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The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful for genealogical research.
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'''Division of Archives, Records Management, and History<br>'''3851 Essen Lane<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70809<br>Telephone: 504-922-1207<br>Fax: 504-922-0002<br>Internet: http://www.sec.state.la.us/ARCHIVES/archives/archives-index.htm
The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful for genealogical research in Louisiana.  


'''National Archives—Southwest Region (Fort Worth)'''<br>501 West Felix Street <br>Building 1, Dock 1<br>Fort Worth, TX 76115-0216<br>Telephone: 817-334-5525<br>Fax: 817-334-5621<br>Mailing Address:<br>P.O. Box 6216<br>Fort Worth, TX 76115-0216 <br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/southwest/


'''Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society'''<br>P.O. Box 82060<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2068<br>Telephone: 504-766-3018<br>Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/
=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Louisiana ===
[[National Archives at Fort Worth]]{{·}} [[Dallas Public Central Library]]


'''Louisiana State Library'''<br>760 Third Street<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70802<br>Telephone: 504-342-4913<br>Fax: 504-342-3547<br>Mailing Address:<br>P.O. Box 131<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0131 <br>Internet: http://www.state.lib.la.us/
=== Archives ===


'''Louisiana Historical Association'''<br>University of Southwestern Louisiana<br>929 Camp Street<br>New Orleans, LA 70130<br>Telephone: 318-482-6871<br>Fax: 318-482-6028<br>Mailing Address:<br>P.O. Box 42808<br>Lafayette, LA 70504 <br>Internet: http://www.louisianahistoricalsociety.org/
'''Archdiocese of New Orleans - Archives and Records<br>'''7887 Walmsley Ave.<br>
New Orleans, LA 70125
<br>Telephone: (504) 861-6200<br>[https://nolacatholic.org/archives-and-records Website]<br>
Sacramental records such as Baptism, Marriage, and Burial are available.
<br><br>  


'''Historic New Orleans Collection'''<br>William Research Center<br>410 Charter Street<br>New Orleans, LA 70130<br>Telephone: 504-598-7171<br>Fax: 504-598-7166 <br>Internet: http://www.hnoc.org/
'''Division of Archives, Records Management, and History<br>'''3851 Essen Lane<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70809<br>Telephone: 225-922-1000<br>Fax: 255-922-0433<br>[http://www.sec.state.la.us/ Website]<br>
[http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/ Website]<br>
[http://www.sos.la.gov/ Website]<br>
[https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/ Website]Louisiana Lousiana Digital State Archives Official State Archives, Media State Archives and much more. <br><br>
:Serves Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.[3] Includes federal censuses of all states, 1790-1930 (and indexes for 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920); military service records, pension and bounty land warrant applications; passenger arrivals; Dawes Commision for the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Manuscripts, photos, maps received from federal district and bankruptcy courts and 85 federal agencies in four states. Subjects emphasized are regional and national history, westward expansion and Southwest settlement, American Indians (especially Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles), Revolutionary War, American Civil War and Recontruction, slavery, Chinese exclusion, segregation, World War I, World War II, economic development, oil, U.S. space program, public administration, political science, law, ethnology, and U.S. diplomacy.<br>


'''Louisiana State Museum'''<br>Louisiana Historical Center Library<br>400 Esplanade Avenue<br>New Orleans, LA 70176-2448<br>Telephone: 504-568-8214<br>Fax: 504-568-4995<br>Mailing Address:<br>P.O. Box 2448<br>New Orleans, LA 70176 <br>Internet: http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/


'''Hill Memorial Library'''<br>Louisiana State University<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3300<br>Telephone: 504-388-6551<br>Fax: 504-344-6773 <br>Internet: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/
'''[[National Archives at Fort Worth]]'''<br>501 West Felix Street, Building 1 <br>Fort Worth, TX 76115-3405<br>Telephone: 817-831-5620<br>Fax: 817-551-2034<br> [https://www.archives.gov/fort-worth Website]<br>[mailto:ftworth.archives@nara.gov/ Email]


'''Howard Tilton Library'''<br>Manuscripts &amp; Rare Books Department<br>Tulane University<br>7001 Freret Street<br>New Orleans, LA 70118<br>Telephone: 504-865-5131<br>Fax: 504-865-6773 <br>Internet: http://library.tulane.edu/
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=eksel7bab&et=1108538607370&s=32403&e=001btM_80XfZB2R3x2tjF41RgtSgfPjRLYyi8pxYlWzJfR_H7XIdenHsQR8zEAb1nv1ar1TfefjWc50uHJXKv2sqQiyQ2pjsofbUuHFz5HHyl5SwUDQKCzMiFthq0KUSC5LuvdtBVSYuTuYsZyl2NXJHw== Louisiana Digital Library (LDL)]<br>


'''New Orleans Public Library'''<br>219 Loyola Avenue<br>New Orleans, LA 70140-1016<br>Telephone: 504-596-2612<br>Fax: 504-596-2609 <br>Internet: http://nutrias.org/spec/speclist.htm
:Serves Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.[3] Includes federal censuses of all states, 1790-1930 (and indexes for 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920); military service records, pension and bounty land warrant applications; passenger arrivals; Dawes Commision for the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Manuscripts, photos, maps received from federal district and bankruptcy courts and 85 federal agencies in four states. Subjects emphasized are regional and national history, westward expansion and Southwest settlement, American Indians (especially Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles), Revolutionary War, American Civil War and Recontruction, slavery, Chinese exclusion, segregation, World War I, World War II, economic development, oil, U.S. space program, public administration, political science, law, ethnology, and U.S. diplomacy.


An inventory of the records in this important collection is Collin B. Hamer, Jr., ''Genealogical Materials in the New Orleans Public Library''(New Orleans, Louisiana: Friends of the New Orleans Public Library, 1984; FHL book 976.3 D23h 1984).
'''Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society'''<br>P.O. Box 82060<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2068<br>Telephone: 504-766-3018<br>[http://www.louisianaghs.org/ Website]<br>
:The Society carries out its functions through member volunteers rather than a paid staff.  Although it cannot conduct individual research in response to queries, it strives to assist individuals by publishing queries free of charge in its journal and by providing direction, whenever possible, to other sources of assistance.<br><br>


'''Orleans Parish Notarial Archives'''<br>Civil Courts Building<br>421 Loyola Avenue, Room B-4<br>New Orleans, LA 70112<br>Telephone: 504-568-8578<br>Fax: 504-568-8599 <br>Internet: http://www.notarialarchives.org/
'''Louisiana State Library'''<br>760 Third Street<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70802<br>Telephone: 504-342-4913<br>Fax: 504-342-3547<br>Mailing Address:<br>P.O. Box 131<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0131 <br>[http://www.state.lib.la.us/ Website]<br>
:The State Library’s comprehensive collection of Louisiana materials includes the following genealogical resources:
:•Census records for the southeastern U.S.<br>
:•Ship passenger lists for the Port of New Orleans<br>
:•Military service and parish records on microfilm<br>
:•Current and historical city directories and telephone books for Louisiana cities and towns<br>
:•Journals published by state genealogical and historical societies<br>
:•Louisiana and southeastern U.S. genealogy and family histories<br>


A helpful guide to Louisiana libraries is ''Resources in Louisiana Libraries: Public, Academic, Special and in Media Centers'' (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State Library, 1971; FHL book 976.3 A3re; film 896543; fiche 6019941).
*[http://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/Pages/default.aspx Louisiana Secretary of State], Click on Locate Historical Records to search indexes to death records (mostly 1804-1965), birth records (mostly 1790-1915) and Orleans parish marriages (1831-1965). Other online databases cover passenger lists from January to July 1851 and Confederate pension applications.<br><br>
 
'''Louisiana Historical Association'''<br>University of Southwestern Louisiana<br>929 Camp Street<br>New Orleans, LA 70130<br>Telephone: 318-482-6871<br>Fax: 318-482-6028<br>Mailing Address:<br>P.O. Box 42808<br>Lafayette, LA 70504 <br>[http://www.louisianahistoricalsociety.org/ Website]<br><br>
 
'''Historic New Orleans Collection'''<br>William Research Center<br>410 Charter Street<br>New Orleans, LA 70130<br>Telephone: 504-598-7171<br>Fax: 504-598-7166 <br>[http://www.hnoc.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:wrc@hnoc.org/ Email]<br><br>
 
'''Louisiana State Museum'''<br>Louisiana Historical Center Library<br>400 Esplanade Avenue<br>New Orleans, LA 70176-2448<br>Telephone: 504-568-8214<br>Fax: 504-568-4995<br>Mailing Address:<br>P.O. Box 2448<br>New Orleans, LA 70176 <br>[http://louisianastatemuseum.org/ Website]<br>
:The Louisiana State Museum will house its online exhibits, searchable databases, permanent collections, publications and board meetings/agenda archives here at this new website<br>[http://www.crt.state.la.us/louisiana-state-museum/ Website]<br><br>
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'''Hill Memorial Library'''<br>Louisiana State University<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3300<br>Telephone: 504-388-6551<br>Fax: 504-344-6773 <br>[http://www.lib.lsu.edu/ Website]<br>
:More than 5000 manuscript groups encompassing over 10 million items are preserved in LLMVC. Recognized as one of the nation's premier repositories for materials relating to the antebellum plantation, Civil War, and Reconstruction South, LLMVC includes the papers of individuals and families, records of plantations, merchants and financial institutions, and the records of political, social, and labor organizations.<br><br>
 
'''Howard Tilton Library'''<br>Manuscripts &amp; Rare Books Department<br>Tulane University<br>7001 Freret Street<br>New Orleans, LA 70118<br>Telephone: 504-865-5131<br>Fax: 504-865-6773 <br>
[http://library.tulane.edu/  Website]
:Information mainly about prominent people in early America and during the Civil War.
 
 
'''Le Comité des Archives'''<br>P.O. Box 1547<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70821-1547<br>[http://www.lecomite.org/ Website]<br>  [mailto:riffelj@bellsouth.net/ Email]<br><br>
 
'''Linus A. Sims Memorial Library'''<br>Southeastern Louisiana University<br>1211 SGA Drive<br>Hammond, LA 70402<br>Telephone: 985-549-3860; after 4:30, weekends 985-549-2027<br>[http://selu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=56074&sid=516871 Online list of free databases for Louisiana genealogy]<br><br>
 
'''New Orleans Public Library'''<br>219 Loyola Avenue<br>New Orleans, LA 70140-1016<br>Telephone: 504-596-2612<br>Fax: 504-596-2609<br>[http://www.nolalibrary.org/ Website]<br><br>
 
An inventory of the records in this important collection is Collin B. Hamer, Jr., ''Genealogical Materials in the New Orleans Public Library''(New Orleans, Louisiana: Friends of the New Orleans Public Library, 1984;FamilySearch Library {{FSC|399927|title-id|disp=book 976.3 D23h 1984}}).
 
 
'''Orleans Parish Notarial Archives'''<br>Civil Courts Building<br>421 Loyola Avenue, Room B-4<br>New Orleans, LA 70112<br>Telephone: 504-568-8578<br>Fax: 504-568-8599 <br>[http://www.notarialarchives.org/ Website]<br>
 
A helpful guide to Louisiana libraries is ''Resources in Louisiana Libraries: Public, Academic, Special and in Media Centers'' (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State Library, 1971; FamilySearch Library {{FSC|226945|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.3 A3re; film 896543; fiche 6019941}}).  


To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Louisiana parishes, use any of the 22 inventories of the parish archives produced by the Historical Records Survey about 1940. The library has most of these inventories.
To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Louisiana parishes, use any of the 22 inventories of the parish archives produced by the Historical Records Survey about 1940. The library has most of these inventories.


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