Welcome to the "Association pour la Mémoire de l'Émigration"
Who are we
Pyrenean emigration through the centuries
Basque, Bearnais and Bigourdans, they left their native pyrenean french South-West to emigrate to Quebec, California, Louisiana, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Chile... when they didn't settle in Andalusia, North Africa or Australia...
Our site provides information and research leads for anyone interested in the history of Pyrenean emigration to the Americas and the rest of the world.
Our magazine “Partir” also contains many articles related to this phenomenon, which we invite you to browse through on this site...
Consult our sections and don't hesitate to contact us!
Thanks to you, we're helping to enrich our collective memory and renew ties with the emigrant branch of our families.
Below is a link to some articles of this site recounting the story of an emigration:
- My dreams of Oloron
- Marie TOUYA of Meyracq
- Charles MAZERES and Brigitte BREILH
- Notre Dame des Victoires, San Francisco - Commemorative plaque for emigrants who died during the First World War
- From Bearn to California, Annie LOUNIBOS