Louisiana Genealogy

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• Louisiana African American Records  
• Louisiana Cemetery Records
• Louisiana Census Records
• Louisiana 1910 Census Edition Map
• Louisiana Parish Map
• Louisiana Forts
  List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902.
• Louisiana Genealogy Lookups
• Louisiana History
  • The Creoles of Louisiana
    The first white settlers of Louisiana were French, usually the second born sons of aristocrats who left France to seek adventure in the New World. They brought their traditional style of cooking from the continent, and being rich aristocrats, they also brought along their chefs as well! These Frenchmen came to be called Creoles, and made up the upper crust of New Orleans.
• Military Records
  • Revolutionary War
    • 1840 Pensioners Database
  • War of 1812
    • Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists
      Images of pension lists for years 1812-1815, recorded between 1873 - 1879. Some lists are arranged in alphabetical order by surname. Includes lists of veterans and lists of claimants.
  • Civil War Records
    • Louisiana Civil War Battlefield Map
    • Civil War Pensions Index Cards
      Each card gives the soldier's name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier's rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
  • World War I Records
  • World War II Records
    • Louisiana Army - Army Air Corps World War II Casualty List
    • Louisiana Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List
  • Korean War Casualty List
  • Vietnam War Casualty List
• Louisiana Native American Records
  • Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb
  • Cooper Roll ~ Choctaw
  • Louisiana Federally Non-Recognized Tribes
  • Louisiana Land Patents
    • Louisiana, Choctaw Land Patents
    • Louisiana, Choctaw Land Patents: G-H
    • Louisiana, Choctaw Land Patents: H-L
    • Louisiana, Choctaw Land Patents: L-M
    • Louisiana, Choctaw Land Patents: M-P
    • Louisiana, Choctaw Land Patents: P-R
    • Louisianna, Choctaw Land Patents: A
    • Louisianna, Choctaw Land Patents: A-C
    • Louisianna, Choctaw Land Patents: C-G
    • Louisiana State Recognized Tribes
  • McKennon Roll ~ Choctaw
• Louisiana Vital Records
  • Louisiana Death Records
    Name index to statewide deaths. Coverage: missing years between 1875-1893; has only a few entries for 1894-1904. One part of these death records includes death records for only Jefferson Parish, 1850-1875 and 1905-1921. The statewide records for all parishes cover 1911-1954. Microfilm copies of original records are available at the Family History Library and at Family History Centers.
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• Alumni Lists
  • Bossier Parish Co: Bossier City HS, Class of 1947-Alumni Lists
  • Caddo Co: Fair Park High School Yearbook - 1959-Alumni Lists
  • Caddo Co: Students of Fair Park High School - 1936-Alumni Lists
  • Lincoln Parish Co: RUSTON HIGH SCHOOL 1940 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES; 121 RECORDS-Alumni Lists
  • Orleans Co: John McDonogh High School 1965 Senior Alumni-Alumni Lists
  • Orleans Parish Co: Commencement Exercises John McDonogh High School, June 4, 1936, New Orleans, La.-Alumni Lists
  • Orleans Parish Co: Graduating Class of John McDonogh High School, January 23, 1939, New Orleans, La.-Alumni Lists
  •  Ouachita Co: Ouachita Parish High School Senior Class-Alumni Lists
  • Rapides Co: Bolton High School Class of 1953, Alexandria, LA-Alumni Lists
  • St. Bernard Parish Co: Andrew Jackson High School Class of 1968-Alumni Lists
• Birth Records
  • Orleans Co: Birth Records 1808-1899, New Orleans, Louisiana -- Bauer, Leimkuhler, Duefler, Didlot, Mestier Families (and others)
• Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Co: Providence Cemetery, Bienville, LA-Cemetery Records
  •  Bienville Parish Co: Boddie Cemetery, Bienville, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Bryan Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Campground Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Carolina Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Colbert Frazier Cemetery-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Driskill Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Holder Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Little Hope Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Madden Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Mt. Lebanon Cemetery-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: New Ebenezar Cemetery Castor, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Old Castor Cemetery, Castor, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Old Saline Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Old Sparta Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Page Graveyard, Castor, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Pleasant Grove Cemetery Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Providence Cemetery, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Ridge Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Rocky Mt. Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Springhill Cemetery, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Stewart Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Watts Cemetery-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Williamson Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: Wimberly Cemetery Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
  • Bossier Parish Co: Haughton Cemetery, Haughton, Louisiana-Cemetery Records
  •  Claiborne Parish: Adkins Cemetery-Cemetery Records
  • Claiborne Parish: Kendrick Cemetery-Cemetery Records
  • Claiborne Parish: Rocky Springs Baptist Church Cemetery; Lisbon-Cemetery Records
  • Madison Parish: Tallulah: Cemeteries-Cemetery Records
  • Ouachita Parish: Cemetery Listings to 1995-Cemetery Records
  • Richland Co: Ford Field Cemetery, near Alto, Richland Parish, LA-Cemetery Records
• Census Records
  • Caddo Co: 1850 Federal Census, Caddo Parish, Louisiana-Census
  • Caddo Co: 1860 Census, Caddo Parish, LA-Census
  • Caldwell Co: 1860 Census, Caldwell Parish, LA-Census
  • Orleans Parish Co: Bethlehem Lutheran Orphan Home-Census
• Court Records
  • De Soto Co: Succession Records of Richmond Cox with submitter's footnotes-Court Records
• Death Records
  • Bienville Parish Co: 1910 - 1929 Louisiana Death Certificate Index - Ashley surname-Death Records
  • Orleans Parish: Certificates of Death (partial list) 1904-Death Records
• Marriage Records
  • Selected Louisiana GONZALES Marriages 1853 - 1894-Marriage Records
• Land Records
  • Land Records-Land Records
    

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Census - Other Federal Census
Louisiana Census, 1810-90

Church Records
Louisiana City Parish Index

Directories - City Directories
New Orleans, Louisiana Directories, 1890-1891

History
Louisiana History, 1904

Immigrant Records
Italian Passengers to Louisiana, 1905-10

Land Records
Louisiana Land Records

Military Records
Louisiana Military Record

Military - Civil War Records
Louisiana Confederate Soldiers

Military - War of 1812 Records
Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812

Newspaper Records
Lafayette Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana)
Lafayette Advertiser, The (Lafayette, Louisiana)
Rayville, Louisiana Newspaper Name Index, 1872-74

Surnames - Biographies
Louisiana Biographical and Historical Memoirs

Vitals - Birth Records
New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899

Vitals - Death Records
Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-49
New Orleans Deaths, 1840-1970
New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949

Vitals - Marriage Records
Louisiana Marriage Records, 1851-1900
Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Louisiana Marriages, 1728-1869

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