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A Guide to African American Genealogical Research in New Orleans and Louisiana

From the New Orleans Public Library.

Acadian Memorial - honors Acadians, forebears of Cajun culture Updated

St. Martinville, Louisiana. The Acadian Memorial Archive has made scholarly research by Dr. Carl Brasseaux regarding Acadian exiles in Louisiana available on-line.

African American Genealogy Resources: States/Louisiana

From Christine's Genealogy Website.

AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in Louisiana

Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1719-1820

Online searchable database of over 100,000 descriptions of slaves found in documents in Louisiana between 1718 and 1821 from Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.

Avoyelleans: French Creoles

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GEDCOM Index .com - Louisiana

Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.

Hainaut-Louisiana

The earliest immigrants of Hainaut (now Belgium) to Louisiana in 1720.
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History & Genealogy of Acadians on the Acadian Coast and Bayou Lafourche Basin of Louisiana

History and genealogy of the parishes along the Bayou Lafourche Basin & the Acadian Coast including Assumption, Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Lafourche, St. James, St. Martin.
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Indian-European Marriages in the Gulf South

An article by Winston De Ville. When this writer began doing research on his own family history, his grandmother told him that 'the first DE VILLE in Louisiana married an Indian girl.' Such tales are part of the lore in numerous families, but proved untrue in this case. As a matter of fact, relatively few Indian-European marriage occurred in the Gulf South.

Louisiana African American Archives

Resources for African Americans researchers with an interest Louisiana.

Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society -- First Families of Louisiana Program

Open to anyone (including Society non-members) who can prove descent from a resident of Louisiana (within the PRESENT-DAY boundaries) before 20 December 1803, the date the American flag was raised in New Orleans. This is meant to be an *educational* program and applications will be carefully evaluated.

Louisiana Orphan Train

Online County and Town Histories - Louisiana

This site provides over 3,000 links to free county and town histories published from 1850 to the early 1920s. These histories often contain detailed biographies of their citizens.

The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammay Parish, Louisiana

From December 1908 until April 1909, the writer was in lower Louisiana. During this period frequent visits were made to the few Choctaw still living near Bayou Lacomb in the same parish. The notes obtained as a result of those visits are now presented on this website.

Tribes and Villages of Louisiana

Vive la Cajun

Cajun & Louisiana history, genealogy & culture.

WPA Life Histories from Louisiana

Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940, Library of Congress.