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Louisiana was formed as a state on April 30, 1812. The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge. The largest city is New Orleans. The links directory provides suggestions for a variety of websites to assist in your family history and genealogy research.
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Assorted Resources
- Louisiana Genealogy & Louisiana Family History Resources ($)
- American Local History Network-Louisiana
- Colonial Louisiana History and Genealogy
- ePodunk
- Genealogy of Louisiana
- Genealogy Trails History Group-Louisiana Genealogy Trails
- G's Adoption Registry-Louisiana
- Louisiana
- Louisiana Databases ($)
- Louisiana Family History Research-Ancestry.com Wiki
- Louisiana Genealogy-Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network & Chat
- Louisiana Genealogy Resources
- Louisiana Genealogy Search Engines
- Louisiana Genealogy-Blogging genealogy in Louisiana
- Louisiana Resources
- Southeast USA Genealogy
- Southwestern Mississippi & Eastern Louisiana Webring
- Surname Navigator USA
- U.S. Genealogy State by State-Louisiana
- USGenWeb-LAGenWeb Project
- Websites at RootsWeb
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Blogging
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Cemeteries
- African American Cemeteries Online-Louisiana
- Browse Cemeteries by US County-Louisiana
- Cemeteries
- Cemetery Directory-Louisiana Cemeteries
- Cemetery Junction-Louisiana Cemeteries
- Funeral Home Directory-Louisiana Funeral Homes
- Funeral Services Providers-Louisiana
- Graveyards & Gravestones
- Louisiana Cemeteries
- Louisiana Cemeteries
- Louisiana Cemeteries
- Louisiana Cemeteries-War of 1812
- Louisiana Graveyard Rabbit
- Online Louisiana Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries
- US Funerals Online-Louisiana
- USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project-Louisiana
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Census Records
- 1810 Louisiana U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1810 United States Federal Census-Louisiana ($)
- 1820 Louisiana U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1830 Louisiana U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1830 United States Federal Census-Louisiana ($)
- 1840 United States Federal Census-Louisiana ($)
- 1850 United States Federal Census-Louisiana ($)
- 1860 Louisiana U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1860 United States Federal Census-Louisiana ($)
- 1870 Louisiana U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1880 Louisiana U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1880 United States Federal Census-Louisiana ($)
- 1890 Louisiana Special Census of Veterans ($)
- 1900 United States Federal Census-Louisiana ($)
- 1910 Louisiana U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1910 United States Federal Census-Louisiana ($)
- 1920 Louisiana U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1930 Louisiana U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1930 United States Census-Louisiana
- Census-US Federal 1860-Louisiana
- Census Index-U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 ($)
- Census Index-U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 ($)
- Louisiana 1930 US Census Index ($)
- Louisiana Census Records
- The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana from 1699 Through 1732 ($)
- United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850
- United States Census, 1860-Louisiana
- United States Census, 1880-Louisiana
- United States Census, 1900-Louisiana
- United States Census, 1910
- United States Census, 1920
- US Federal Census, 1930-Louisiana
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Directories
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Ethnic Genealogy
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0020
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0022
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0024
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0025
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0026
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0027
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0029
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0030
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0032
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0034
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0035
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0036
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0037
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0039
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0040
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0048
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0050
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0051
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0052
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0111, includes Unidentified records
- The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana, 1699-1732 ($)
- The Louisiana Slave Database-and the Louisiana Free Database, 1719-1820
- The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana-and Creoles of German Descent ($)
- Tribes and Villages of Louisiana
- U.S. Freedmen's Marriage Records-1864-1867 ($)
- Zur Geschichte der Deutschen Kirchengemeinden im Staate Louisiana ($)
- African American Genealogy
- Afro-Americans-Louisiana
- Afro-Louisiana History & Genealogy 1719-1820 ($)
- Freedmen in Louisiana
- Hainaut-Louisiana
- LA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Native American Cemeteries in LouisianaLA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- LA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Native American Cemeteries in LouisianaLA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage
- LA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Indian Tribes that lived, or traveled in LouisianaLA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- LA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Indian Tribes that lived, or traveled in LouisianaLA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives
- LA-NATIVEAMERICAN-L Native Americans in LouisianaLA-NATIVEAMERICAN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- LA-NATIVEAMERICAN-L Native Americans in LouisianaLA-NATIVEAMERICAN-L Mailing List Homepage
- LA-NATIVEAMERICAN-L Native Americans in LouisianaLA-NATIVEAMERICAN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives
- Louisiana Indian History
- Native-American
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0002
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0004
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0005
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0006
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0007
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0009
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0010
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0012
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0014
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0015
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0016
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0017
- Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872-Reel 0019
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Genealogy Guides
- AllPages.com Yellow Pages provides business listings (name, address, phone, fax) for all categories covered under Genealogy, Louisiana (LA)
- FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide
- Louisiana
- Louisiana Public Records
- Louisiana Research Guide
- Louisiana Resource Guide
- Louisiana, Genealogy & Family History Network & Chat
- ROOTS-L Louisiana Resources
- Websites: Louisiana
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Government Jurisdictions
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History
- A History of Louisiana-1900
- Brief History of the Louisiana Territory-1904
- Events: Earthquake History of Louisiana
- Events: Louisiana & Alabama Hurricane, Sept-Oct 1860
- Events: Louisiana Tornadoes 1950-1995
- Events: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi Hurricane, Aug 1860
- Historical collections of Louisiana-Volume 1, 1846
- Historical Memoirs of Louisiana-with Historical and Biographical Notes
- History of Louisiana-From Its First Discovery and Settlement to the Present
- History of Louisiana-Volume III, Part I
- History of Reconstruction in Louisiana (through 1868)
- Lessons in the History of Louisiana-1877
- Louisiana-a Sketch in Outline of Its Past and Present
- Louisiana Bibliography
- Louisiana Lynchings, 1878-1946
- Religion: Early Catholic Parishes in Louisiana
- Religion: Louisian-The Baptist Encyclopędia, 1881
- Religion: Louisiana
- Religion: Louisiana Baptist-Baptist History Homepage
- Religion: Louisiana Baptist History
- Religion: The Diocese of Louisiana, Some of Its History-1838-1888
- Religion: The Diocese of Louisiana, some of its history, 1838-1888
- Romance of the History of Louisiana-A Series of Lectures
- The History of Illinois and Louisiana Under the French Rule
- The History of Louisiana-1830
- The History of Louisiana-From the Earliest Period (Volume II
- The Louisiana Purchase-A Heritage Explored
- The Province and the States-A History of the Province of Louisiana Under France and Spain, and of the Territories and States of the United States Formed Therefrom (Vol. V
- The province and the states, a history of the province of Louisiana under France and Spain-Volume 2
- The province and the states, a history of the province of Louisiana under France and Spain, and of the territories and states of the United States formed therefrom-Volume 4, 1904
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Immigration and Naturalization
- ISTG-New Orleans Arrivals-Vol. 1
- ISTG-New Orleans Arrivals-Vol. 2
- ISTG-New Orleans Arrivals-Vol. 3
- ISTG-New Orleans Arrivals-Vol. 4
- ISTG-New Orleans Arrivals-Vol. 6
- Naturalization Records ($)
- New Orleans Passenger Lists Index 1853-1899
- Passenger Manifest-New Orleans Ship Passenger List Online Index -- January-July 1851
- Resources for Finding Passenger Arrival Records at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana
- Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to Louisiana
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Individual Writings
- First Families of Louisiana Certificate Program-Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
- Genealogical Selections From the Acts of the Louisiana Legislature-1804-1879 ($)
- Gulf Coast Colonials-A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana ($)
- Historical Memoirs of Louisiana-with Historical and Biographical Notes
- Index to Genealogical Selections From the Acts of the Louisiana Legislature-1804-1879
- Louisiana Biographies
- Louisiana Biographies
- Louisiana Biography Bibliography
- Louisiana Colonials-Soldiers and Vagabonds ($)
- Louisiana GEDCOM Index
- Louisiana, USA
- Old Families of Louisiana ($)
- Old Families of Louisiana ($)
- Past Voices: Letters Home from Louisiana
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Land Records
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Legal and Court Records
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Libraries, Museums, and Archives
- Archives dartementales de la Seine-Maritime
- Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana-Notarial Archives
- Diocese of Houma Thibodaux-Archives & Historical Research Center
- Diocese of Lafayette-Archives/Research and Information
- Family History Centers in Louisiana
- Family History Library Catalog
- Howard-Tilton Memorial Library-Tulane University
- LibDex-The Library Index-Louisiana
- Louisiana Baptist Convention Media Library and Archives
- Louisiana Department of State Museum Program
- LOUISiana Digital Library
- Louisiana State Archives
- Louisiana State Museum
- National Archives and Records Administration
- New Orleans Notarial Archives Research Center
- PublicLibraries-Louisiana
- Repositories of Primary Sources-Louisiana
- Resources for Genealogists and Family Historians
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge
- State Library of Louisiana
- The Archives of the Diocese of Shreveport
- The World's Largest Library Catalog
- United Methodist Church-General Commission on Archives & History-Directory for Local and Regional United Methodist Archives
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Maps and Related Resources
- Louisiana Historical Maps and Atlases
- Louisiana Map Collection-New Orleans Public Library
- Louisiana Maps-U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 ($)
- Louisiana Parish Maps 1805-Present
- Louisiana Post Offices
- Louisiana Postal History
- Louisiana State Museum Map Database
- Louisiana Towns and Cities-Located within parishes, with map links
- Map of Louisiana-1822
- Map of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama-1831
- Map of Mississippi, Louisiana & Arkansas-1839
- Maps of Louisiana-Broer Map Library
- Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas-1863
- New Map Of Louisiana-1836
- New Map Of Louisiana-1846
- Pam Rietsch's 1895 Atlas
- Railroad and County Map of Louisiana-1885
- So Much More Than Just a Map-Perspectives on Louisiana and the New World
- States Of Mississippi And Louisiana-1857
- The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana-1775
- The Louisiana State Board of Agriculture and Immigration's Map of Louisiana-1907
- The Western Coast of Louisiana and the Coast of New Leon-1775
- The Western Gazetteer or Emigrant's Directory viz the states of Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio ($)
- 1874 Map of Louisiana, Mississippi
- 1922 Map of Louisiana
- A Map of the State of Louisiana-1816
- A New Map Of Texas, With The Contiguous American & Mexican States-1836
- Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi-1872
- Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi-1873
- Arbuckle Brothers Map, 1889
- Ark., Miss., La.-1880
- Ark., Miss., La.-1890
- Arkansas Mississippi And Louisiana-1860
- Arkansas, Louisiana und Mississippi-1854
- Carte de la Louisiane-1752
- Civil War Maps
- Colton's Louisiana-1855
- Colton's Township Map of the State of Louisiana-1864
- County Map Of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas-1860
- E. United States 9-1883
- Florida called by ye French Louisiana-1736
- Guide to the Ghost Towns of Louisiana
- Historic USGS maps of Louisiana-Broer Map Library
- Louisiana-1814
- Louisiana-1824
- Louisiana-1835
- Louisiana-1838
- Louisiana-1838
- Louisiana-1841
- Louisiana-1845
- Louisiana-1856
- Louisiana-1875
- Louisiana-1879
- Louisiana-1895
- Louisiana-1897
- Louisiana 1895
- Louisiana and Mississippi-1823
- Louisiana City Parish Index ($)
- Louisiana Highway Commission's Initital Paved Road Program-c1929
- Louisiana Historical County Boundaries-Newberry Library
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Message Boards and Related Resources
- H-Louisiana-Discussing Louisiana's History and Culture
- LA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- LA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage
- LA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- LA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage
- LA-NATIVEAMERICAN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- LA-NATIVEAMERICAN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives
- Looking 4 Kin Genealogy and Family History-Louisiana
- Louisiana Genealogy Blogs
- Louisiana Genealogy Blogs-Help create links to other genealogy blogs in Louisiana!
- Louisiana Genealogy, History & Culture MailList
- Louisiana in the Civil War-Message Board
- LOUISIANA-L Mailing List Homepage
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Military
- Civil War: 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War-Louisiana
- Civil War: Civil Service Records of Confederate Soldiers-1861-1865
- Civil War: Civil War "Widows' Pensions"-Louisiana
- Civil War: Civil War Image Map/Battle Maps
- Civil War: Civil War Soldiers-Union-LA
- Civil War: Confederate Amnesty Papers-Louisiana
- Civil War: Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons, 1865-1867-Louisiana ($)
- Civil War: Confederate Pension Applications Index Database-Louisiana Archives Division
- Civil War: Confederate Soldiers-LA
- Civil War: Gilmer Civil War Maps Collection
- Civil War: Lists and Reports of Casualties by a Single Unit in More Than One State-Georgia and Louisiana
- Civil War: Lists and Reports of Casualties by a Single Unit in More Than One State-Louisiana and Arkansas
- Civil War: Louisiana Civil War Pensions Index
- Civil War: Louisiana Confederate Pensions-1898-1950
- Civil War: Louisiana Confederate Units-1861-1865
- Civil War: Louisiana in the Civil War
- Civil War: Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army, 1861-1865-includes Louisiana Cavalry and Infantry ($)
- Civil War: ROOTS-L Civil War Links
- Civil War: Service Records of Confederate Soldiers ($)
- Civil War: Southern Claims Commission-Barred and Disallowed Claims
- Civil War: Southern Claims Commission-Louisiana-Approved Claims, 1871-1880
- Civil War: The Civil War in Louisiana
- Civil War: The Southern Homefront-1861-1865
- Civil War: U.S. Civil War Regimental Histories in the Library of Congress-Louisiana, U.S.A.
- Civil War: Young-Sanders Center-for the Study of the War Between the States in Louisiana
- Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions, 1818-1864-Louisiana
- Index to U.S. Invalid Pension Records, 1801-1815-includes Louisiana ($)
- Korean War: Korean War Casualty List
- List of Pensioners on the Roll, 1883-Louisiana ($)
- Louisiana-Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1841 ($)
- Louisiana Forts
- Louisiana Troops 1720-1770 ($)
- Louisiana Troops 1720-1770 ($)
- Military Resources
- Pension List of 1820-includes Louisiana ($)
- Revolutionary War: Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions-includes Claims of Louisiana Residents, 1850 ($)
- Revolutionary War: Revolutionary Pensioners of 1818-includes List of Invalid Pensioners, and Statement, Showing the Widows and Orphans ($)
- Second Registration Draft Cards-Compiled 1848-1959
- The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III-includes Louisiana ($)
- U. S. Pensioners, 1818-1872-Louisiana ($)
- U.S. Military Burial Registers, 1768-1921-Louisiana ($)
- Vietnam War: Vietnam Conflict Casualty List-Louisiana
- War of Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812 ($)
- War of Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812 ($)
- War of Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists
- War of War of 1812 Pension Files-Louisiana
- World War I: Soldiers of the Great War-Volume I
- World War I: World War I
- World War I: WWI-Louisiana
- World War II: World War II
- World War II: World War II Casualty and POW Lists-Navy, Marines and Coast Guard
- World War II: World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945-Louisiana ($)
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Miscellaneous Records
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Obituaries and Related Records
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Projects
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Religious Records
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Slavery
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Surname Specific: Web sites, Obituaries, Biographies, and More
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Tax Records
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Transportation
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Using Search Engines
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Vital Records
- Louisiana Birth Certificates, Death Records, Marriage Licenses and more
- Louisiana Births and Christenings-1811-1830 and 1854-1934
- Louisiana Deaths-1850-1875 and 1894-1954
- Louisiana Marriage Project
- Louisiana Marriages-1718-1925 ($)
- Louisiana Marriages-1816-1906
- Louisiana Office of Public Health-Vital Records Registry
- Louisiana Vital Records-VitalChek Express Certificate Service ($)
- Louisiana Vital Records Information-Obtaining Louisiana Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Certificates
- Marriage contracts of French Colonial Louisiana
- Marriage contracts of French colonial Louisiana ($)
- U.S. Freedmen's Marriage Records-1864-1867 ($)
- United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850