Fumanzoku Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 in 1750 !http://www.notrefamille.com/v2/services_cassini/carte.asp?cid=100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Funny you should mention that, we ordered our copy of the section of map where we are just a few days ago. You will find plenty of books etc about your area too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumanzoku Posted April 4, 2005 Author Share Posted April 4, 2005 Books, you mean from that site or elsewhere ? What I'd really like are old black & white photos of life here and specifically in my oldest (original) building, but no neighbours seem to have any and are not interested. The original smallholders were perhaps too poor to have had photos taken anyway. The other day I found a 20 centimes piece from 1863, Napoleon IIIs' head on it, must've been dropped by someone laying the old drive, 150 odd years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I agree, there just isn't the same concern about history in many parts of France that you find in Britain. If you look up your area at http://www.cadeaux.com/v2/services-villes-villages/default.asp (which seems to be an associated site to the 'notre famille' link, you will, hopefully, find books of old photographs etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Interesting this because I just discovered this site a few weeks ago when I was in France. I was able to locate our house name on the 1750 map on the site. I too am very interested in learning anything I can about the history of our house. It is a real mystery. The house needs quite a bit of work, mostly undoing what they did to it in the 70's. We were told the origins probably date back to the 16th century with many changes since that date. We have learned that there is a fireplace that appears to date back about a thousand years, I first thought that it may have been put in at a later date but appears to be original. We also have a fireback with a date of 1302 on it, we assumed this was a reproduction but now am having thoughts (although doubtful) that it could be original. Beynac Castle has the exact same fireback with the 1302 date on it. Does anyone know if the one at Beynac is a reproduction? If so there are probably many about. I have come to a dead end in trying to learn about the history of the house and our little village in the Dordogne. Any advise or suggestions would be most appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 It's not fair. The maps don't go far enough east..... I guess that means that mine was in an Italian village at that point in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 The Savoys became part of France in about 1860 or so, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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