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, Louisiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• DeSoto Parish Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

• DeSoto Parish Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  De Soto Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Ethnic

• 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      (Source: Encyclopedia Louisiana)
• De Soto Parish Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• DeSoto Parish History      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Shreveport District  The Historical Register for every United Methodist Church in the Louisiana Annual Conference

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

  • De Soto County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • DeSoto Parish Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Logansport, LA Lumber Company Fire, Jan 1892      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Mansfield Battle Summary  1864     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Pleasant Hill Battle Summary  1864     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• 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

• De Soto County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• De Soto Parish Collections      (Source: LOUISiana Digital Library)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  DeSoto Parish, Lousiana     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• De Soto County, LA Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• De Soto Parish Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LADESOTO-L De Soto Parish genealogy

  • LADESOTO-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • LADESOTO-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • LADESOTO-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

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: Family History Library)
  • Mansfield Battle Summary  1864     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Pleasant Hill Battle Summary  1864     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Veterans of Louisiana      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  De Soto County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • De Soto Parish, Louisiana  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• De Soto Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• DeSoto Parish Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• DeSoto Parish Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Louisiana National Register of Historic Places  DeSoto Parish
• Migrations through De Soto Parish      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  De Soto County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• DeSoto Parish Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Enterprise  Mansfield, Louisiana     (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• DeSoto Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Jenkins Funeral Home  Mansfield and Many, Louisiana

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• DeSota 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)
• Mansfield School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Stonewall School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• "No Land . . . Only Slaves!"  Volume 5, Slave Deeds of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana     ($)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  De Soto Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 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: Family History Library)

Societies

• Col James Hamilton Beard Camp 1856, Logansport      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• The DeSoto Historical Society 

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: Family History Library)

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

• 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: Family History Library)

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