson, Huriel, Marcillat-en-Combraille, Montluçon-Est, Montluçon-Ouest, Montluçon-Sud, Montmarault
 * Moulins: Bourbon-l'Archembault, Chatelle, Chevagnes, Dompierre-sur-Besbre, Lurcy-Lévis, Le Montet, Moulins-Ouest, Moulins-Sud, Neuilly-le-Réal, Saint-Pourçcain-sur-Sioule, Souvigny, Yzeure
 * Vichy: Cusset-Nord, Cusset-Sud, Le Donjon, Escurolles, Gannat, Jaligny-sur-Besbre, Lapalisse, Le Mayet-de-Montagne, Varennes-sur-Allier, Vichy-Nord, Vichy-Sud

Societies and Libraries

 * The Department of Allier has put many of its record online:


 * Parish Registers
 * Civil Registers
 * 10year Indexes
 * Cadastral maps
 * Census from 1836-1911

83 avenue des Célestins 03200 Vichy
 * Genealogical Association

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * French Wordlist
 * Archives Départementales
 * Allier France Genweb
 * Gazetteer for Allier
 * Tout en Un, On this site you can find regional help, including a list of the notaries, records of Protestants (Huguenots), genealogical lists you can join, etc.
 * Ancestry.com has the records for Allier online (Births 1560-1909, Marriages 1568-1913, Deaths 1598-1909)