Jefferson Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

• Jefferson Parish LAGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Jefferson Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Genealogy      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Lafourche Parish, LA  to the west
• Orleans Parish, LA  to the east
• Plaquemines Parish, LA  to the east
• Saint Charles Parish, LA  to the west

Bible Records

• Jefferson Parish Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

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

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

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Church Records

• Jefferson Parish Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Metairie, Salaville and Westwego, Louisiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Jefferson Parish Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Jefferson Parish Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Jefferson Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Transcriptions of parish records of Louisiana, no. 26, Jefferson Parish (Gretna)  Series I, Police Jury minutes     (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

• Jefferson Parish, Louisiana City, Parish and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Jefferson Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ackbar Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Hatch Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Jefferson Parish      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Jefferson Parish, Louisiana  1860 slaveholders and 1870 African Americans     (Source: Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870)
• Metarie Ridge      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Permission of A. Devince Bienvenue, 1842  For his mulatress Clara to go to town to be baptized     (Source: University of Notre Dame Archives)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Jefferson Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Louisiana, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872  includes Carrollton and Jefferson City     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0045, Labor Contracts (Agreements with Freedmen) Iberville, Jefferson, Lafayette 1864-68     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (18)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Jefferson Parish Conveyances and Indexes  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Jefferson Parish Deed & 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  Jefferson Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jefferson, Lafourche Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• West Bank Genealogy Society      (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• WestBankGenealogySociety  West Bank Genealogy Society     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)

• LAJEFFER Jefferson Parish genealogy

  • LAJEFFER Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Individual County Chronologies  Jefferson Parish     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Jefferson Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Jefferson Parish Post Offices 
• Jefferson Parish Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Jefferson Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• Jefferson Parish Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Map of Carrollton, Greenville & New Carrollton  1855

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Parish of Jefferson     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Jefferson Parish Military      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Jefferson Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Livingston, Fort, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Parapet, Camp, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Jefferson Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Jefferson Parish - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Jefferson Parish Business Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Jefferson Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• The Carrollton sun, City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.  1860-1861     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Chronicling America  Jefferson County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Jefferson Parish      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Jefferson Parish Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Louisiana Digital Newspapers & Magazines  Jefferson Parish
• Search Gretna Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Search Jefferson City Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (11)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Jefferson Parish      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jefferson Parish  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Jefferson Parish Courthouse 
• Jefferson Parish Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Jefferson Parish, Kenner  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Kenner  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Harvey School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Metairie School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Westwego School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Jefferson Historical Society of Louisiana 
• Jefferson Parish Genealogical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Jefferson Parish Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (63)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Jefferson Parish      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Jefferson Parish  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Jefferson Parish Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Jefferson Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Google Patents)
• Station Grand Isle  Coast Guard Station #79

Vital Records

• Jefferson Parish Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Jefferson Parish Marriages      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Jefferson Parish Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Jefferson Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Marriage Index starting in 1933  Louisiana Clerks' Portal, available to the general public, you will need to set up an account, but there is no charge
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Jefferson Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Jefferson Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Usticesi Marriages in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Ustica.org)

Wiki

• Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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