Evangeline Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

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

Parish Courthouse
Evangeline Parish Courthouse 200 Court Street Ville Platte, LA 70586 Phone: 337.363.5671

Parish Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1911.

Parent Parish

 * 1910--Evangeline Parish was created 15 June 1910 from St. Landry Parish. Parish seat: Ville Platte

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



 * Acadia
 * Allen
 * Avoyelles
 * Jefferson Davis
 * Rapides
 * St. Landry

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

 * Maps of Louisiana (1805-1990)
 * USGW Digital Map Collection ~  USGenWeb Project

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1898-1950 - at FamilySearch — images

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * WWII Army &amp; Army Air Force Missing and Dead

Korean War
Fatal Casualties of the Korean War

Newspapers
"Ville Platte Gazette"

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

Marriage

 * 1837–1957 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Evangeline Genealogical & Historical Society PO Box 664 Ville Platte 70586-0664 Website

Central Louisiana Genealogical Society PO Box 12206 Alexandria, LA 71315-2206 Website

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

Web Sites

 * Evangeline Parish, LA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Archives Project, Evangeline Par.
 * Evangeline Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Evangeline Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)