ANGOULÊME iN 1764

This graph depicts the social relations of the 2411 individuals who appear in the parish records for the central parishes of Angoulême in 1764.

 

 

 

The graph maps three basic kinds of relationships: family, godparents, and presence at a life-event (baptism, marriage, and death). Family connections are weighted the most heavily and therefore pull the connected nodes together most strongly. Godparent-godchild relationships are weighted next most heavily, and signatory (or witness) relationships the least heavily.  The weights can easily be seen on the downloadable .pdf or in the datasets. For more information, consult our "conventions," or download the dataset, which can be found below the graph to the right.

Individuals are colored according to the central parish in which they lived at the time. Those people whose home parish is indeterminate are depicted in gray while those who were from a non-central Angoulême parish are in a very light pastel and those from outside the town appear in black. The central parishes are Notre Dame de Beaulieu, Notre Dame de la Peyne, Hotel-Dieu, Saint André, Saint Antonin, Petit Saint Cybard, Saint Jean, Saint Paul, and Saint Martial. The non-central parishes are Saint Ausone, Saint Martin, Saint Yriex, and Saint Jacques de l'Houmeau. The revolutionary-era parish of St Pierre are from 1792-1793. From this graph it is clear that some parishes were more closely clustered than others. Notre Dame de Beaulieu, in red, and St. Jean, in dark yellow, for instance, appear grouped together while the two most populous parishes, St. André and St. Martial (in blue and green) appear spread throughout the map. In addition to highlighting trends, this map can be used as a reference. Type in any name in the search box to find it directly on the map. A fully annotated .pdf is also available for download below the graph. On this, you will be able to tell the kinds of connections between individuals. Thick links denote family members (parents, children, siblings, and spouses), medium-thick links denote godparents, and thin links denote signatories or witnesses.

Nodes are sized proportionally to their connectedness – that is, how many connections they have.  The largest node (with 18 connections) has been calibrated to be three times the size of the smallest (with 0 connections).