Caddo Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Bossier Parish, LA  to the east
• Cass County, TX  to the northwest
• De Soto Parish, LA  to the south
• Harrison County, TX  to the west
• Lafayette County, AR  to the northeast
• Marion County, TX  to the west
• Miller County, AR  to the north
• Panola County, TX  to the west
• Red River Parish, LA  to the southeast

Bible Records

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

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

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

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (28)

Court and Legal Records

• Caddo Parish Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• District Court Civil suits, 1880-1925  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Caddo Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Caddo Parish, Louisiana City, Parish and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Shreveport City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Caddo Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Caddo Parish      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Caddo 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  Caddo Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• Caddo Parish Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Ethnic

• Louisiana, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872  includes Shreveport     (Source: FamilySearch)
• The Original Red River Sankofa Project  Sharing underreported African American history and cemetery discoveries in NW Louisiana
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0100, includes St. Joseph and Shreveport     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0101, includes Shreveport     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Shreveport, Louisiana      (Source: Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life)
• United States Freedmans Bank Records, 1865-1874  includes Shreveport, Louisiana     (Source: FamilySearch)

History (37)

Introduction and Guides

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

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (21)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LACADDO Caddo Parish genealogy

  • LACADDO Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Caddo Parish Military      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  CaddoP County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Caddo Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Shreveport, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Caddo Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Caddo Parish - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Caddo Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (19)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Caddo Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Obituary search includes ShreveportTimes  Shreveport, LA     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes The Times  Shreveport     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Osborn Funeral Home  Shreveport, Louisiana
• Shreveport Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• The Shreveport Times 
• Vivian Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Caddo Parish  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Caddo Parish Courthouse 
• Caddo Parish Photo Albun      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Caddo Parish Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Caddo Parish, Shreveport  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Caddo Parish      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Public Library, Shreveport, Louisiana      (Source: Post Card Library)
• Shreveport  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Shreveport Postcards 

School Records and Histories (10)

Societies (11)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (531)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry (10)

Vital Records

• Caddo Parish Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Caddo Parish Marriages      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Caddo Parish Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Caddo Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Marriage Index starting in 1838  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  Caddo Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Caddo Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• Caddo Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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