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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Louisiana'' 

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=== Louisiana Parishes  ===

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*[[Acadia Parish, Louisiana|Acadia]] 
*[[Allen Parish, Louisiana|Allen]] 
*[[Ascension Parish, Louisiana|Ascension]] 
*[[Assumption Parish, Louisiana|Assumption]] 
*[[Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana|Avoyelles]] 
*[[Beauregard Parish, Louisiana|Beauregard]] 
*[[Bienville Parish, Louisiana|Bienville]] 
*[[Bossier Parish, Louisiana|Bossier]] 
*[[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo]] 
*[[Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana|Calcasieu]] 
*[[Caldwell Parish, Louisiana|Caldwell]] 
*[[Cameron Parish, Louisiana|Cameron]] 
*[[Catahoula Parish, Louisiana|Catahoula]] 
*[[Claiborne Parish, Louisiana|Claiborne]] 
*[[Concordia Parish, Louisiana|Concordia]] 
*[[DeSoto Parish, Louisiana|DeSoto]]

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*[[East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana|East Baton Rouge]] 
*[[East Carroll Parish, Louisiana|East Carroll]] 
*[[East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|East Feliciana]] 
*[[Evangeline Parish, Louisiana|Evangeline]] 
*[[Franklin Parish, Louisiana|Franklin]] 
*[[Grant Parish, Louisiana|Grant]] 
*[[Iberia Parish, Louisiana|Iberia]] 
*[[Iberville Parish, Louisiana|Iberville]] 
*[[Jackson Parish, Louisiana|Jackson]] 
*[[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|Jefferson]] 
*[[Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana|Jefferson Davis]] 
*[[Lafayette Parish, Louisiana|Lafayette]] 
*[[Lafourche Parish, Louisiana|Lafourche]] 
*[[LaSalle Parish, Louisiana|LaSalle]] 
*[[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln]] 
*[[Livingston Parish, Louisiana|Livingston]]

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*[[Madison Parish, Louisiana|Madison]] 
*[[Morehouse Parish, Louisiana|Morehouse]] 
*[[Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] 
*[[Orleans Parish, Louisiana|Orleans]] 
*[[Ouachita Parish, Louisiana|Ouachita]] 
*[[Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana|Plaquemines]] 
*[[Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana|Pointe Coupee]] 
*[[Rapides Parish, Louisiana|Rapides]] 
*[[Red River Parish, Louisiana|Red River]] 
*[[Richland Parish, Louisiana|Richland]] 
*[[Sabine Parish, Louisiana|Sabine]] 
*[[St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana|St. Bernard]] 
*[[St. Charles Parish, Louisiana|St. Charles]] 
*[[St. Helena Parish, Louisiana|St. Helena]] 
*[[St. James Parish, Louisiana|St. James]] 
*[[St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana|St. John the Baptist]]

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*[[St. Landry Parish, Louisiana|St. Landry]] 
*[[St. Martin Parish, Louisiana|St. Martin]] 
*[[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana|St. Mary]] 
*[[St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana|St. Tammany]] 
*[[Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana|Tangipahoa]] 
*[[Tensas Parish, Louisiana|Tensas]] 
*[[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana|Terrebonne]] 
*[[Union Parish, Louisiana|Union]] 
*[[Vermilion Parish, Louisiana|Vermillion]] 
*[[Vernon Parish, Louisiana|Vernon]] 
*[[Washington Parish, Louisiana|Washington]] 
*[[Webster Parish, Louisiana|Webster]] 
*[[West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana|West Baton Rouge]] 
*[[West Carroll Parish, Louisiana|West Carroll]] 
*[[West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|West Feliciana]] 
*[[Winn Parish, Louisiana|Winn]]

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'''Extinct or Renamed Parishes:&nbsp;''' Acadia | [[Attakapas County, Louisiana|Attakapas]] | Baton Rouge | Biloxi | Carroll | [[Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|Feliciana]] | Florida Parishes | [[German Coast County, Louisiana|German Coast]] | [[Opelousas County, Louisiana|Opelousas]] | Pascagoula | Sabine Free State | Warren 

== Did You Know?  ==

*Join a [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Louisiana-Genealogy-Research-Community/188710631201997 Facebook] or [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Join_a_Skype_Research_Community Skype] Louisiana Genealogy Research Community! 
*The Family History Library has the United States federal censuses of Louisiana for 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930. The 1890 census was destroyed, but there is a Union veterans schedule and a published index to it that is available at the Family History Library. The population schedule for the Ascension Parish 1890 census is at the Division of Archives, Records Management, and History, and an index has been published and is at the Family History Library.

*Louisiana State University [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/ Special Collections] in the Hill Memorial Library have the most complete collection of maps for the state. The Family History Library has a few historical maps, including maps of early land districts. Ward maps for New Orleans (1829, 1834, 1845, 1854, and 1898) are on FHL film 1377700 or fiche 6016695-99. 
*The Louisiana State Archives has microfilms of [http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/248/Default.aspx New Orleans Passenger Lists] Judy Riffel's book "A Guide to Genealogical Research at the Louisiana State Archives" is available by writing to Le Comite des Archives de la Louisiane, Inc. P.O. Box 1547, Baton Rouge LA 70832-1547.

== LA Research Tools &amp; Resources  ==

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*Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a postoffice or building is by using the United States Geographical Survey's [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic Geographical Names Information System]. 
*[http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/Louisiana/ David Rumsey Map Collection] is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures. 
*[http://www.lagenweb.net/ The Louisiana GenWeb Project] has a wealth of information and is a part of the larger [[USGenWeb|USGenWeb Project]]. [http://www.usgenweb.org/ The USGenWeb Project] provides internet information on every county in every state in the United States. 
*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/US/Louisiana.pdf BYU Research Outline for Louisiana] 
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lacoloni Colonial Louisiana]

'''Wiki articles describing online collections sre found at:''' 

*[[Louisiana Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Louisiana Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] 
*[[Louisiana Confederate Pension Applications (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Louisiana Confederate Pension Applications (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] 
*[[Louisiana Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Louisiana Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] 
*[[Louisiana Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Louisiana Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] 
*[[Louisiana,_Eastern_District_Naturalization_Petitions_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)|Louisiana, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions (FamilySearch Historical Records) ]]<br> <br>

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