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5 eras · 1000–2026 · 1 places

Dauphiné - Isère and Drôme

Grenoble, Vienne, Valence, Montélimar, Romans, Die. 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
1000–1349 Dauphiné of Viennois, a lordship of the Dauphins no registers survive

Before registers. Humbert II was the last lord before the sale to the French crown.
1349–1713 Kingdom of France - province of Dauphiné Archives départementales de l'Isère · Archives départementales de la Drôme · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Humbert II's lordship was sold to Philip VI under a treaty of Romans in 1349, after which the French heir carried the title Dauphin. Under Louis XI the Conseil Delphinal became the third Parlement of France.
1713–1790 Kingdom of France - province of Dauphiné, boundaries changed in 1713 Archives départementales de l'Isère · Archives départementales de la Drôme · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 the province gained Barcelonnette and lost most of the Briançonnais, so the upper Alpine valleys changed sovereign.
1790–1792 France - departments of Isère, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes Archives départementales de l'Isère · Archives départementales de la Drôme · FamilySearch · Geneanet

In 1790 Dauphiné was divided into three departments: Isère, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes. A Dauphiné family can therefore have records in three departmental archives.
1792–2026 France - departments of Isère and Drôme Archives départementales de l'Isère · Archives départementales de la Drôme · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Civil registration passed to the municipalities with the decree of 20 September 1792.

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.

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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.

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118 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

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