Lafourche Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Assumption Parish, LA  to the west
• Jefferson Parish, LA  to the east
• Saint Charles Parish, LA  to the northeast
• Saint James Parish, LA  to the north
• Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA  to the north
• Terrebonne Parish, LA  to the southwest

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

• Lafourche Parish Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Lafourche Parish Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)

Cemeteries

• Lafourche Cemeteries      (Source: Louisiana Cemeteries)
• Lafourche Parish  Louisiana Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Lafourche Parish Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Lafourche Parish Cemetery and Burial Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Lafourche Parish Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Lafourche Parish Cemetery Page      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Listing of Lafourche Parish Cemeteries  Louisiana Cemetery Board
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (31)

Court and Legal Records

• Lafourche Parish Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Lafourche In. Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Ethnic

• History & Genelaogy of Acadians  on the Louisiana "Acadian Coast" & the Bayou Lafourche Basin     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0046, Labor Contracts (Agreements with Freedmen) Lafayette, La Fourche, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pt. Coupee 1866-68     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0067, includes Bayou Sara, Bragg Home Colony and Carrollton     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0102, includes Sparta and Thibodeaux     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0103, includes Thibodeaux and Trinity     (Source: Internet Archive)

History

• Lafourche Area History 
• Lafourche Parish      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Lafourche Parish      (Source: Encyclopedia Louisiana)
• Lafourche Parish Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Acadiana District  The Historical Register for every United Methodist Church in the Louisiana Annual Conference
  • St. Joseph Parish history 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Town of Thibodaux      (Source: Encyclopedia Louisiana)

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

  • Georgia Landing Battle Summary  1862     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Hurricane in Sept-Oct 1860      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Lafayette, Lafourche, La Salle, Lincoln and Livingston Parish Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Lafourche County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • LaFourche Crossing Battle Summary  1863     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Lockport, LA Tornado Destruction, Sep 1893      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Thibodaux, LA Explosion Of The Steamer RIGHT WAY, July 1870      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Various Towns, LA Hurricane Damage, Aug 1926      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• Lafourche Parish Deeds and Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Lafourche Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Assumption, Lafourche Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Lafourche, Terrebonne Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Lafourche, St James Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jefferson, Lafourche Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Lafourche, St Charles Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Archives & Historical Research Center  Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Lafourche County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Lafourche Parish Collections      (Source: LOUISiana Digital Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Lafourche Parish, Lousiana     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• LA-GULF-COAST Mailing List Archives-L Gulf coast Louisiana genealogy

  • LA-GULF-COAST Mailing List Archives-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • LA-GULF-COAST Mailing List Archives-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • LA-GULF-COAST Mailing List Archives-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LALAFOUR-L Lafourche Parish genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana  1828     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)
• La Fourche Parish Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lafourche Parish      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Lafourche Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Lafourche Parish Post Offices 
• Lafourche Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• Lafourche Parish Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Bayou Boeuf, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  La Fourche Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Thibodaux, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Lafourche Parish     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Civil War Draft Registrations Records  1863-1865     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • Georgia Landing Battle Summary  1862     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • LaFourche Crossing Battle Summary  1863     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Lafourche Parish - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Lafourche Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Lafourche Parish Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Louisiana National Register of Historic Places  Lafourche Parish
• Migrations through Lafourche Parish      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  LaFourche County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Chronicling America  Lafourche County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Lafourche Parish      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Lafourche Parish Engagement Announcements      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Lafourche Parish Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Lafourche Parish Wedding Announcements      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• The Weekly Thibodaux sentinel, Thibodaux, La.  1900-1903

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Daily Comet  Thibodaux, Louisiana
• Daily Comet  Thibodaux     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lafourche Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Landry's Funeral Home  Thibodaux, Louisiana
• Williams & Southall Funeral Home  Donaldsonville, Napoleonville and Thibodaux, Louisiana

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Lafourche Parish      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lafourche Parish  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• LaFourche Parish Courthouse 
• Louisiana--Lafourche Parish--Raceland.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Louisiana--Lafourche Parish--Thibodaux.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Louisiana--Raceland.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Lafourche Parish Schools      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information (14)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (131)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Lafourche Parish Birth Announcements      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Lafourche Parish Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Lafourche Parish Marriage Certificates and Contracts      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Lafourche Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Lafourche Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Lafourche Parish     (Source: Family History Library)

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