Union Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

Guide to Union Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Parish Courthouse
Union Parish Courthouse Courthouse Bldg; 100 E Bayou Street Farmerville, LA 71241 Phone: 318.368.3055 Parish Clerk has marriage, divorce, and probate records from 1839 and court records.

Parent Parish

 * 1839--Union Parish was created 13 March 1839 from Ouachita Parish. Parish seat: Farmerville

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Louisiana Parish boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Louisiana Parish Boundary Maps" (1805-1990) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Parishes or Counties



 * Ashley County, Arkansas
 * Claiborne
 * Lincoln
 * Morehouse
 * Ouachita
 * Union County, Arkansas

Cemeteries
The following web sites may have additional information on Union Parish cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Louisiana cemetery records by Parish.


 * African American Cemeteries ~ listing by county

Maps

 * Maps of Louisiana (1805-1990)
 * Family Maps of Union Parish, Louisiana (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1898-1950 - at FamilySearch — images

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

 * Banner - newspaper of Bernice, LA. Approximately 90 issues from 2006-2009 freel available online via Google News Archive
 * http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/union/newspapers/early-papers.txt

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1756 – 1984 Louisiana Wills and Probate Records 1756-1984 at Ancestry.com Ancestry.com — index and images $

Marriage

 * 1837–1957 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Louisiana Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Web Sites

 * Union Parish, LA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Union Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Union Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)