Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

• St. Charles Parish LAGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• St. Charles Parish Louisiana LaGenWeb Project      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• St. Charles Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Jefferson Parish, LA  to the east
• Lafourche Parish, LA  to the southwest
• Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA  to the northwest

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

• Saint Charles Parish Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• St Charles Parish, Louisiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• St. Charles Parish Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for St Charles Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries of St. Charles County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Listing of St. Charles Parish Cemeteries  Louisiana Cemetery Board
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• St. Charles Cemeteries      (Source: Louisiana Cemeteries)
• St. Charles Parish  Louisiana Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• St. Charles Parish Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• St. Charles Parish Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• St. Charles Parish Cemetery Page      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)

Census Records and Indexes (28)

Court and Legal Records

• Actes notaries, 1811-1853; index, 1850-1890  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  St. Charles Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Original acts, miscellaneous court records, 1741-1899  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Repertoire general, (index of parish records), loose papers, 1740-1860  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• St. Charles Parish Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• St. Charles Parish Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information (10)

Estate Records

• Louisiana Will and Probate Records, 1756-1984  includes Saint Charles Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Will book, 1834-1846  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Ethnic

• Louisiana, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872  includes Rost Home Colony     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0098, includes Rost Home Colony and St. Joseph     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (17)

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

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• St. Charles Parish Conveyances and Indexes  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  St Charles Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  St Charles, St John The Baptist Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Lafourche, St Charles Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (14)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LASTCHAR Saint Charles Parish genealogy

  • LASTCHAR Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Individual County Chronologies  St. Charles Parish     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Saint Charles Parish Post Offices 
• Saint Charles Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• Saint Charles Parish Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)
• St. Charles Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• St. Charles Parish Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)

Military Records and Histories

• Bonnet Carre, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  St Charles Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• St. Charles Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• Bonnet Carre Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Chronicling America  Saint Charles County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Hahnville Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Historical Hahnville Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Louisiana Digital Newspapers & Magazines  St. Charles Parish
• Search Hahnville Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Search Norco Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The St. Charles herald.  Hahnville, La., 1873-1993     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• St. Charles Parish Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Hahnville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Norco Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• St Charles Herald Guide 
• St. Charles Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (13)

School Records and Histories

• Destrehan School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• German-Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Society 
• The German-Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Society 
• St. Charles Museum and Historical Association 
• St. Charles Parish Museum and Historical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (25)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• St. Charles Parish 1850 Mortality Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• St. Charles Parish Marriages      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• St. Charles Parish Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• St. Charles Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  St Charles Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  St. Charles Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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