France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1876
Population censuses (recensement de la population) for 1876 within Saône-et-Loire, France. This index does include a small portion of the 1881 census. These records are made available under the Open Database License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0. Any rights in individual contents of the database are licensed under the Database Contents License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0.
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France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1876
What is in This Collection?
This collection consists of population censuses (recensements de la population) from the department of Saône-et-Loire in the modern region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté for the year 1876. The department historically covered parts of Burgundy and Bresse.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are written in French. For help reading them see:- France Languages
- French Genealogical Word List
- French Handwriting
- Brigham Young University: Script Tutorial for French
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Address, including city, street, and house number
- Number of households in the same house
- Number of individuals in the household
- Surname and given names of individuals in the household
- Genders and ages of individuals in the household
- Occupations of individuals in the household
- Nationality of family
Collection Content
Sample Images
1876 Census
Digital Folder Number List
This collection was published as a DGS browse collection. The list does not contain any description of the DGS folder's content. A table listing each DGS number and its contents can be found at France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1876 Digital Folder Number List.Collection Details
Language
French
Location of Original Records
Archives Départmentales de Saône-et-Loire
"France, Saône-et-Loire, recensements de la population, 1876." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 18 December 2025. Archives Departmentales de Saône-et-Loire (Department Archives of Saone-et-Loire), Mâcon.
