The Departmental Archives of the Drôme in France (FR: Archives départementales de la Drôme) is the official archive for Department 26 in France.
France divides the country into numbered administrative regions, called departments. Department 26 is named after the Drôme River. This site is free to search.
[su_heading size=”18″]Online Digital Collections[/su_heading]
Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
- Church records of Baptism, Marriage, and Death or Burial, 1545 – 1792
- Civil Records of Birth, Marriage, or Death, 1792-1913
- Marriage publications from 1793 to 1803
- Burial Registers, 1897-1944
- Registers of Abandoned Children, 1819-1887, for hospital records of abandoned, placed or orphaned children from 1819 to 1887
- Decadal Tables, ten-year summaries of all births, marriages, and deaths, alphabetical tables from 1692 to 1912.
- Index to births, marriages, and deaths
Residence Records
- Census records, (1795-1796, 1818-1821, 1831, 1856, 1861, [1866], 1901, 1906), include names and surnames of each household member, age, place in household, profession, religion, and more
- Censuses of the Military, (1833-1849, 1880-1889, 1890-1899, 1900- 1909)
- Notary records, Land Sales, marriage contracts, wills, etc, 1800s-1900s
- Cadastral maps & plans, Cadastre, Businesses, 16th-20th century
Daily Life Records
- Histories and Historical books
- Register of Allowances given to Refugees
- Proceedings of the municipality
- Mayor’s orders
- Hospital proceedings
- Posters
- Local newspapers
- Almanach du Bonhomme Jacquemart
- Bonhomme Jacquemart (Le)
- Clérical de la Drôme (Le)
- Culu de Jacquemart (Le)
- En avant! F.F.I.
- Fantasia (La)
- Franc-Tireur de la Drôme (Le)
- Indépendant (L’)
- Jacquemart
- Jacquemart, journal politique hebdomadaire
- Patriote de la Drôme (Le)
- Résistant de la Drôme (Le)
- Romanaise (La)
- Sentinelle de la Drôme (La)
- Tirailleur de la Drôme (Le)
- Voix de la Drôme (La)
- Coins
Military
- Censuses of the Military, (1833-1849, 1880-1889, 1890-1899, 1900- 1909)
- Military Housing Census Registers, 1891, 1913-1922,
- “Other nominative data” for various nominative registers of soldiers for the years 1891 to 1922.
The Departmental Archives of the Drôme is part of the Rhône-Alpes Region of France.
Departments in the Rhône-Alpes Region
- Department 01 – Department Ain
- Department 07 – Department Ardèche
- Department 26 – Department Drôme
- Department 38 – Department Isère
- Department 42 – Department Loire
- Department 69 – Department Rhône
- Department 73 – Department Savoy
- Department 74 – Department Haute Savoie
Hours of Operation
Monday thru Friday:9 am – 5 pm
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