Archives Départementales du Cantal
- Departmental Archives Cantal
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The Archives are the laboratory where the written, visual and sound memory of the Cantal is transformed into History, where the past is combined with the present. Here are the different stages of this process, and the different jobs that it involves through the reception of school audiences:
- Controlling public archives means providing technical assistance and advice to all of the department's administrations and local authorities to enable them to manage their archives properly, in compliance with the regulations. This control takes the form of visits and inspection or information meetings, as well as the (obligatory) approval given to the disposal of archives.
- Collecting public archives (State and local authorities, notaries, courts), but also private archives, by donation, deposit or purchase (families, companies, unions, associations, authors); written archives (on parchment, paper or digital media), but also sound archives (on paper or digital media) and visual archives (architectural plans, photographs, drawings); old archives (Middle Ages and Ancien Régime) but also contemporary archives, memory of the future (beginning of the 3rd millennium).
- To classify these documents in order to make them accessible by drawing up inventories, directories and indexes, which can be consulted in paper form and, soon, in digital format.
- Preserving in good conditions of temperature, hygrometry and security means ensuring the preventive conservation of paper, film and digital files. When documents are too damaged, they are restored.
- Communicating the archives, in the form of originals, microfilms and digital images, in a new reading room, opened to the public in April 2006. But communicating also means highlighting this heritage by welcoming school audiences (educational service), organising readings, study days, conferences, exhibitions and publications
Opening Times
Monday to Thursday from 8.30am to 12pm and from 1.30pm to 5pm.
The disclosure of documents is carried out through a system of eight pick-ups at fixed times: 8.45, 9.45, 10.45, 11.30, 13.30, 14.15, 15.00, 16.00.
The quota of documents per collection is 4, which allows a maximum of 32 documents per day. Readers already registered can reserve their documents in advance in the reading room or on the website.
Conditions of Access
Accessible free of charge to the public 5 days a week and 45 hours a week.
Research Services
The departmental archives do not carry out genealogical research for individuals or for genealogical practices. Research by correspondence is reserved for requests motivated by an administrative or judicial need or for investigations into the state of sources. The use of family genealogists (private service providers) is recommended when the user cannot travel. The contact details of professionals based in the Cantal can be provided on request.
Reproduction Services
Reproduction is defined as the copying of a document, whether on paper (photocopy, print) or digital (digital photograph, scan). The Departmental Archives offer these different services: see details in the file entitled "Regulations - Appendix C (Rates)".
Black and white photocopies .
- 0.10 euros in A4
- 0.20 euros in A3 Photocopying of bound documents, old newspapers and documents deemed too fragile is prohibited.
Colour printing of digitised documents, initiated from the computers in the reading room.
- 0.20 euros in A4
- 0.40 euros in A3 Readers may make their own reproductions free of charge using a camera without a flash (traditional or digital camera, with or without a stand, provided that the stand is not resting on the documents). Reproduction by scanners is not permitted.
Fees for copies and remote research .
The Archives does not carry out genealogical research or copies of civil status records. Readers are invited to consult civil status records online, from home or in the reading room, where they can be directed by the staff.
-Photocopies and scans (≤ A3): €0.50 per view -Digital photographs: €2.50 per view -Notarial deed: 5 € per 8 pages -Judgement: 5 € per 8 pages -Mortgage transcription (download the form in the box on the right): 15 € per deed -Registration: 10 € per document -Civil status not available online: 5 € per record -Registration number not available online: 5 € per record -Other complex research: 10 € per research, in addition to the copy fee
Media and postage costs : -CD-R / DVD-R: 2 € per unit -16 GB usb key: 10 € each -External hard disk 1Tb: 80 € per unit -Engraving on media: First 15 minutes, free of charge; Beyond 15 m, 20 € per hour of preparation -Standard postal delivery: 2 €. -Other postal shipment: according to the rates of the Post Office or the carrier -Electronic mail / Transfer platform (20 GB max): free of charge
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales du Cantal
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales du Cantal grouped under "Selected records of the Departmental Archives of the Cantal". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.