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6 eras · 911–2026 · 4 places

Upper Normandy — Rouen, Le Havre, Évreux

Rouen, Le Havre, Dieppe, Fécamp, Évreux, Elbeuf. 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
911–1204 Duchy of Normandy no registers survive

Before registers. The Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte of 911 gave Rollo the territory around Rouen, and from 1066 the duke of Normandy was also king of England for almost 150 years.
1204–1417 Kingdom of France — Normandy in the royal domain no registers survive

Philip II of France conquered the duchy from King John in 1204 and mainland Normandy joined the royal domain. The Norman Charter of 1315 granted the province certain rights.
1417–1450 English occupation in the Hundred Years' War no registers survive

English forces besieged Caen in 1417 and Rouen in 1418-1419. English rule ended in 1450, after the last significant English field army in Normandy was defeated at Formigny on 15 April 1450.
1450–1790 Kingdom of France — Upper Normandy Archives départementales de la Seine-Maritime · Archives départementales de l'Eure
1790–1815 Départements of Seine-Maritime and Eure — Republic and Empire Archives départementales de la Seine-Maritime · Archives départementales de l'Eure

After the Revolution the old province was divided into five departments; Upper Normandy lies in Seine-Maritime and Eure. The state took over the registration of births, marriages and deaths in 1792.
1815–2026 France — Seine-Maritime and Eure; Normandy region since 2016 Archives départementales de la Seine-Maritime · Archives départementales de l'Eure

Lower and Upper Normandy merged into one Normandy region on 1 January 2016.

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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118 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

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