Assumption Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

Guide to Assumption 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 the Assumption Roman Catholic Church. The County has Napoleonville as its seat and the County was created 1807. The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

Parish Courthouse
Assumption Parish Courthouse 105 Dr Martin Luther King Drive PO Box 249 Napoleonville, LA 70390 Phone: 985.369.6653 Parish Clerk has marriage records from 1800, probate records from 1841, land records from 1788, divorce and court records from 1868Allen Parish Courthouse PO Box G Oberlin, LA 70655-2007 Phone: 337.639.2803  Parish Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1913.

Parent Parish

 * 1807--Assumption Parish was created 31 March 1807 from Lafourche Parish. Parish seat: Napoleonville

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
 * Iberia
 * Iberville
 * Lafourche
 * St. James
 * St. Martin
 * St. Mary
 * Terrebonne

African American

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

Bible Records

 * Bible Records of Rosa Verna Folse Collins, Assumption Parish, Louisiana (USGenWeb Archives)

Biographies

 * Index to Assumption Parish Biographies (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Assumption Parish Biographies (Genealogy Trails)

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


 * Interment.net Louisiana cemetery records by Parish.


 * African American Cemeteries ~ listing by county

Census

 * 1810 Assumption Parish Census Index - images. (USGenWeb Census Images Project)
 * 1810 Assumption Parish 1810 Federal Census Transcript USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1880 Assumption Parish 1880 Mortality Schedule (Genealogy Trails)

Church
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * 1913-1954 Catholic Church Burial Records for Assumption Parish, Louisiana, 1913-1954 (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Louisiana Historical Church Information
 * Directory of Churches in Louisiana ~  by city  ~  Church Angel
 * FamilySearch Places

Court

 * Index to Court Records of Assumption Parish, Louisiana (USGenWeb Archives)

Local Histories
Louisiana Museums
 * History of Assumption Parish, Louisiana (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1882-1913 Certification of Doctors and Dentists, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, 1882-1913 (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 Project

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
 * 1883 Assumption Parish Louisiana, Pensioners on the Rolls as of January 1, 1883 (Genealogy Trails)
 * 1898-1950 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * Company H. (Assumption): The 28th Thomas' Louisiana Infantry Regiment (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Company K - 8th Louisiana Infantry, The Phoenix Company - Ascension & Assumption Parishes (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Discharge paper for Demophon LeBlanc, 18th Regiment of Louisiana Infantry (USGenWeb Archives)


 * - 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Confederate), Company H

World War I

 * 1917-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * 1918 Officers and Enlisted Men Who Lost Their Lives, Assumption Parish, Louisiana (USGenWeb Archives)

World War II

 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection

Newspapers

 * Louisiana Newspaper List ~  listing by name/parish  ~  USNPL
 * Louisiana Newspaper ~ listing  ~  Newslink
 * Index of Newspaper Records - Scroll down to "Newspaper Records" in the right-hand column. (USGenWeb Project)

Probate
Louisiana Probate Records ~  information on.

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

Obituaries

 * Index to Assumption Parish Obituaries and Deaths (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Assumption Parish Obituaries and Death Notices (Genealogy Trails)
 * 1857 M. St. Julien de Tournillon Obituary: 1857 (USGenWeb Project)

Vital Records

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

Marriage

 * 1805 Certificate of Marriage for Maria Ferlot and Alexis Lefort (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1837-1957 -  at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * Assumption Parish, Louisiana, Marriage Records (Genealogy Trails)

Death

 * 1850-1875, 1894-1960 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * 1900-1914 Death Dates from the Book of Marie Aucoin, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, 1900-1914 (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1913-1954 Catholic Church Burial Records for Assumption Parish, Louisiana, 1913-1954 (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1917 Assumption Parish, Louisiana, 1917 Death Records (Genealogy Trails)

== Societies and Libraries =
 * Terrebonne Genealogical Society PO Box 20295 Houma, LA 70360-0295 Website

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

 * Gonzales Louisiana Family History Center
 * New Orleans Louisiana Family History Center
 * Thibodaux Louisiana Family History Center


 * Iberia Parish Library - an affiliate library

Websites

 * Assumption Parish, LA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Assumption Parish, Louisiana, LAGenWeb
 * Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Assumption Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Genealogy Trails: Assumption Parish, Louisiana
 * Assumption Parish LA Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)
 * Assumption Parish LA Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)