St. James Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

Guide to St. James Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Louisiana Online Genealogy Records

Description
The County was named for Saint James. The County has Convent as its seat and the County was created March 31, 1807. The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

Parish Courthouse
St. James Parish Courthouse River Rd, PO Box 106 Convent, LA 70723 Phone: 225.562.7497

Parish Clerk has marriage records from 1846, divorce, probate and court records from 1809.

Parent Parish
1807--St. James Parish was created 31 March 1807 as an original parish. Parish seat: Convent

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.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Parishes or Counties

 * Ascension
 * Assumption
 * Lafourche
 * St. John the Baptist

African American

 * Louisiana African American Griots Project
 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Biographies

 * Index to St. James Parish Biographies (LAGenWeb)
 * Index to St. James Parish Biographies (USGenWeb Archives)
 * St. James Parish Biographies (Genealogy Trails)

Cemeteries
The following websites may have additional information on St. James Parish cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Louisiana cemetery records by Parish.

Census

 * 1810 Census Images for St. James Parish (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1810 Transcription of 1810 Census for St. James Parish (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1842 Sugar Planters & Manufactures: 1842. Saint James Parish, Louisiana (LAGenWeb)
 * 1856 St. James Sugar Planters, 1856 (LAGenWeb)
 * Louisiana Census Images (USGenWeb Census Images Project)

Church
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Louisiana Historical Church Information
 * Directory of Churches in Louisiana, by city (Church Angel)
 * FamilySearch Places

Local Histories

 * Louisiana Museums
 * St. James Parish History (Genealogy Trails)
 * St. James Parish Memoir (USGenWeb Archives)

Maps

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this parish - How to Use FS Places
 * Maps of Louisiana (1805-1990)
 * USGW Digital Map Collection (USGenWeb Archives)

Military

 * Louisiana Military History Online

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * 1898-1950 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * - 5th Field Battery, Louisiana Artillery (Pelican Light Artillery) (Confederate),

World War I

 * 1917-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection

World War II

 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * Honor List of Dead and Missing Army & Army Air Forces Personnel, St. James Parish, Louisiana (Genealogy Trails)

Newspapers

 * Louisiana Newspaper List, listing by name/parish (USNPL)
 * Louisiana Newspaper listing (Newslink)

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as St. James Parish, Louisiana Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:
 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
 * Do a St. James Parish, Louisiana Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Obituaries

 * St. James Parish Obituaries (Genealogy Trails)
 * St. James Parish Obituaries (USGenWeb Archives)

Probate
Louisiana Probate Records

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

Vital Records

 * Louisiana Records and Statistics Information ~ where and how to order information.

Marriage

 * 1837–1957 -  at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection

Death

 * 1850-1875, 1894-1960 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection

Societies and Libraries

 * St. James Parish Data Website
 * German and Acadian Coast Historical and Genealogical Society PO Box 3086 LaPlace, LA 70069-3086 Website
 * Louisiana Historical Society 428 Hector Ave Metairie, La. 70005-4412 Website
 * Louisiana Historical Association 101 LSU Student Union LSU Box 25435 Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Facebook Website

FamilySearch Centers

 * Baton Rouge Louisiana Family History Center
 * Gonzales Louisiana Family History Center
 * New Orleans Louisiana Family History Center

Websites

 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * St. James Parish (LAGenWeb) Records, Maps, Archives and Other Projects
 * St. James Parish, Louisiana (USGenWeb Archives)
 * St. James Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * St. James Parish, Louisiana, Genealogy and History (Genealogy Trails)
 * St. James Parish LA Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)
 * St. James Parish LA Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)