The City Archives houses, on deposit from the Civil District Court, all records of the Orleans
Parish civil courts (1804-1926). The Archives also holds the records of the Orleans
Parish criminal courts (1830-1931).
Indexing for most of the Orleans Parish civil courts is available either in published volumes or on microfilm.
In
addition, Louisiana Division/City Archives staff and volunteers have prepared indexes for several courts that
came to the
Archives with no extant indexing. These indexes are linked below. Additional indexes are in progress and
will be
added here as they are completed. Finding aids for the various courts not formally described below are
also in progress.
Indexing for the Orleans Parish criminal courts is fragmentary prior to 1880 and after 1918. Finding aids for
the criminal
courts not formally described here are forthcoming.
Microfilmed court records are available for in-house use during regular hours. Unfilmed records (including
civil court
lawsuits and all criminal court records after 1853) may not be available on the day of request and can be
used only by
prior appointment or arrangement. For information, call us at (504)
596-2610 or email us at iwainwri@gno.lib.la.us.
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