Bienville Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

• Bienville Parish      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Bienville Parish      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Bienville Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Bossier Parish, LA  to the west
• Claiborne Parish, LA  to the north
• Jackson Parish, LA  to the east
• Lincoln Parish, LA  to the northeast
• Natchitoches Parish, LA  to the south
• Red River Parish, LA  to the southwest
• Webster Parish, LA  to the northwest
• Winn Parish, LA  to the southeast

Bible Records

• Bienville Parish Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Bienville Parish Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Bienville Parish Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Bienville Parish GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Court and Legal Records

• Bienville Parish Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Bienville Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Bienville Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Bienville Parish      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Bienville Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• Bienville Parish Estate Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Louisiana Will and Probate Records, 1756-1984  includes Bienville Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• Louisiana, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872  includes Sparta     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0102, includes Sparta and Thibodeaux     (Source: Internet Archive)

History

• Bienville Parish      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Bienville Parish Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Bienville Parish History 
• Bienville Parish History      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Bienville Parish, Louisiana      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
• History of Bienville Parish Vol. I  Abstracts     (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Bienville Parish Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Bienville Parish Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Gibsland, LA Train Smash Up, Feb 1920      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Montgomery, AL and Ringgold, LA tornadoes, May 1984      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Towns, LA, MS, AL Tornado Destruction, Apr 1908      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides

• Bienville County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Bienville Parish      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Bienville parish, Louisiana Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Cyndi's List of Louisiana locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Bienville Parish Conveyances and Indexes  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Bienville Parish Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Family Maps of Bienville Parish, Louisiana Land Patents      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Bienville Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Bienville, Bossier Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Bienville, Jackson Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Bienville, Webster Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Bienville, Red River Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Arcadia  A Guide to Institutions in Louisiana Holding Genealogical and Historical Records Collections
• Bienville Parish Collections      (Source: Louisiana Digital Library)
• The Digital Archives of the Bienville Parish Library 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Gibsland  A Guide to Institutions in Louisiana Holding Genealogical and Historical Records Collections
• Library Directory for Bienville County, Louisiana      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Bienville Parish, Lousiana     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LABIENVI Bienville Parish genealogy

  • LABIENVI Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Bienville Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Bienville Parish Post Offices 
• Bienville Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• Bienville Parish Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Family Maps of Bienville Parish, Louisiana Land Patents      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Individual County Chronologies  Bienville Parish     (Source: The Newberry Library)

Military Records and Histories

• Bienville Parish Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Bienville Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Bienville Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

  • Louisiana World War I Service Records, 1917-1920  includes Bienville Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Bienville County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I registrations      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Miscellaneous Data

• Bienville Parish Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Bienville Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• Arcadia Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• The Bienville Democrat, Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.  1919-1922     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Chronicling America  Bienville County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• The Digital Archives of the Bienville Parish Library 
• Historical Arcadia Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Louisiana Digital Newspapers & Magazines  Bienville Parish
• Search Arcadia Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Search Sparta Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Arcadia Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Bienville Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Ringgold Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Bienville Parish  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Bienville Parish Courthouse 
• Bienville Parish Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Historical Postcards of Bienville Parish      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Bienville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Gibsland School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mount Lebanon Female College and Mount Lebanon University  The Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Ringgold School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. School Catalogs, 1765-1935  includes Mount Lebanon University     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• North Louisiana Historical Association      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (180)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Bienville Parish  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Building histories of Bienville Parish      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Bienville Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (11)

Wiki

• Bienville Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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