Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

• St. Landry Parish      (Source: USGenWeb)
• St. Landry Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Acadia Parish, LA  to the southwest
• Avoyelles Parish, LA  to the north
• Evangeline Parish, LA  to the west
• Lafayette Parish, LA  to the south
• Pointe Coupee Parish, LA  to the east
• Saint Martin Parish, LA  to the south

Bible Records

• St. Landry Parish Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

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

• Opelousas GEDCOM Index 
• Saint Landry Parish Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• St Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• St. Landry Parish Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• St. Landry Parish Family Histories      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (42)

Church Records

• St. Landry Parish Baptisms      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• St. Landry Parish Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Court and Legal Records

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

Estate Records

• St. Landry Parish Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

History

• National Register of Historic Places 
• Saint Landry Parish      (Source: Encyclopedia Louisiana)
• Saint Landry Parish Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• St. Landry Parish      (Source: Wikipedia)
• St. Landry Parish History      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

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

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • City of Eunice Historical Sights 
  • The History of Opelousas 
  • History Washington 

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

  • Bayou Teche, LA Tornado, Mar 1863      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Courtaubleau, LA Steamboat ELIZABETH Explosion, Apr 1845      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Le Beau, LA Flood, May 1927      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Opelousas, AL Tornado, Jun 1901      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. John Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and St. Tammany Parish Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • St. Landry County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Various Towns, MS, AR, TN Flooding, Apr 1927      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Archives  St. Landry Parish
• Creole Heritage Folklife Center  Opelousas, Louisiana
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  St. Landry Parish, Lousiana     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Saint Landry County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Saint Landry Parish Collections      (Source: LOUISiana Digital Library)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• St. Landry Parish Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Carron Cemetery Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Eunice LA Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• St Landry Parish Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• St. Landry County, LA Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• St. Landry Parish Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)

• LASTLAND-L Saint Landry Parish genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Saint Landry Parish      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Saint Landry Parish Post Offices 
• Saint Landry Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• St. Landry Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• St. Landry Parish Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• St. Landry Parish Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• St. Landry Parish Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Washington, 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  St Landry Parish     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Saint Landry Parish - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  St. Landry Parish - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Calendar of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Civil Records  Volume 1, 1803-1819     ($)
• Louisiana National Register of Historic Places  St. Landry Parish
• Migrations through Saint Landry Parish      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• St. Landry Parish Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• St. Landry Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• St. Landry Parish Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Saint Landry County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Chronicling America  St. Landry County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• St. Landry Parish      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• St. Landry Parish News Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Daily World  Opelousas, Louisiana
• The Daily World  Opelousas     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Eunice, Louisiana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Melancon Funeral Home  Carencro, Opelousas, Arnaudville and Grand Coteau, Louisiana
• Opelousas Daily World  Opelousas, LA     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Owens-Thomas Funeral Home  Ville Platte and Eunice, Louisiana
• St. Landry Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of St Landry Parish      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Louisiana--Opelousas.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Louisiana--Port Barre.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Louisiana--Saint Landry Parish--Krotz Springs.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Saint Landry Parish  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• St. Landry Parish Courthouse 
• St. Landry Parish Photos      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Eunice School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• St. Landry Parish Schools      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• (Thomas) Lewis's Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  St Landry Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• St. Landry Parish      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• St. Landry 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  St. Landry Parish     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Brig Gen J.J. Alfred A. Mouton Camp 778, Opelousas      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Imperial St. Landry Genealogical & Historical Society 
• Opelousas Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Town of Washington Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (371)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of St. Landry Parish      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Patents  Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Google Patents)
• St. Landry Parish  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• St. Landry Parish Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records (10)

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