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8 eras · 1032–2026 · 1 places

Savoy - Savoie, Chambéry, Maurienne and Tarentaise

Chambéry, Aix-les-Bains, Albertville, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Moûtiers. 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
1032–1416 County of Savoy no registers survive

Before registers. The House of Savoy ruled the region from 1032.
1416–1536 Duchy of Savoy - seat Chambéry Archives départementales de la Savoie · FamilySearch · Geneanet

The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund made the County of Savoy an independent duchy on 19 February 1416.
1536–1559 French conquest of the Duchy of Savoy Archives départementales de la Savoie · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Francis I conquered the Duchy of Savoy in 1536, and it was restored after the treaty of 1559.
1559–1720 Duchy of Savoy - capital Turin Archives départementales de la Savoie · FamilySearch · Geneanet

The capital moved from Chambéry to Turin in 1563 under Emmanuel Philibert.
1720–1792 Kingdom of Sardinia (the Savoyard states) Archives départementales de la Savoie · FamilySearch · Geneanet

The Savoyard states became the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1720, so this period is catalogued with the Sardinian monarchy, not France.
1792–1815 French occupation - department of Mont-Blanc (capital Chambéry) Archives départementales de la Savoie · FamilySearch · Geneanet

The department of Mont-Blanc was created by the decree of 27 November 1792 that joined Savoy to France. Parish registers were handed to the priests after this period under a Sardinian decree of 22 December 1815.
1815–1860 Kingdom of Sardinia - restored Archives départementales de la Savoie · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Two-thirds of Savoy was restored in 1814 and the rest after Waterloo in 1815. Copies of the Catholic registers of 1816-1860 went to lay courts and bishoprics, and extracts, then certified copies, of acts from 1828 to 1860 were given to the mairies after 1861.
1860–2026 France - department of Savoie Archives départementales de la Savoie · FamilySearch · Geneanet

The Treaty of Turin was signed on 24 March 1860, the plebiscite held on 22-23 April and the annexation promulgated on 14 June. Mayors took over civil registration on 1 January 1861, and the Archbishop of Chambéry deposited a very large part of the diocese's parish registers at the departmental archives in 1972.

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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