17 Charente Maritime

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To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root

17 CHARENTE MARITIME

Main city : LA ROCHELLE

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RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT :

Les Archives Départementales de la Charente-Maritime : http://vissac.chez.tiscali.fr/cercles.htm#AD17

35, rue François-de-Vaux-de-Foletier
17042 La Rochelle cedex 1
téléphone : 05 46 45 17 77
télécopie : 05 46 34 64 53

Tourism office : http://www.tourisme.fr/carte/carte-departement-charente-maritime.htm

Associations :

Cercle Généalogique d'Aunis et de Saintonge                Cercle Généalogique de Saintonge
10, avenue de Metz                                                               Place de L'Echevinage
17000 La ROCHELLE                                                        17 100 SAINTES
France                                                                                   France

Cercle Généalogique de Sud-Saintonge                          Institut de Généalogie et d'Histoire
Mairie de Montendre                                                            5, rue de l'Aimable Nanette
17130 MONTENDRE                                                        17 000 La Rochelle
France                                                                                  France

The modern department of Charente-Maritime (17) consists of two Provinces of the old kingdom of France :

Saintonge and Aunis which capital cities were respectively Saintes and La Rochelle.

Half of the american people living in the nothern part of the United States have their origin in Aunis or Saintonge.

AUNIS AND SAINTONGE : MEDIEVAL PROVINCES OF FRANCE

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Aunis , small region and former province, W France, on the Atlantic coast.

It is now part of the Charente-Maritime and Deux-Sèvres depts. and includes the islands of Ré and Oléron.

La Rochelle, the historic capital and one of the leading ports of the region, and Rochefort are the chief cities.

A part of Aquitaine, it was recovered from England in 1373 and incorporated into the French crown lands.

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Saintonge , region of W France, on the Bay of Biscay.

It is now part of the Charente-Maritime dept.

Cattle and sheep raising, dairying, and the manufacture of cognac from grapes grown along the Charente River

are the major occupations; oysters are harvested along the coast. Known as the country of Santones, the region

was conquered by the Romans and was occupied (419) by the Visigoths and by Clovis I (507). As a fief of Aquitaine,

it became part of England (1154) following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry of Anjou (later Henry II of England).

During the Wars of Religion (1562–98), Saintonge was a Protestant stronghold, especially at the city of La Rochelle.

The region was incorporated (1372) into the French crown lands, and was a French province until the Revolution (1789).

COUSINS GENWEB 17 :

Names that have been researched : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/genkhris/htm/cc17pa01.htm

NAMES AND LOCATION IN THE DEPARTMENT : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/blenparc/genea/html_pg/sp0.htm

MIGRANTS FROM CHARENTE MARITIME : http://www.genealogie.com/cgi-bin/fo/afficher.cgi?d17

MIGRANTS FROM AUNIS AND SAINTONGE : http://racinesrochelaises.free.fr/

GENEALOGY IN SAINTONGE : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/chatry/charente-maritime.htm (french version)

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/chatry/anglais.htm (english version)