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Louisiana Acadia Parish
| Acadia Parish, Louisiana | |||||||||
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 Location in the state of Louisiana | |||||||||
 Location of Louisiana in the U.S. | |||||||||
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| Founded | June 30, 1886 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Crowley | ||||||||
| Courthouse | |||||||||
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| Address | 425 North Parkerson Avenue Crowley, LA 70526 | ||||||||
| Website: www.acadiatourism.org | |||||||||
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Parish Courthouse
Acadia Parish Courthouse
PO Box 922
Crowley, LA 70527-0922
Phone: 337-788-8881
Parish Clerk of Court has records of marriages, divorces, wills, land, civil, and criminal law suits from 1886.[1]
Historical Facts
Acadia Parish was created 30 June 1886 from St. Landry Parish after an election to determine the parish seat, ending when Crowley beat Rayne and Prairie Hayes.
Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Acadia Parish showing boundary changes.
Record Loss
Parish Places & Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Parishes
Records and Resources
African American
- Louisiana African American Griots Project ~ USGenWeb Project
- Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy
Cemeteries
Acadia Parish Cemeteries
- Acadia Parish Cemeteries on la-cemeteries.com
- Acadia Parish, Louisiana Cemetery Preservation
- Louisiana Cemetery Transcriptions, Acadia to Calcasieu
Louisiana Cemeteries
- LA Tombstone Transcription Project
Partial records and photos - USGenWeb Archives Project - Interment.net
LA cemetery records by county - African American Cemeteries
listing by county - FindaGrave.com
cemetery records with search by cemetery, by surname
Census
- Louisiana Census Images ~ USGenWeb Census Images Project
Church Records
- Louisiana Historical Church Information
- Directory of Churches in Louisiana ~ by city ~ Church Angel
Land and Property
Local Histories
Maps
- USGW Digital Map Collection ~ USGenWeb Project
Military
Louisiana Military History Online
Newspapers
- Acadia Parish Today
- Louisiana Newspaper List ~ listing by name/parish ~ USNPL
- Louisiana Newspaper ~ listing ~ Newslink
Probate Records
Louisiana Probate Records ~ information on.
Taxation
Vital Records
Louisiana Records and Statistics Information ~ where and how to order information.
Repositories
County Courthouse
Public Libraries
- Acadia Parish Library
- Acadia Parish Library - Genealogy
- Louisiana Historical Society
- Louisiana Historical Association
Family History Centers
Societies
- Acadia Genealogical and Historical Society (on Rootsweb)
Websites
Websites - Acadia Parish
- Acadia Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Acadia Parish on n2.genealogy.com
- Acadia Parish on Kindred Trails
- Acadia Parish, La - Genealogy Forum
- Acadia Parish, Genealogy Trails
- Acadia Parish on RootsWeb
- Acadia Parish Genealogy Queries on CousinConnect.com
Websites - Louisiana and US
- LAGenWeb - Louisiana State Records
- USGenWeb - Records, Maps, Archives and Other Projects
- Louisiana Archives ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
- Family History Library Catalog[1]
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References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed.Acadia Parish, Louisiana p 289 (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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