Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

United States   Louisiana    Lafourche Parish

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
See an interactive map of Lafourche Parish boundary changes.

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

Local Histories
Louisiana Museums

Maps

 * USGW Digital Map Collection ~  USGenWeb Project

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.

Louisiana Military History Online

Newspapers

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

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

Web Sites

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