Louisiana Genealogy Resources

Louisiana is unique in that its regional governments above towns are parishes instead of the traditional county system found in the other 49 states. That’s not to be confused with the other common meaning of parish, e.g. a church community.

Just substitute the word PARISH for COUNTY and you are good to go in Louisiana research.

Here are some free sites with which you can begin your search:

FamilySearch Research Wiki – Louisiana

Louisiana Genealogy – Access Genealogy

RAOGK – State of Louisiana Records Guide

African-American Griots

Louisiana Genealogy Trails

Online Louisiana Death Records & Indexes

Free Louisiana Genealogy Search Engines – The Ancestor Hunt

Southeastern Louisiana University – Sims Library

Louisiana History & Genealogy

State Library of Louisiana – Genealogy

LA GenWeb

Louisiana Genealogy Records Online

Louisiana State Archives

Louisiana Digital Library

Louisiana State University – University Archives Digital Collections

Louisiana Vital Records Index

Xavier University of Louisiana – Digital Library

New Orleans Historical

The Historic New Orleans Collection

Chronicling America – digitized historical Louisiana newspapers online

Linkpendium – hundreds of links to Louisiana parishes

Societies

East Baton Rouge Parish Genealogical Society

Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society

Central Louisiana Genealogical Society

Ark-La-Tex Genealogical Association

Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans

German – Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Society

Le Comite des Archives de la Louisiane

Louisiana Historical Society

Pointe de l’Eglise Acadia Genealogical & Historical Society

Southwest Louisiana Genealogical Society

Terrebonne Genealogical Society

Louisiana Historical Association

Orleans Historical Society

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