Vermilion Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Acadia Parish, LA  to the north
• Cameron Parish, LA  to the west
• Iberia Parish, LA  to the east
• Jefferson Davis Parish, LA  to the southwest
• Lafayette Parish, LA  to the northeast

Bible Records

• Vermilion Parish Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

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

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

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (24)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

• Civil and probate minutes of the 25th and 17th judicial district courts, 1885-1894  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Vermilion Parish Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Vermilion Parish Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Vermillion Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Vermilion Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Vermillion Parish      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Kaplan, Louisiana      (Source: Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life)
• Louisiana, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872  includes Abbeville and Vermillion Ville     (Source: FamilySearch)
• 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)

History (16)

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

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Vermilion Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Lafayette, Vermilion Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Iberia, Vermilion Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Acadia, Vermilion Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Iberia, Lafayette, Vermilion Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jefferson Davis, Vermilion Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vermilion Parish Conveyances and Indexes  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Abbeville  A Guide to Institutions in Louisiana Holding Genealogical and Historical Records Collections
• The Acadian Museum  Erath, Louisiana
• Digital Archives of the Vermilion Parish Library 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Kaplan  A Guide to Institutions in Louisiana Holding Genealogical and Historical Records Collections
• Library Directory for Vermilion County, Louisiana      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Vermilion Parish, Lousiana     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Vermilion Parish Collections      (Source: Louisiana Digital Library)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LAVERMIL Vermilion Parish genealogy

  • LAVERMIL Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Individual County Chronologies  Vermilion Parish     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Vermilion Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Vermilion Parish Post Offices 
• Vermilion Parish Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Vermillion Parish Postal Covers      ($)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records (11)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (12)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Abbeville  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Vermillion Parish      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vermilion Parish Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Vermilion Parish Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Vermilion Parish, Abbeville  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Vermilion Parish, Erath  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Vermillion Parish Courthouse 

School Records and Histories

• Kaplan School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vermilion Yearbooks Community History Archive 

Societies

• Abbeville Cultural and Historical Alliance 
• Vermilion Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (107)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Marriage Index starting in 1952  Louisiana Clerks' Portal, available to the general public, you will need to set up an account, but there is no charge
• Southwest Louisiana, U.S., Deaths Index  1861-1905     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Vermillion Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Vermilion Parish     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Vermilion Parish Births      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Vermilion Parish Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Vermilion Parish Marriages      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Vermilion Parish Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Vermilion Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

• Vermilion Parish, Louisiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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