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Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Archives départementales de l'Ain

L'Ain now have their archives online. The commune of Chalamont was the home of the Gravillon family throughout much of the seventeenth century.

The registers are not without their problems. Until the 1650s many of the entries are unreadable. Unlike some other digital collections it is not possible to adjust the contrast which can help when trying to decipher the crabbed handwriting. The good news is there's an index to the page in a pull down menu. The bad news is that not all of the registers are indexed. Consequently the names do not appear in the pull down menu neither will particular individuals be retrieved by the search engine.  

Baptism Pierre Gravillon 1683 Chalamont