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5 eras · 1044–2026 · 1 places

Touraine — Tours, Chinon, Loches

Tours, Amboise, Chinon, Loches, Château-la-Vallière. 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
1044–1205 Touraine under the Angevins no registers survive

Before registers. Control of Touraine was given to the Angevins in 1044.
1205–1584 Royal duchy of Touraine no registers survive

Philip II regained Touraine in 1205 and made it a royal duchy. Throughout the late 15th and 16th centuries it was a favourite residence of French kings.
1584–1790 Province of Touraine Archives départementales d'Indre-et-Loire

Touraine became a province in 1584.
1790–1815 Département of Indre-et-Loire — Republic and Empire Archives départementales d'Indre-et-Loire

Touraine was divided into departments in 1790: most of it became Indre-et-Loire, with parts going to Loir-et-Cher, Indre and Vienne.
1815–2026 France — Indre-et-Loire Archives départementales d'Indre-et-Loire

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.

1 places on this ground

118 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

Ranked with the regional ones first — a collection for a province is usually a better lead than a national index, though the national index is often where a name is actually written down. A free account opens the images.

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