A service of the Conseil Général of the French Departement of Vosges, based at 4 avenue Pierre-Blanck, Épinal1. It was created under the law of 5 brumaire an V (26 October 1796). Many of the documents were lost or put into disarray with the burning of the Prefecture building in 1808. A fuller history and more details can be found on the French Wikipedia page [1]. The website, in French, is [2].