De Soto Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

• DeSoto Parish, LAGenWeb Pages      (Source: USGenWeb)
• DeSoto Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Caddo Parish, LA  to the north
• Natchitoches Parish, LA  to the southeast
• Panola County, TX  to the northwest
• Red River Parish, LA  to the east
• Sabine Parish, LA  to the south
• Shelby County, TX  to the southwest

Bible Records

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

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

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

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

• Conveyance records, 1843-1901; Index to conveyances, 1843-1915  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• De Soto Parish Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• DeSoto Parish Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• DeSoto Parish couthouse records index      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  De Soto Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  De Soto Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• De Soto Parish      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• DeSoto Parish, Louisiana  1860 slaveholders and 1870 African Americans     (Source: Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870)
• Selected Slave Conveyance Records  From Edward Means     (Source: AfriGeneas)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  De Soto Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Louisiana, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872  includes Mansfield and Trenton     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0043, Labor Contracts (Agreements with Freedmen) Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Baton Rouge 1864-68     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0084, includes Madisonville, Mansfield and Marksville     (Source: Internet Archive)

History

• De Soto Parish      (Source: Wikipedia)
• De Soto Parish Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• De Soto Parish History 
• De Soto Parish, Louisiana      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
• DeSoto Parish History      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)

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

  • De Soto Parish Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • De Soto Parish Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Logansport, LA Lumber Company Fire, Jan 1892      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Stonewall, LA Two Car Collision Kills Six, Mar 1956      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Center for Regional Heritage Research  Stephen F. Austin State University
• De Soto Parish Collections      (Source: Louisiana Digital Library)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for DeSoto County, Louisiana      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Louisiana/Local History  DeSoto Parish Library
• Mansfield  A Guide to Institutions in Louisiana Holding Genealogical and Historical Records Collections
• PERiodical Source Index Search  DeSoto Parish, Lousiana     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LADESOTO De Soto Parish genealogy

  • LADESOTO Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• De Soto Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• DeSoto Parish Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  De Soto County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• DeSoto Parish Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Louisiana Digital Newspapers & Magazines  De Soto Parish
• Mansfield Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Newspaper Archive of The Enterprise-Progress  Mansfield, Louisiana     (Source: SmallTownPapers)
• Search Mansfield Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• DeSoto Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Logansport Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Mansfield Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• DeSoto Parish Courthouse 
• DeSoto Parish Photo Album      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Historical Postcards of De Soto Parish      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• DeSoto Parish School and College Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Keachi Female College  Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Logansport School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mansfield School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Pelican School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Stonewall School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• The DeSoto Historical Society 
• North Louisiana Historical Association      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (199)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• De Soto Parish Marriages      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• DeSoto Parish Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• DeSoto Parish Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• DeSoto Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  De Soto Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  De Soto Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• De Soto Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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