Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
Obituary Daily Times
Index of published obituaries
Obituary search Times Picayune
January 1972-1978
The New Orleans Advocate Obituaries
Last 180 days only
The Times-Picayune Obituaries
Last 180 days only
Cemetery Records
Comprehensive and Directory Sites
For Beginners
Free Access with your Library Card
General Aids
General Resources
Genealogy and Family History Internet Web Directory
“Free coverage of the genealogy world in a nutshell"; compiled and maintained by Chris and Tom Tinney, Sr.
NARA Genealogy Page (National Archives & Records Administration)
Lists, publications and microfilm available.
Local and Louisiana Sites
French-Canadian Surnames
From the American-French Genealogical Society
Louisiana.gov
Louisiana's official Web site
Louisiana Clerks of Court
Names, addresses & phone numbers of clerks of court in each Louisiana parish
Major Search Sites
Ancestry.com
There is some free information available without a subscription. Subscription areas are available through "My Library's Databases" page as Ancestry Library Edition. But it may only be accessed at a library.
FamilySearch
Search engine for LDS (Mormon) databases
Miscellaneous Lists
Organizations
Passenger Lists
Ellis Island Records
Record of immigrantts entering through Ellis Island from 1892-1924
Specialized Sites
American Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
Digitized maps and other original sources
Christine’s Genealogy Website
Links for African-American genealogy
Genealogy.net
German genealogy site
GENUKI: United Kingdom & Ireland Genealogy
British Isles’ version of the U.S. GenWeb Project
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
For U.S. and Antarctica