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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Notarial Records
Periodicals
Probate Records
Vital Records
Voting Registers
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

PERIODICALSLook this term up in the glossary.

The major genealogical periodicalsLook this term up in the glossary. for Louisiana are:

L'Heritage. 1978-. Published by the St. Bernard Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 271, Chalmette, LA 70044-0271. (FHL book 976.3 B2s.)

The Louisiana Genealogical Register. 1954-. Published by the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, P.O. Box 82060, Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060. (FHL book 976.3 B2gr; film 1704156-58.) This has a cumulative subject index to 1974.

The New Orleans Genesis. 1962-. Published by the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans, P.O. Box 51791, New Orleans, LA 70151. (FHL book 976.335 B2n; film 1704156 item 15, vol.3, no.12, Sept. 1964.)

Terrebonne Life Lines. 1982-. Published by the Terrebonne Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 295, Sta. 2, Houma, LA 70360. (FHL book 976.341 D25t.)


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PROBATE RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

Probate records before 1845 were kept in probate courts. Since 1845, they have been kept by the clerk of the district court in each parish. Many of the probate records are included in the notarial recordsLook this term up in the glossary. with the deedsLook this term up in the glossary. and mortgagesLook this term up in the glossary.. In some parishes they are known as “successionLook this term up in the glossary.” records.

The Family History Library has copies of many Louisiana probate files. For example, the library has 900 microfilms from New Orleans courts. These include successions (1805-1926), will books (1807-1920), inventories (1805-77), and minutes (1819-46). Most of the pre-1880 files have been indexed.

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