Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

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

Parish Courthouse
Lafourche Parish Courthouse 309 W 3rd Street Thibodaux, LA 70301-3021 Phone: 985.447.4841 Parish Clerk has birth, marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1808.

Parent Parish
1805--Lafourche Parish was created 10 April 1805 as an original parish. Parish seat: Thibodaux

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



 * Assumption
 * Jefferson
 * St. Charles
 * St. James
 * St. John the Baptist
 * Terrebonne

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
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodaux

Baptism


 * 1803-1846 - St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodaux, Baptism Index 1803-1846. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1865-1885 - St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodaux, Baptism Index 1865-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1885-1895 - St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodaux, Baptism Index 1885-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriage


 * 1820-1862 - St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodaux, Marriage Index 1820-1862. 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

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battles were fought in Lafourche Parish:


 * October 27, 1862 = Georgia Landing, also known as Labadieville or Texana
 * June 20-21, 1863 = LaFourche Crossing


 * 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
Lafourche Heritage Society PO Box 567 Thibodaux 70393-0567

Terrebonne Genealogical Society PO Box 20295 Houma, LA 70360-0295 Website

La Societie Des Cajuns PO Box 581 Golden Meadow, Louisiana 70357-0581

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


 * Louisiana Historical Society
 * Louisiana Historical Association

Web Sites

 * Lafourche 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
 * Louisiana Archives ~  USGenWeb Archives Project *
 * Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)