Alex's Family Tree | Free Genealogy Resources | Louisiana

1. familysearch.org - Louisiana collections:
   • Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830; 1854-1934
   • Louisiana Confederate Pensions,1898-1950, with images
   • Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954
   • Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906
   • Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists, with images
   • Louisiana, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, 1838-1861, with images
   • Louisiana, Orleans Parish Estate Files, 1804-1846, with images
2. genealogytrails.com/lou/ - Louisiana Genealogy Trails - History, cemeteries, newspaper transcriptions, wills, bios, obituaries, births, deaths, epidemics, more.
3. jefferson.lib.la.us/genealogy/NewOrleansBeeMain.htm - Jefferson Parish Library - The New Orleans Bee Sep 1827 to Dec 1923 - Nearly every issue of this French language newspaper is available free online. From abt 1828 to 1872, it was also published in English. Many portions of pages are very difficult to read, if not impossible. Other portions are a little challenging, but can be read just fine.
4. lagenweb.net/gpp/ - Louisiana Gravestone Photo Project
5. libweb.uno.edu/jspui/ - DSpace at the University of New Orleans - Earl K. Long Library - Historical Archives of the Supreme Court of Louisiana - Images of records created from 1813 through 1920.
6. neworleanspubliclibrary.org, also nutrias.org - New Orleans Public Library

   • neworleanspubliclibrary.org/~nopl/obits/obits.htm - Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index - Name index from obituaries and death notices published in New Orleans newspapers from 1804-1972.
   • nutrias.org/~nopl/inv/courts.htm - Orleans Parish Civil & Criminal Courts - Indexes to civil suits, successions, criminal court case files, slave emancipation petitions and more. Year 1911 enumeration of ex-confederate soldiers and widows of deceased soldiers.
7. sos.louisiana.gov/ - Louisiana Secretary of State - Research Library in the Archives section - Downloadable text file for ships and passengers arriving at the Port of New Orleans Jan 1 - July 7, 1851, Confederate Pension Applications Index Database, Louisiana Death Index over 50 years ago, Orleans Parish Birth Index over 100 years ago, Orleans Parish Marriage Index over 50 years ago.
8. usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchla.htm - Search the Louisiana USGenWeb Archives Project

   • files.usgwarchives.net/la/ - Browse the files. Orleans Parish has one of the largest free obituary collections I've seen.
9. alextown.com/multistategenealogyresources.html - Our multiple state page will provide many more resources.