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Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
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Location in the state of Louisiana
Location of Louisiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 31, 1807
County Seat	Pointe a la Hache
Courthouse
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Parish Courthouse

Plaquemines Parish Courthouse
Highway 39;
Pointe a la Hache, LA 70082-9999
Phone: 504.333.4343 

Parish Clerk has marriage records from 1809,
divorce, probate court and land records from 1800.^[1]

History

Parent Parish

• 1807--Plaquemines Parish was created 31 March 1807 from Orleans Parish.
  Parish seat: Pointe a la Hache ^[1]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Plaquemines Parish boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Parishes or Counties

• Jefferson
• Orleans
• St. Bernard

Resources

African American

• Louisiana African American Griots Project  ~  USGenWeb Project
• Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

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

• Louisiana Historical Church Information 
• Directory of Churches in Louisiana  ~  by city  ~  Church Angel

Court

Land

Local Histories

Louisiana Museums

Maps

• USGW Digital Map Collection  ~  USGenWeb Project

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battle was fought in Plaquemines Parish.

• April 16-28, 1862 = Forts Jackson and St. Philip^[4]

Map showing Civil War battles in Louisiana.

Louisiana Military History Online

Newspapers

• Louisiana Newspaper List  ~  listing by name/parish  ~  USNPL
• Louisiana Newspaper  ~  listing  ~  Newslink

Probate

Louisiana Probate Records  ~  information on.

Taxation

Vital Records

Louisiana Records and Statistics Information  ~ where and how to order information.

Societies and Libraries

• Louisiana Historical Society
• Louisiana Historical Association

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

• LAGenWeb  -  Louisiana State Records
• USGenWeb  ~  Records, Maps, Archives and Other Projects
• Family History Library Catalog
• Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed., Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana p 291 (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ United States Census Bureau. "Plaquemines Parish Quickfacts". http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22075.html. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 
3. ↑ United States Census Bureau. "Louisiana Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 
4. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 8 August, 2012)