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Louisiana Reference & Family History Links

Getting Started

A “How To” Website on Starting Research     http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/intro.html

Vital Records

Vital Records    http://www.oph.dhh.louisiana.gov/recordsstatistics/vitalrecords/

Legal and Court Records

Louisiana Courts http://www.womenslaw.org/gethelp_state_type.php?type_id=1344&state_code=LA

Louisiana Clerks of Court http://www.laclerksofcourt.org/Default.asp?PAGE_ID=92

St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court    http://www.sttammanyclerk.org/

Public Record Search    http://www.sttammanyclerk.org/liveapp/default.asp

Louisiana Revised Statutes http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/tsrssearch.html

Immigration Records

Ellis Island Research     http://www.ellisisland.or

Immigrant Ship Transcriber’s Guild     http://www.immigrantships.net/

Land Records and Maps

American State Papers     http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html
Land Records      http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Louisiana State Land Office http://1webfn.doa.la.gov/slodocs/SLO/hist_records.htm

Louisiana Map Site     http://wwwlamap.doa.louisiana.gov/

University of Texas Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

Topo Maps

Obituary and Cemetery Links

St. Tammany Obituary and Biography Index (1999 - 2001) http://www.sttammany.lib.la.us/search.html/

Jefferson Parish (1994-2000)     http://www.geocities.com/jeffersongenealogicalsociety/obits/deathnx.htm
Jefferson Parish Library Obituary Index (1972-1978)     http://www.jefferson.lib.la.us/obit/ObitSearch.asp
Louisiana Cemeteries http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-LA-NDX.html

City Directories

Genealogy Today City Directories      http://dir.genealogytoday.com/city_directories.html?

St. Tammany Genealogical Society      http://www.sttammanygs.org/

St. Tammany page on Rootsweb/USFGENWEB      http://www.rootsweb.com/~lasttamm/sttammany.htm
St. Tammany Parish Government’s Online Portal (Maps of St. Tammany)
http://www.stpgov.org/mis/parish_and_zoning_maps_by_ward.html

City of Mandeville http://www.cityofmandeville.org/

City of Covington http://cityofcovingtonla.com/

City of Slidell http://www.slidell.la.us/

History of Covington High School / Lyon High School

Other Libraries

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Basic Search     http://www.familysearch.org/
Film Search     http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp

Godfrey Memorial Library     http://www.godfrey.org/

Louisiana State Archives      http://www.sec.state.la.us/archives/archives/archives-index.htm#research

New Orleans Public Library http://nutrias.org/~nopl/spec/speclist.htm

Military Links

Military Genealogy Searches     http://www.all-genealogysites.com/Military/
Civil War Soldier and Sailors Database     http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
National Archives Military Records  http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/

Louisiana Secretary of State Confederate Pension Index  http://www.sec.state.la.us/archives/gen/cpa-index.htm

Louisiana Research

American State Papers     http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html
Center for Louisiana Studies     http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/RegionalStudies/archivalcoll/S/sttammanyhistsoc.html
Louisiana Officials  http://www.ebr.lib.la.us/reference/pathfinder/officials.htm#state
Parish Statistics  http://www.doa.state.la.us/census/parprof.html 
Entergy's Parish Profiles http://www.entergy-louisiana.com/Economic_Development/site_selection.aspx

Charts and Forms                                                                        
Charts and Forms http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx?
Free Genealogy Forms http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html
Census Extract Forms http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/bc-600.pdf
Louisiana Census and Parish formation maps - http://www.mylouisianagenealogy.com/la_maps.htm

Heritage/Commemorative Organizations
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution - www.dar.org
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution www.sar.org/ Sons of Confederate Veterans - http://www.scv.org/
United Daughters of the Confederacy - http://www.hqudc.org/
Colonial Dames of the 17th Century - http://www.colonialdames17c.net/
National Genealogical Society - www.ngsgenealogy.org
Federation of Genealogical Societies - www.fgs.org
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society - www.aahgs.org
General Society of the War of 1812 - http://www.societyofthewarof1812.org/
For a more complete list - http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/index.html
Louisiana Genealogical Societies -http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/SH-LA-001.html
Ethnic Research Organizations - http://feefhs.org/ethnic.html
Putting Our Italian Names Together - http://www.point-pointers.net/home.html
Tangipahoa African-American Heritage Museum - http://www.africanamericanheritagemuseum.com/

Other Special Collections
Young-Sanders Reserach Center  http://www.youngsanders.org/
The Civil War Archive  http://www.civilwararchive.com/
Virginia Military Institute's Civil War Archive  http://www.vmi.edu/archives/cwsource.html
Creole Heritage Center  http://www.nsula.edu/creole/
Center for Louisiana Studies  http://cls.louisiana.edu/
Tulane Special Collections  http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/
LSU Special Collections  http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/
New Orleans Public Library  http://www.nutrias.org/~nopl/spec/speclist.htm/
Bluebonnet Regional Library (East Baton Rouge Parish Library)  http://www.ebr.lib.la.us/branch/Bluebonnet.htm
Genealogy Branch (Tangipahoa Parish Library)   http://www.tangipahoa.lib.la.us/genealogy.htm
Amistad Research Center  http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/
The Natioanal Archives  http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/
Library of Congress Civil War Photos (Searchable)  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Louisiana State Archives  http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/archives/archives/archives-index.htm
NOPL's African American Research Tools  http://nutrias.org/guides/black.htm
Louisiana State Library (LA Section)  http://www.state.lib.la.us/Staff/la_dyn_templ_staff.cfm?doc_id=28

Elected Officials Database

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