Resources online

Digitised collections : 5,000 registers, 3,000 maps, 11,000 postcards which represent over 1,700,000 documents.

Parish & civil registers :
          - births of Lyon from 1793 to 1908
          - marriages and burials of Lyon from 1793 to 1932
          - civil registers 1793 to 1852 of the communes annexed to Lyon in 1852 (Croix-Rousse, Vaise, Guillotière)
          - civil registers of the commune of Saint-Rambert (annexed to Lyon in 1963) : births 1793-1902, marriages and burials 1793-1933
          - parish registers (baptisms, marriages and burials) of Lyon from 1532 to 1792
          - decade tables : births 1793-1902, marriages and burials 1793-1932

Registers of foundlings held by the "Hospices civils de Lyon" dating from 17th to 19th century

Registers of funeral dating from 1876 to 1959

Registers of town council dating from 1416 to 2000

Postcards

Posters

City plans dating from 1861 to 1983

Exhibition catalogues

visit the catalogues

"Forma urbis" : general plans of Lyons (16th to 20th centuries)

"Fragile mémoire" : illustrated catalogue of glass negatives.