Tensas Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Adams County, MS  to the southeast
• Catahoula Parish, LA  to the southwest
• Claiborne County, MS  to the east
• Concordia Parish, LA  to the south
• Franklin Parish, LA  to the west
• Jefferson County, MS  to the east
• Madison Parish, LA  to the north
• Warren County, MS  to the northeast

Bible Records

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

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

• Tensas Parish Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Tensas Parish Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Tensas Parish Family History      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (23)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

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

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Tensas Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marydale Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Tensas Parish      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Tensas 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  Tensas Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Louisiana, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872  includes St Joseph     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0096, includes New Roads     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0097, includes New Roads     (Source: Internet Archive)
• 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)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0100, includes St. Joseph and Shreveport     (Source: Internet Archive)

History

• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)
• Tensas Parish      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Tensas Parish Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Tensas Parish History 
• Tensas Parish History  Writings of J. P. Scott     (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Tensas Parish History      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Tensas Parish, Louisiana      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)

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

  • Lake St Joseph, LA Tornado, Oct 1896      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Mississippi River, LA, AR, MS Flooding, May 1927      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Newellton, LA Tornado, Oct 1896      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Tensas Parish Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Tensas Parish Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)

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

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Tensas Parish Land and Deed Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Tensas Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Madison, Tensas Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Catahoula, Tensas Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Franklin, Tensas Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Tensas County, Louisiana      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Tensas Parish, Lousiana     (Source: Find My Past)
• Tensas Parish Collections      (Source: Louisiana Digital Library)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LATENSAS Tensas Parish genealogy

  • LATENSAS Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Tensas Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Tensas Parish Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Tensas County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Saint Joseph Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Louisiana Digital Newspapers & Magazines  Tensas Parish
• Saint Joseph Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Search Saint Joseph Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Tensas gazette, St. Joseph, La.  1894-1922     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Newellton Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Tensas Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Tensas Parish Courthouse 
• Tensas Parish Photo Album      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Societies

• North Louisiana Historical Association      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (35)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

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

Wiki

• Tensas Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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