Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

Guide to Pointe Coupee 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 the French for the place of the cut-off. The County has New Roads as its seat and the County was created 1807. The County is located in the central area of the state.

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.

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

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

African American

 * Louisiana African American Griots Project
 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy
 * African American Cemeteries, listing by county

Biographies

 * Pointe Coupee Parish Biographies (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to Pointe Coupee Parish Biography Records (USGenWeb Archives)

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


 * Interment.net Louisiana cemetery records by Parish.
 * African American Cemeteries, listing by county

Census

 * Pointe Coupee Census Records (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Louisiana Census Images (USGenWeb Census Images Project)

Church

 * Louisiana Historical Church Information
 * Directory of Churches in Louisiana, by city (Church Angel)

Catholic
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * 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.
 * 1883-1899 Immaculate Conception Church Funeral Register (Genealogy Trails)
 * FamilySearch Places

Local Histories

 * Louisiana Museums
 * Pointe Coupee Parish Early Territorial Records (Genealogy Trails)
 * Pointe Coupee Parish Plantations (Genealogy Trails)
 * Pointe Coupee Parish History Records (USGenWeb Archives)

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

 * Pointe Coupee Military Records (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Louisiana Military History Online

Civil War
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * 1883 Pointe Coupee Parish Pensioners on the Rolls as of January 1, 1883 (Genealogy Trails)
 * 1898-1950 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * - 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 I

 * 1917-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * World War I Draft Registrations, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana (Genealogy Trails)

World War II

 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * World War II Honor List of Casualties, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana (Genealogy Trails)

Korean War

 * Korean War Casualties, Various Parishes, Louisiana (USGenWeb Archives)

Vietnam War

 * Vietnam War Casualties, Various Parishes, Louisiana (USGenWeb Archives)

Newspapers

 * Louisiana Newspaper List, listing by name/parish (USNPL)
 * Louisiana Newspaper listing (Newslink)

Obituaries

 * Pointe Coupee Obituaries and Death Notices (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to Pointe Coupee 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 $
 * Pointe Coupee Wills and Probate Records (Genealogy Trails)

Vital Records

 * Louisiana Records and Statistics Information ~ where and how to order information.
 * Pointe Coupee Vital Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Marriage

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

Death

 * 1850-1875, 1894-1960 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * 1883-1899 Immaculate Conception Church Funeral Register 1883-1899 (Genealogy Trails)
 * Pointe Coupee Death Records (Genealogy Trails)

Societies and Libraries

 * Pointe De I'Eglise Historical And Genealogical Society PO Box 160 Church Point, LA 70525-0160
 * Pointe Coupee Historical Society 500 W Main Street New Roads, LA 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, LA 70760-3522 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

 * Baker Louisiana FamilySearch Center
 * Baton Rouge Louisiana FamilySearch Center
 * Denham Springs Louisiana FamilySearch Center
 * Opelousas Louisiana FamilySearch Center


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

Websites

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