Lafourche Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

• Lafourche Parish      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Lafourche Parish, LAGenWeb      (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 GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Lafourche Cemeteries      (Source: Louisiana Cemeteries)
• Lafourche Parish  Louisiana Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• 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
• Louisiana Gravestones  Lafourche Parish
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (28)

Church Records

• Baptismal Indexes 1904-1909  St. Eloi Catholic Church
• Baptismal Indexes 1904-1914  St. Francis de Sales Cathedral

Court and Legal Records

• Court records, 1841-1846  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Lafourche Parish Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Lafourche Parish Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Lafourche In. Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Minute books, litigated cases of the 5th judicial district, 1845-1862  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Records index, 1808-1818  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information (14)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Louisiana, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872  includes Bragg Home Colony and Thibodeaux     (Source: FamilySearch)
• 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

• History & Parish Information  Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
• Lafourche Area History 
• Lafourche Parish      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Lafourche Parish Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Lafourche Parish History 
• Lafourche Parish, Louisiana      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • History of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux 
  • St. Joseph Parish history 

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

  • Bayou Blue, LA Disco Fire Kills 5, June 1981      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Lafourche Parish Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Lafourche Parish Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Lafourche Parish, LA Freak Accident Kills Player, Jun 1992      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • 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

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

Land Records (10)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LALAFOUR Lafourche Parish genealogy

  • LALAFOUR Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana  1828     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)
• Individual County Chronologies  Lafourche Parish     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• La Fourche Parish Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lafourche Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Lafourche Parish Post Offices 
• Lafourche Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• Lafourche Parish Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)

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: FamilySearch)
  • Civil War Draft Registrations Records  1863-1865     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Lafourche Parish - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Lafourche Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (16)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Cut Off Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Galliano Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Lafourche Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Lockport Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary search includes Daily Comet  Thibodaux     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Raceland Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Thibodaux Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Thibodaux, Louisiana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• 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 
• Lafourche Parish Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Lafourche Parish, Raceland  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Lafourche Parish, Thibodaux  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• 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)
• Lockport School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Raceland School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Thibodaux School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Lafourche Heritage Society 
• Lafourche Heritage Society      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (112)

Tax Lists

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

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 Marriages      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Lafourche Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Marriage Index starting in 1874  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  Lafourche Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Lafourche Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• LaFourche Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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