m (Removed second adoption sign) |
No edit summary |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
}} | }} | ||
The | ==Online Resources== | ||
*'''1770-1966''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62871/ New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Historical Notaries' Indexes, 1770-1966] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
==Background== | |||
The FamilySearch Library has over 2,500 microfilms of [[Louisiana Genealogy|Louisiana]] notarial records, especially for the Parish of Orleans from 1730 to about 1910. These records are also called prothonotarial records. | |||
The records contain marriage contracts, probate records, deeds, mortgages, acts of sale, emancipations, procurations, contracts, and partitions of property records. Most of these records deal with the French residents of New Orleans and their relatives. Pre-1769 records are in French. From 1769 to 1803 the records are in Spanish. From 1803 to 1830 most records are in French and sometimes English. | The records contain marriage contracts, probate records, deeds, mortgages, acts of sale, emancipations, procurations, contracts, and partitions of property records. Most of these records deal with the French residents of New Orleans and their relatives. Pre-1769 records are in French. From 1769 to 1803 the records are in Spanish. From 1803 to 1830 most records are in French and sometimes English. | ||
edits