Tensas Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

United States   Louisiana    Tensas Parish

Guide to Tensas Parish Louisiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Parish Courthouse
Tensas Parish Courthouse Courthouse Square; PO Box 78; Saint Joseph, LA 71366 Phone: 318.766.3921 Parish Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1843.

Parent Parish

 * 1843--Tensas Parish was created 17 March 1843 from Concordia Parish. Parish seat: Saint Joseph

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Tensas Parish boundary changes.

Neighboring Parishes or Counties

 * Adams County, Mississippi
 * Catahoula
 * Claiborne County, Mississippi
 * Concordia
 * Franklin
 * Jefferson County, Mississippi
 * Madison
 * Warren County, Mississippi

African American

 * Louisiana African American Griots Project ~  USGenWeb Project
 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestral Genealogy
 * Tensas Parish, Louisiana: Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules and Surname Matches for African Americans on 1870 Census

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

Local Histories
[http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/LWP/id/4465 Louisiana Works Progress Administration (WPA). St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, Louisiana from the 1930s. 1936.]

Maps
United States Digital Map Library: Lousiana: Tensas Parish (Note: scroll down to Tensas Parish)

Johnson's Plantation, Section and Township Map of Tensas Parish, Louisiana..., 1873

Johnson’s Plantation and Township Map of Tensas Parish, Louisiana, 1878

Map of the Parish of Tensas, Louisiana, 1860

Military
Louisiana Military History Online

Newspapers
Current Newspapers:

Louisiana Newspaper List - USNPL lists newspapers by city, name.

Historical Newspapers:

The original weekly Tensas Gazette was founded in 1852 in St. Joseph, Louisiana. Since that time it has operated under various owners and names. One of the oldest newspapers in Louisiana, it is still in publication under its orginal name. The Library of Congress has digitized the issues from 1894 to 1922 which can be browsed or searched at its Chronicling America website.

See the Chronicling America website for a full history of the Tensas Gazette, as well as information on the Waterproof Enterprise which was published in the early 1900s.

Probate
Louisiana Probate Records ~  information on.

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

Societies and Libraries

 * Louisiana Historical Society
 * Louisiana Historical Association

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * LAGenWeb -  Louisiana State Records
 * USGenWeb ~  Records, Maps, Archives and Other Projects
 * Louisiana Archives ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Tensas Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Tensas Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)