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

• Saint Landry Parish Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Saint Landry Parish GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• 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 (38)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

• Calendar of Louisiana colonial documents  Volume 2     (Source: Internet Archive)
• District Court suits, 1827-1833  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  St. Landry Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Obelousas Confederate court records, 1862  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Parish Court Minutes, 1813-1841  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• St. Landry Parish Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• St. Landry Parish Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Directories

• Opelousas City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, 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: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• Louisiana Will and Probate Records, 1756-1984  includes Saint Landry Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• St. Landry Parish Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Ethnic

• Opelousas, Louisiana      (Source: Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life)

History

• Atchafalaya National Heritage Area  America's Foreign Country
• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)
• Saint Landry Parish Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• St. Landry Parish      (Source: Wikipedia)
• St. Landry Parish History 
• St. Landry Parish History      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• St. Landry Parish, Louisiana      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • City of Eunice Historical Sites 
  • The History of Opelousas 
  • Opelousas, Louisiana      (Source: Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events (11)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records (13)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LASTLAND Saint Landry Parish genealogy

  • LASTLAND Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

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

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: FamilySearch)
  • 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

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

Miscellaneous Data

• St. Landry Parish Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• St. Landry Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (17)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (13)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of St Landry Parish      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Opelousas  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Port Barre  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)
• Saint Landry Parish, Krotz Springs  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• St. Landry Parish Courthouse 
• St. Landry Parish Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• St. Landry Parish Photos      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Eunice School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• St. Landry Parish Schools      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• U.S. School Catalogs, 1765-1935  includes St. Charles College, Grand Coteau     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Imperial St. Landry Genealogical & Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Imperial St. Landry Genealogical & Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (361)

Tax Lists

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

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 (11)

Wiki

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

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