Upper Savoy - Haute-Savoie, Annecy, Chablais and Faucigny
Annecy, Thonon-les-Bains, Annemasse, Chamonix, Évian. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1032–1416 | County of Savoy | no registers survive Before registers. The House of Savoy ruled the region from 1032 to 1860. |
| 1416–1536 | Duchy of Savoy | Archives départementales de la Haute-Savoie · Archives municipales d'Annecy · FamilySearch · Geneanet Savoy became a duchy on 19 February 1416. |
| 1536–1559 | French conquest of the Duchy of Savoy | Archives départementales de la Haute-Savoie · FamilySearch · Geneanet Francis I conquered the Duchy of Savoy in 1536; it was restored after the treaty of 1559. |
| 1559–1720 | Duchy of Savoy - capital Turin | Archives départementales de la Haute-Savoie · Archives municipales d'Annecy · FamilySearch · Geneanet |
| 1720–1792 | Kingdom of Sardinia | Archives départementales de la Haute-Savoie · Archives municipales d'Annecy · FamilySearch · Geneanet The Savoyard states became the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1720. |
| 1792–1815 | French occupation - departments of Mont-Blanc and Léman | Archives départementales de la Haute-Savoie · FamilySearch · Geneanet The department of Mont-Blanc was created on 27 November 1792. In 1798, after the French took Geneva, the northern part of Mont-Blanc went to Léman, and on 17 February 1800 the cantons of Chamonix, Saint-Gervais, Megève, Flumet and Sallanches were transferred to Léman. |
| 1815–1860 | Kingdom of Sardinia - restored | Archives départementales de la Haute-Savoie · Archives municipales d'Annecy · FamilySearch · Geneanet Parish registers had been handed back to the priests under a Sardinian decree of 22 December 1815, and the Catholic registers of 1816-1860 were also copied to lay courts and bishoprics. |
| 1860–2026 | France - department of Haute-Savoie | Archives départementales de la Haute-Savoie · Archives municipales d'Annecy · FamilySearch · Geneanet France annexed the region under the Treaty of Turin of 24 March 1860; mayors took over civil registration on 1 January 1861. Italy occupied the department from November 1942 to September 1943. |
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, 1032–2026, 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.