Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Beauregard Parish, LA  to the north
• Cameron Parish, LA  to the south
• Jefferson Davis Parish, LA  to the east
• Newton County, TX  to the northwest
• Orange County, TX  to the southwest

Bible Records

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

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

• Calcasieu Parish Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Calcasieu Parish Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Calcasieu Parish GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Calcasieu Parish Pioneers      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Southwest Louisiana Musicians Encyclopedia 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (25)

Church Records

• Calcasieu Parish Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

• Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana City, Parish and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Lake Charles City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Calcasieu Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Calcasieu Parish      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Calcasieu Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Lake Charles, Louisiana      (Source: Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life)

History (33)

Introduction and Guides

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

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (14)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LACALCAS Calcasieu Parish genealogy

  • LACALCAS Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Calcasieu Parish Cities & Towns      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Calcasieu Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Calcasieu Parish Post Offices 
• Calcasieu Parish Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Calcasieu Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• Calcasieu Parish Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Family Maps of Calcasieu Parish, LA      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Individual County Chronologies  Calcasieu Parish     (Source: The Newberry Library)

Military Records and Histories

• Atkinson, Camp, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Calcasieu Parish Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• History of Cantonment Atkinson 
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Calcasieu Parish Masonic Memberships      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Calcasieu Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (14)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (17)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Calasieu Parish Courthouse 
• Calcasieu Parish Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Calcasieu Parish Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Calcasieu Parish, Lake Charles  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Calcasieu Parish      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lake Charles  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Calcasieu Parish Schools      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• De Quincy School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• History of McNeese State University  Lake Charles, Louisiana
• Iowa School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lake Charles School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• McNeese State University Encyclopedia 
• Sulphur School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Westlake School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Brimstone Historical Society 
• Calcasieu Chapter #1519  Lake Charles     (Source: United Daughters of the Confederacy)
• Calcasieu Historical Preservation Society 
• Calcasieu Historical Preservation Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Southwest Louisiana Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (232)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Calcasieu Parish      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Calcasieu Parish  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Calcasieu Parish Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Louisiana Flyers Airport / East Lake Charles Airport (4R5)  Lake Charles, Louisiana     (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)
• McFillen Airpark  Lake Charles, Louisiana     (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Google Patents)
• Select Crew Lists and Manifests, 1890-1963  includes Lake Charles, Louisiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Vital Records

• Calcasieu Parish Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Calcasieu Parish Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Calcasieu Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Southwest Louisiana, U.S., Deaths Index  1861-1905     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Calcasieu Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Calcasieu Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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