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5 eras · 852–2026 · 1 places

Rouergue — Rodez, Millau and the Aveyron

Rodez, Millau, Decazeville, Saint-Affrique. 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
852–1112 Counts of Rouergue, who also took Toulouse no registers survive

Before registers. Charles the Bald detached Rouergue from the Duchy of Aquitaine and made it a county; in 852 its counts took Toulouse and founded the Raimondin dynasty.
1112–1271 Counts of Toulouse and the separate County of Rodez no registers survive

Before registers. In 1112 the Raimondins ceded the County of Rodez to Richard, viscount of Millau. Simon IV de Montfort ravaged towns including Millau between 1208 and 1214.
1271–1607 Kingdom of France — Rouergue Archives départementales de l'Aveyron · FamilySearch

Rouergue was incorporated into the French crown in 1271 after the death of Countess Jeanne of Toulouse; the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) is among its changes of ruler. In 1349 sixteen vigueries are recorded and in 1579 Rouergue was attached to the généralité of Guyenne. Copies of pre-1792 church registers are usually in the departmental archives.
1607–1790 Kingdom of France — royal domain, généralité of Montauban Archives départementales de l'Aveyron · FamilySearch

Rouergue was attached to the royal domain in 1607 under Henri IV. In 1716 the Montauban généralité was restricted to the Rouergue and Quercy elections, and in 1779 Rouergue was merged with Quercy as Haute-Guyenne.
1790–2026 France — Aveyron department Archives départementales de l'Aveyron · FamilySearch · Geneanet

The Aveyron department was created in 1790 with Rodez as chef-lieu. The canton of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val was transferred to Tarn-et-Garonne in 1808, so a family from the old province's western edge may be filed under that department. Civil registration began in 1792: one register stays at the mairie and the second goes to the departmental archives once it is 100 years old.

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, 852–2026, 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.

1 places on this ground

118 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

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