Rapides Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

• Alexandria Louisiana Retrospective 
• Rapides Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Rapides Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and History      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Allen Parish, LA  to the south
• Avoyelles Parish, LA  to the east
• Evangeline Parish, LA  to the south
• Grant Parish, LA  to the north
• La Salle Parish, LA  to the northeast
• Natchitoches Parish, LA  to the northwest
• Vernon Parish, LA  to the west

Bible Records

• Rapides Parish Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

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

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

Cemeteries (16)

Census Records and Indexes (33)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Rapides Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Rapides Parish Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Directories

• Alexandria City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rapides Parish, Louisiana City, Parish and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information (18)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Alexandria, Louisiana      (Source: Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life)
• Louisiana, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872  includes Alexandria     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0047, Labor Contracts (Agreements with Freedmen) Point Coupee, Rapides, Sabine 1865-68     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0052, includes Abbeville and Alexandria     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0053, includes Alexandria     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0054, includes Alexandria and Algiers     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (22)

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)
• Rapides County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Rapides Parish      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Rapides parish, Louisiana Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (15)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Allen/Rapides Parish Generations on the Calcasieu River      (Source: Facebook)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LARAPIDE Rapides Parish genealogy

  • LARAPIDE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Individual County Chronologies  Rapides Parish     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Rapides Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Rapides Parish Places      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Post Offices 
• Rapides Parish Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Rapides Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• Rapides Parish Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)

Military Records and Histories

• Alexandria, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  RapidesP County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Rapides Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Pineville, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rapides Parish Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Rapides Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Rapides Parish - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Rapides Parish - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Rapides Parish Government      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Rapides Parish Records  Civil Conservation Corps     (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Newspaper Records (17)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (11)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (11)

School Records and Histories

• Alexandria School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Bolton High School, Alexandria, LA 1938 Basketball Team      (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Forest Hill School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hineston School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lecompte School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Pineville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rapides Parish Schools      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Tioga School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. School Catalogs, 1765-1935  includes Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, Pineville     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Central Louisiana Genealogical Society 
• General Leroy Augustus Stafford Camp 358, Alexandria      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Historic Rapides Cemetery Preservation Society 
• Historic Rapides Cemetery Preservation Society      (Source: Facebook)
• The Historical Association of Central Louisiana 
• North Louisiana Historical Association      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (381)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Rapides Parish Tax Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Marriage Index starting in 1865  Louisiana Clerks' Portal, available to the general public, you will need to set up an account, but there is no charge
• Rapides Parish Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Rapides Parish Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Marriages      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Rapides Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Rapides Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Rapides Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• Rapides Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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