Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

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

Parish Courthouse
Pointe Coupee Parish Courthouse 160 E Main Street New Roads, LA 70760 Phone: 225.638.9596 Clerk Court has marriage records from 1735, divorce records from 1800, probate, court and land records from 1780.

Parent Parish
1805--Pointe Coupee Parish was created 10 April 1805 as an original parish. Parish seat: New Roads

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



 * Avoyelles
 * Iberville
 * St. Landry
 * St. Martin
 * West Baton Rouge
 * West Feliciana

African American

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

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

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

Catholic

 * 1733-1769 - Pointe Coupee Parish Baptism Index 1733-1769. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1744-1769 - Pointe Coupee Parish Marriage Index 1744-1769. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Local Histories
Louisiana Museums

Maps

 * Maps of Louisiana (1805-1990)
 * USGW Digital Map Collection ~  USGenWeb Project

Military

 * Louisiana Military History Online

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1898-1950 - at FamilySearch — images
 * - 1st Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Confederate), Company I
 * - 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Confederate), Company K
 * - 6th Field Battery, Louisiana Light Artillery (Grosse Tete Flying Artillery)(Confederate)
 * - Pointe Coupee Artillery, Louisiana (Confederate), Companies A and C
 * - Siege Train Battalion, Louisiana Artillery (Confederate), Company D

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Pointe Coupeé Parish:


 * September 29, 1863 = Stirling’s Plantation, also known as Fordoche Bridge


 * Map showing Civil War battles in Louisiana.

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

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

Probate
Louisiana Probate Records ~  information on.

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

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

Marriage

 * 1837–1957 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Pointe De I'Eglise Historical And Genealogical Society PO Box 160 Church Point 70525-0160

Pointe Coupee Historical Society 500 W Main St New Roads 70760-351 Website

POINTE DE L'EGLISE:ACADIA GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY,INC. PO Box 497 Crowley, LA 70527 Website

Le Circle Historique 734 Main St. New Roads, Louisiana 70760-3522 Website

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


 * Louisiana Historical Society
 * Louisiana Historical Association

Websites

 * Pointe Coupee Parish, LA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * LAGenWeb -  Louisiana State Records
 * USGenWeb ~  Records, Maps, Archives and Other Projects
 * Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)