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5 eras · 918–2026 · 4 places

Burgundy — Dijon, Auxerre, Nevers, Chalon-sur-Saône

Dijon, Beaune, Auxerre, Nevers, Chalon-sur-Saône, Autun. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.

Whose archive this ground was

YearsWho held itWhose archive that means
918–1363 Duchy of Burgundy no registers survive

Before registers. Richard the Justiciar is the first attested duke of Burgundy, in 918, and the House of Burgundy, a cadet branch of the Capetians, ruled the duchy from 1004.
1363–1477 Valois Dukes of Burgundy no registers survive

Philip the Bold became duke in 1363, and the Valois dukes ruled until Charles the Bold was killed at the Battle of Nancy in 1477.
1477–1790 Kingdom of France — Province of Burgundy Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or · Archives départementales de Saône-et-Loire · Archives départementales de l'Yonne · Archives départementales de la Nièvre

Louis XI declared the duchy escheated and absorbed it into the crown after 1477, and Maximilian recognised the annexation by the Treaty of Arras in 1482; the date of the duchy's absorption is given as 1477, 1482 or 1790 depending on the source. The Free County of Burgundy to the east was returned to the Habsburgs in 1493 and is a separate record area (Franche-Comté).
1790–1815 Départements of Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, Yonne and Nièvre — Republic and Empire Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or · Archives départementales de Saône-et-Loire · Archives départementales de l'Yonne · Archives départementales de la Nièvre

The departments were created on 4 March 1790, drawn to break up the historic regions.
1815–2026 France — Bourgogne Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or · Archives départementales de Saône-et-Loire · Archives départementales de l'Yonne · Archives départementales de la Nièvre

The region of Bourgogne (Côte-d'Or, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Yonne) existed from 1982 to 2015 and merged into Bourgogne-Franche-Comté on 1 January 2016.

The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.

See the whole span, 918–2026, on the map →

The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.

4 places on this ground

118 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

Ranked with the regional ones first — a collection for a province is usually a better lead than a national index, though the national index is often where a name is actually written down. A free account opens the images.

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