Bossier Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Bienville Parish, LA  to the southeast
• Caddo Parish, LA  to the west
• Lafayette County, AR  to the north
• Miller County, AR  to the northwest
• Red River Parish, LA  to the south
• Webster Parish, LA  to the east

Bible Records

• Bossier Parish Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

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

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

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Bossier Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Bossier Cemeteries      (Source: Louisiana Cemeteries)
• Bossier Parish  Louisiana Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Bossier Parish Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Bossier Parish Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Bossier Parish Cemetery Page      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Listing of Bossier Parish Cemeteries  Louisiana Cemetery Board
• Louisiana Gravestones  Bossier Parish
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Court and Legal Records

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

DNA Project

• Blacks of Webster Parish La.- Background      (Source: Family Tree DNA)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Bossier Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Bossier Parish      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Bossier Parish, Louisiana  1860 slaveholders and 1870 African Americans     (Source: Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Bossier Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Blacks of Webster Parish La.- Background      (Source: Family Tree DNA)
• The Original Red River Sankofa Project  Sharing underreported African American history and cemetery discoveries in NW Louisiana

History

• Bossier Parish      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Bossier Parish Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Bossier Parish History 
• Bossier Parish, Louisiana      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • A History of Saint Jude Parish, Bossier City, LA  and Mary, Queen of Heaven Chapel in Benton, LA

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • A Brief History of the City of Bossier City 
  • Hinkle      (Source: Ghosttowns.com)

• Library

  • History of Bossier Parish Library 

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

  • Aldenbridge, LA Sawmill Fire, Aug 1904      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Benton, LA Brother and Sister Shot and Killed, Aug 1880      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Benton, LA Horse Throws and Kills Teen, Sep 1907      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Bossier City, LA Tornado, Dec 1978      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Bossier Parish Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Bossier Parish Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)

Introduction and Guides

• Bossier County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Bossier Parish      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Bossier 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

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (14)

Lookups

• Bossier Parish Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Bossier Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Bossier Parish Post Offices 
• Bossier Parish Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Bossier Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• Family Maps of Bossier Parish, LA      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Individual County Chronologies  Bossier Parish     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Plain Dealing Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)

Military Records and Histories

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Bossier Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Bossier Parish in the Civil War      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Bellevue Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• The Bossier banner.  Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La., 1859-1952     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Bossier Parish      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Bossier Parish Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Chronicling America  Bossier County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Bellevue Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Louisiana Digital Newspapers & Magazines  Bossier Parish
• Search Bellevue Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Bossier City Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Bossier City, Louisiana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Bossier Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Haughton Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Plain Dealing Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

• Bossier City School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Haughton School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Plain Dealing School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• North Louisiana Historical Association      (Source: Facebook)
• Red River Sankofa Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (107)

Tax Lists

• Bossier Parish Tax Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Bossier Parish Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Bossier Parish Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Bossier Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Marriage Index starting in 1910  Louisiana Clerks' Portal, available to the general public, you will need to set up an account, but there is no charge
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Bossier Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Bossier Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• Bossier Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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