As we draw a family tree to find our ancestors, we can do the same to find the owners who have succeeded on a plot or a set of plots since the establishment of the cadastre in the 1820s.

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The establishment of the cadastre during the Napoleon period is a valuable basis for understanding the evoltion of the "Climats" in Burgundy Vineyard.

 

The data concerning the owners and plots on the cadastral matrices of the 19th century allow a more precise approach to the social and professional categories of the owners in the vineyard and their geographical location.

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These data can be cross-checked with other sources: parish registers, revolutionary inventories, etc. You can thus know the filiation of your plots and know those who, before you, have contributed to the development of your properties.

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Let's enter into some of my searches about the history of some of the most famous Climats on Burgundy vineyard.