St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

Guide to St. Charles 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 Saint Charles. The County has Hahnville as its seat and the County was created 1807. The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

Parish Courthouse
St. Charles Parish Courthouse Clerk of Court 15045 River Road P.O. Box 424 Hahnville, LA 70057 Phone: 985-783-6632

Parish Clerk has marriage, probate, land and court records.

Parent Parish
1807--St. Charles Parish was created 31 March 1807 from German Coast County, Discontinued 31 Mar. 1807. Parish seat: Hahnville

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

 * Jefferson
 * Lafourche
 * St. John the Baptist

African American

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

Biographies

 * Index to St. Charles Parish Biographies (USGenWeb Archives)

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


 * Interment.net Louisiana cemetery records by Parish.

Census

 * St. Charles Parish Census Records (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1860 St. Charles Parish Louisiana 1860 Census (Genealogy Trails)
 * Louisiana Census Images (USGenWeb Census Images Project)

Church
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Louisiana Historical Church Information
 * Directory of Churches in Louisiana, by city (Church Angel)
 * FamilySearch Places

Court

 * Index to St. Charles Parish Court Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Local Histories

 * Louisiana Museums
 * St. Charles Parish History Records (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Historical Sketch of St. Charles Parish (Genealogy Trails)

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 Archives)

Military

 * St. Charles Parish Military Records (Genealogy Trails)
 * 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
 * 1898-1950 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection

World War I

 * 1917-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection

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)
 * St. Charles Parish Newspaper Articles (USGenWeb Archives)
 * St. Charles Parish Newspaper Marriage Notices (Genealogy Trails)

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:

WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

Do a St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Obituaries

 * St. Charles Parish Obituaries (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to St. Charles Parish Obituaries (USGenWeb Archives)

Probate
Louisiana Probate Records

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

Vital Records

 * Louisiana Records and Statistics Information ~ where and how to order information.
 * St. Charles Parish Vital Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Marriage

 * 1837-1957 -  at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection

Deaths

 * 1850-1875, 1894-1960 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * 1850 Mortality Index, St. Charles Parish (Genealogy Trails)

Societies and Libraries

 * River Road Historical Society 13034 River Road Destrehan, LA 70047 Phone: 985-764-9345 Website YouTube
 * German and Acadian Coast Historical and Genealogical Society PO Box 3086 LaPlace, LA 70069-3086 Website
 * 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

 * Baton Rouge Louisiana FamilySearch Center
 * Gonzales Louisiana FamilySearch Center
 * New Orleans Louisiana FamilySearch Center
 * Thibodaux Louisiana FamilySearch Center


 * East Baton Rouge Parish Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Livingston Parish Library - an affiliate library
 * Terrebonne Parish Library - an affiliate library

Websites

 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * St. Charles Parish (LAGenWeb)
 * St. Charles Parish, Louisiana (USGenWeb Archives)
 * St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * St. Charles Parish Genealogy and History (Genealogy Trails)
 * St Charles LA Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)
 * St Charles LA Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)