Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France Genealogy

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Guide to Alpes-de-Haute, France ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the southern part of France, and was 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. On 13 April 1970 the department of Basses-Alpes was renamed Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Localities

 * Liste des communes des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
 * GenCom
 * Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui
 * Locom-France

Church Records and Civil Registration

 * Recherches en ligne


 * Actes état civil
 * Actes paroissiaux
 * Tables décennales
 * Cadastre Napoléonien
 * Cartes postales
 * Recensement de la population

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

Resources

 * Tout en Un
 * Alpes de Haute-Provence GenWeb
 * Memorhom
 * Genea-Bricolo
 * Cousins 04

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * French Wordlist
 * 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.