Good Links Outside of Our Walls
New Orleans Public Library
Genealogy
Local Links (recommended for researching ancestors from New Orleans or Louisiana):

  • New Orleans Obituary Indexing Projects
    On this page you will find links to or information about local obituary indexing projects outside the New Orleans Public Library.

  • Acadian-Cajun Genealogy
    Provides information on the history and genealogy of the Acadian and Cajun people.
  • Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1719-1820
    Online, searchable access to the information compiled by Professor Gwendolyn Midlo Hall and previously made available in her "Databases for the Study of Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1699 1860."
  • Augusta Elmwood's St. Domingue Page
    A long-time St. Domingue researchers shares the information she has collected "about the history and genealogy of the French colony of Saint-Domingue." Includes a link to the homepage of the St. Domingue Interest Group.
  • Baton Rouge Obituaries
    "These files contain indexes for obituaries from the Baton Rouge Louisiana newspapers from 1952-1959 and 1980-1991."
  • Chalmette National Cemetery burial records
    Chalmette National Cemetery -- Headstones (from Jean Lafitte National Park & Preserve)
    Chalmette National Cemetery Burial Records (from the St. Bernard Parish USGenWeb Project page)
  • Cajuns, Creoles, Pirates & Planters
    Damon Veach's Louisiana Ancestors column online.
  • Colonial Louisiana History and Genealogy
    A wide-ranging collection of links to information on Colonial Louisiana
  • Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane
    The website for the non-profit support group for the Louisiana State Archives includes a wealth of materials of interest to Louisiana genealogists, including a searchable index to Le Raconteur, the organization's quarterly journal.
  • Confederate Pension Applications Index Database
    From the Louisiana State Archives. An index to applications for pensions that were granted to Louisiana Confederate veterans and widows beginning in 1898
  • Contessa Entellina, Palermo, Sicily
    Pedigree charts of descendants and ancestors from this town in Sicily, once home to many New Orleanian Italian-Americans
  • County Formation and Census Maps for Louisiana
  • Creole Heritage Education Research Society (C.H.E.R.S)
    "C.H.E.R.S. was formed in 2002 by a group of online researchers to create an interest in the genealogies and family ties of the Creole people with a special emphasis on the rich history of the Gens De Couleur of Louisiana."
  • Creolegen.com
    A web page dedicated to genealogical and historical research as it relates to the Creole people of Louisiana. The site provides a link to the CreoleGen Online email group.
  • Digital Library on American Slavery
    "The Digital Library on American Slavery offers data on race and slavery extracted from eighteenth and nineteenth-century documents and processed over a period of eighteen years. The Digital Library contains detailed information on about 150,000 individuals, including slaves, free people of color, and whites." Includes numerous records from Louisiana.
  • Epidemic Summer
    From the Orleans Parish Genweb volunteers, a transcription of this 1853 source, which lists "interments in all cemeteries of New Orleans, from the first of May to the first of November, 1853, together with names and ages of deceased, places of nativity, causes of deaths, dates of interment and name of cemetery in which interred." Many of those included died during the great Yellow Fever epidemic of 1853. Also here are lists of victims of the 841 and 1878 epidemics in New Orleans.
  • Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans
    The home page of New Orleans' oldest genealogical society, the publishers of the New Orleans Genesis.
  • Les Gens de Couleur Libres
    The site provides information on the history of the Louisiana free people of color, photographs, contact information for genealogists working in this field and more.
  • German-Acadian Coast Historical and Genealogical Society
    Website of organization devoted to genealogical research in St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parishes.
  • The German Churches of New Orleans: An Inventory of Records
    "This inventory is an attempt to help researchers learn what records still exist and where to find them."
  • Greenwood & Cypress Grove Cemeteries
    History of the cemeteries and other information. Burial records are searchable from 1910-present.
  • Jefferson Genealogical Society Website
    Includes general information about JGS, membership eligibility and benefits, and a list of special interest groups available to members.
  • Lafayette Cemetery Research Project
    Inventory and cross-index (by family name, etc.) to plaques and tombs in Lafayette I. By Fred Hatfield and the Lafayette Cemetery Research Project. See also www.lafayettecemetery.org
  • Louisiana Creole Research Association
    "LA Creole" is a "New Orleans-based, non-profit genealogy and family research organization . . . which assists Creoles, traditionally the descendants of the gens de couleur libres (free people of color) in the New Orleans area and rural parishes of Louisiana in researching their ancestry as well as any others interested in learning more about the Creoles and their unique culture."
  • Louisiana Czechs
    Information on Czech heritage and history in Louisiana
  • Louisiana Clerks of Court
    From the Louisiana State Library's home page, this site gives the names, addresses and phone numbers of the clerks of court in each Louisiana parish.
  • Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society
    From the organization that publishes The Louisiana Genealogical Register. Membership information and activities, a list of professional researchers for hire, selected articles from back issues of The Register.
  • Louisiana State Archives, Research Library
    One of the finest genealogical resources in the state.
    • Louisiana Vital Records
      Search for New Orleans marriage certificates and Louisiana death certificates, through the Louisiana State Archives' databases.
  • Louisiana USGenWeb Pages
    Louisiana pages from the USGenWeb Project, "a loosely organized group of volunteers working to create a center for genealogical research for every Country in the United States."
    See especially the Louisiana Archives section of the site.
  • New Orleans Genealogy
    "The purpose of this site is to promote the study of the genealogy of New Orleans for hobbyists." Full of useful links -- and beautifully designed.
  • New Orleans Obituary Indexing Projects
    On this page you will find links to or information about local obituary indexing projects outside the New Orleans Public Library.
  • Notre Dame Archives Calendar
    Summaries of individual documents in the University of Notre Dame archives, arranged chronologically, including numerous documents relating to early New Orleans residents.
  • Online Louisiana Death Records & Indexes
    This page serves as a clearinghouse for a variety of indexes to death records found online (including some here at NOPL).
  • Orleans Parish USGenWeb Page
    Home of the indefatigable NOVA Volunteers, who have added a treasure-trove of genealogical information relating to New Orleans and Algiers to this page.
  • Passengers Arriving at the Port of New Orleans, January 1 thru July 7, 1851
    From the Louisiana State Archives, this list fills in part of the existing 1851-1852 gap in indexing of the New Orleans Passenger arrivals.
  • Resources for Finding Passenger Arrival Records at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana
    This is a listing of sources online and off for finding passenger arrival records at the port of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is divided into two categories: "Before 1820" and "1820-1952."
  • Roots-L Louisiana Page
    Includes an excellent list of Louisiana resources online plus searchable databases which give you the e-mail addresses of others searching for surnames or researching certain geographical locations. The Roots-L Home Page includes a similar list for each U.S. state, information on how to subscribe to the Roots-L mailing list, several valuable indexes and additional links.
  • La Societe de Cajuns
    Homepage of this organization "dedicated to the preservation of the culture of Lower Lafourche Parish."
  • St. Bernard Parish Clerk of Court
    Search for 20th-century records held in the St. Bernard Parish courthouse, including marriages (from 1925) and conveyances (1967-present)
  • St. Dominque Civil Records
    From the Archives Nationales d' Outre-Mer (in French and in progress), extant sets of registers for 59 parishes of Saint-Domingue, ca. 1666-1809.
  • St. Tammany Parish Obituaries
    Online index to St. Tammany obits (1999-2001) from the St. Tammany Parish Library.
  • Vital Records Registry, Louisiana
    For information on Louisiana birth records (less than 100 years old), death records (less than 50 years old), and Orleans Parish marriage records (less than 50 years old).
Specific Genealogy Links (non-local emphasis):

Comprehensive Genealogy Links:

See also:

Louisiana Division
NOPL's genealogy collection
is housed here.

City Archives/Special Collections
Additional material of genealogical
and historical interest
can be found here.

Genealogical Materials in the New Orleans Public Library's Louisiana Division and City Archives
The prize-winning guide to our collections.

African-American Resource Center
The AARC also houses
genealogical material.

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Updated 5/24/2010