Upper Provence - Digne, Sisteron, Manosque and Barcelonnette
Digne, Sisteron, Manosque, Forcalquier, Barcelonnette, Castellane. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.
Whose archive this ground was
| Years | Who held it | Whose archive that means |
|---|---|---|
| 947–1032 | Kingdom of Arles - Provence | no registers survive Before registers. |
| 1032–1246 | County of Provence, a fief of the Empire | no registers survive |
| 1246–1481 | County of Provence - Angevin counts | Archives départementales des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · FamilySearch · Geneanet |
| 1481–1713 | County of Provence united with the French crown | Archives départementales des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · Archives municipales de Manosque · Archives municipales de Forcalquier · FamilySearch · Geneanet The county passed to the French crown after the death of Charles III in 1481; the union was proclaimed in 1486. |
| 1713–1790 | Kingdom of France - Provence and the Barcelonnette valley | Archives départementales des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · FamilySearch · Geneanet France annexed the Barcelonnette region under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, so the Barcelonnette valley's records before 1713 were made under a different sovereign. |
| 1790–2026 | France - department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Archives départementales des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · FamilySearch · Geneanet Provence was divided into departments in 1790. |
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, 947–2026, 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.