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6 eras · 947–2026 · 2 places

Eastern Provence - Toulon, the Var and the Riviera to the Var river

Toulon, Hyères, Fréjus, Draguignan, Grasse, Cannes, Antibes. 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
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 du Var · FamilySearch · Geneanet

In 1388 the area east of the Var, including Nice, submitted to Savoy, so the Var river became the frontier.
1481–1790 County of Provence united with the French crown Archives départementales du Var · FamilySearch · Geneanet

The union with the French crown followed the will of Charles III in 1481; Provence's own institutions were dissolved in 1790.
1790–1860 France - department of Var, including the Grasse district Archives départementales du Var · Archives municipales de Grasse · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Grasse was part of Var, not of the 1793 Alpes-Maritimes, and moved to Alpes-Maritimes only in 1860, so its earlier records may be filed under either department.
1860–2026 France - Var; the Grasse district joined Alpes-Maritimes Archives départementales du Var · Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes · Archives municipales de Grasse · Archives municipales de Cannes · Archives municipales d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins · FamilySearch · Geneanet

The new Alpes-Maritimes of 1860 combined the former County of Nice with the Grasse arrondissement taken from Var.

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.

2 places on this ground

118 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

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