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Louisiana Marriage Project. This project endeavors to provide actual transcriptions of Marriage Applications and other Marriage Records.

Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970. Index and images of tombstone inscriptions gathered by members of the Daughters of the American Revolution in New Orleans, Louisiana..

Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index. The Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index references obituaries and death notices published in New Orleans newspapers from 1804-1972 and biographical information published in older Louisiana collective biographies. The original index, housed in the Louisiana Division of New Orleans Public Library, is an alphabetical card file of more than 650,000 names. The online version of the Obituary Index is a work in progress.

Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy. Users can locate individual slaves who lived in Louisiana between the years of 1718 and 1820 through this easy-to-use, free, public database. Find valuable historical data from over 100,000 descriptions of slaves found in documents in Louisiana between 1718 and 1821.

Louisiana Family Group Sheet Project

Memorial to the President by Citizens of the Louisiana-Missouri Territory, 27 Dec 1805 : Names A-K, Names L-Z

Federal Pension List of 1835 - Louisiana

Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950. Images of applications for pensions filed by Confederate veterans and widows living in the state of Louisiana.

Canadians Who Served with Louisiana Regiments During the Civil War (archived website).

1766 and 1769 Census Records for Early Acadian Settlements in Louisiana (pdf document)

Acadian Families on the Convoys from Châtellerault to Nantes 1775-1776 : Many of the Acadians who left Châtellerault for Nantes would make up a large number of the Acadians who sailed to Louisiana in 1785.

Acadian Immigration to Louisiana (archived website).

Acadians who Sailed to Louisiana in 1785. An alphabetical listing of the Acadian Exiles who sailed from France to Louisiana in 1785.

The 7 Ships Passenger Lists (archived wesite): In 1785, Spain paid for 7 ships to transport Acadian refugees in France to settle in Louisiana.

Acadian Immigrants in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s.

Passenger Lists of Canary Islanders Sailing to Louisiana 1778-1783.

Freedmen's Bureau Records : Louisiana
- Records Relating to the Condition of Freedmen and Refugees
- Records Relating to Confiscated and Abandoned Lands
- Personnel Records
- Records Relating to Murders and Outrages
- Miscellaneous Records

Full name index to the book Calendar of the Natchez Trace Collection Provincial & Territorial Papers, 1759-1813 (Louisiana). Published by Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane.

Full name index to the book Genealogical Selections From the Acts of the Louisiana Legislature, 1804-1879. Published by Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane.

Full name index to the book Guide to the Louisiana Miscellany Collection, 1724-1837. Published by Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane.

Name Index to 'Le Raconteur' 1984 to Present (Louisiana). Le Raconteur is the genealogical and historical quaterly of Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane, a non-profit support group for the Louisiana State Archives.

Louisiana Executions 1722-1961 (archived Web page - may be unavailable or slow to respond).

Louisiana Lynchings 1878-1946 (archived Web page - may be unavailable or slow to respond).

Acadia

Acadia Parish, Louisiana Obituaries.

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Acadia Parish and Allen Parish.

Allen

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Acadia Parish and Allen Parish.

Ascension

Ascension Parish Louisiana 1860 slaveholders and 1870 surname matches for African Americans

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Ascension Parish, Cameron Parish, Assumption Parish, and Caldwell Parish.

Assumption

Assumption Parish Louisiana 1860 slaveholders and surname matches for 1870 African Americans

Assumption Parish, Louisiana Newspaper Abstracts. Abstracts from the Assumption Pioneer 1850-1852 and 1900-1908.

Labadieville Cemetery, Assumption Parish, Louisiana

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Ascension Parish, Cameron Parish, Assumption Parish, and Caldwell Parish.

Avoyelles

Avoyelles, Louisiana French Family Name Origins

Avoyelles Parish Louisiana 1860 slaveholders and 1870 surname matches for African Americans

Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Obituary Index 1952-1959 and 1980-1991

Full name index to the book St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Published by Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane. Listing of tombstone inscriptions from St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery dating back to 1827.

Beauregard

Confederate States of America Veterans Buried in Beauregard and Vernon Parishes, Louisiana

Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana 1992-2001

Pleasant Hill Cemetery - DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Bossier

Bossier Parish Louisiana 1860 slaveholders and surname matches for African Americans on 1879 census

Caddo

Caddo Parish Clerk of Court (Louisiana) : Marriage Online Indexes. Marriage License records go back to 1838.

Calcasieu

First Families of Imperial Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. When Calcasieu Parish was formed in 1840 from St. Landry Parish, it included the modern parishes of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, and Jefferson Davis, as well parts of Cameron, Rapides and Vernon Parishes. In the 1840 census, only heads of household were identified by name. The purpose of this study is to identify all members of all households by name and actual year of birth.

Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 1840 Census

Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 1850 Census

Caldwell

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Ascension Parish, Cameron Parish, Assumption Parish, and Caldwell Parish.

Cameron

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Ascension Parish, Cameron Parish, Assumption Parish, and Caldwell Parish.

Concordia

Freedmen's Bureau Marriage Records : Concordia Parish, Louisiana Marriage Certificate Returns 1864-65

East Carroll Parish records are listed on a separate page.

Evangeline

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Evangeline Parish and Franklin Parish.

Franklin

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Evangeline Parish and Franklin Parish.

Iberville

Full name index to the book Iberville Parish Records, Volume III. Guide to 22 reels of microfilm containing records rescued from the attic of the old parish courthouse in Plaquemine published by Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane.

Jefferson

Hook and Ladder Cemetery, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (archived website). Records as of June 25, 1890.

Jefferson Davis

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Jefferson Davis Parish, La Salle Parish, and Lafourche Parish.

Lafayette

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana 1830 Census

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana 1840 Census

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana 1850 Census

Lafourche

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Jefferson Davis Parish, La Salle Parish, and Lafourche Parish.

Lasalle

1920 Federal Census - Louisiana : Jefferson Davis Parish, La Salle Parish, and Lafourche Parish.

Natchitoches

1722 Census of Natchitoches, Louisiana

1726 Census of Natchitoches, Louisiana

Revolutionary War Military Roster Natchitoches Militia 1780 (Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana)

Full name index to the book Natchitoches Baptisms, 1817-1840, Abstracts from Register 6 of St Francis Catholic Church, Natchitoches, Louisiana, Published by Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane.