Acadia Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

United States   Louisiana    Acadia Parish

Acadia Parish Organization
Acadia Parish; PO Box 922; Crowley, LA 70527-0922; Ph. 337.788.8881 Details: (Par Clk has m, div, pro &amp; ct rec from 1886)

&lt;a href="http://www.acadiaparishclerk.com/"&gt;Acadia Parish Clerk of Court&lt;/a&gt; PO Box 922 Crowley, LA 70527-0922 Phone: 337.788.8881

Parish Clerk has records of marriages, divorces, wills, land, civil, and criminal law suits from 1886.

Historical Facts
Acadia Parish was created 30 June 1886 from &lt;a href="St. Landry Parish, Louisiana"&gt;St. Landry&lt;/a&gt; Parish after an election to determine the parish seat, ending when Crowley beat Rayne and Prairie Hayes.


 * &lt;a href="http://classes.slis.lsu.edu/wu/7008/sp10/bfrench/project/history.html"&gt;A Brief History of the Parish&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.acadia.lib.la.us/newpage1.htm"&gt;Acadia Parish Facts&lt;/a&gt;

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Acadia Parish &lt;a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/louisiana/maps/"&gt;boundary changes&lt;/a&gt;.

Record Loss
Acadia Parish; PO Box 922; Crowley, LA 70527-0922; Ph. 337.788.8881 Details: (Par Clk has m, div, pro &amp; ct rec from 1886)

Neighboring Parishes

 * Allen
 * Evangeline
 * Jefferson Davis
 * Lafayette
 * St. Landry
 * Vermilion

African American

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

Acadia Parish Cemeteries

 * Acadia Parish Cemeteries on la-cemeteries.com
 * Acadia Parish, Louisiana Cemetery Preservation
 * Louisiana Cemetery Transcriptions, Acadia to Calcasieu

Louisiana Cemeteries

 * LA Tombstone Transcription Project Partial records and photos - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Interment.net LA cemetery records by county
 * African American Cemeteries listing by county
 * FindaGrave.com cemetery records with search by cemetery, by surname

Census

 * Louisiana Census Images  ~  USGenWeb Census Images Project

Church Records

 * Louisiana Historical Church Information
 * Directory of Churches in Louisiana ~  by city  ~  Church Angel

Local Histories
Louisiana Museums

Maps

 * USGW Digital Map Collection ~  USGenWeb Project

Military
Louisiana Military History Online

Newspapers

 * Acadia Parish Today
 * Louisiana Newspaper List ~  listing by name/parish  ~  USNPL
 * Louisiana Newspaper ~ listing  ~  Newslink

Probate Records
Louisiana Probate Records ~  information on.

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

Public Libraries

 * Acadia Parish Library
 * Acadia Parish Library - Genealogy
 * Louisiana Historical Society
 * Louisiana Historical Association

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Societies

 * Acadia Genealogical and Historical Society (on Rootsweb)

Websites - Acadia Parish

 * Acadia Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Acadia Parish on n2.genealogy.com
 * Acadia Parish on Kindred Trails
 * Acadia Parish, La - Genealogy Forum
 * Acadia Parish, Genealogy Trails
 * Acadia Parish on RootsWeb
 * Acadia Parish Genealogy Queries on CousinConnect.com

Websites - Louisiana and US

 * LAGenWeb -  Louisiana State Records
 * USGenWeb -  Records, Maps, Archives and Other Projects
 * Louisiana Archives ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
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