African American Resources for Louisiana

[[United States|United State] [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn] [[Louisiana Genealogy|Louisian] [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn] African-American Resources for Louisiana

A list of resources for researching African American ancestors who lived in Louisiana.

Archives and Libraries

 * [http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/90/Default.aspx Louisiana State Archive
 * [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/#fa1 Manuscript Finding Aids Onlin at Hill Memorial Library at Louisiana State University
 * [http://www.nutrias.org/~nopl/spec/speclist.htm African American Resource Center at the New Orleans Public Librar
 * [http://www.lsus.edu/library/archives/index.htm Noel Memorial Librar


 * Perkins, A.E.Who's Who in Colored Louisiana. Baton Rouge, La.: Douglas Loan Co., 1930, Microform of original.


 * Burkett, Randall K., Nancy Hall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.. eds. Black Biographical Dictionaries. Alexandria, Virginia: Chadwyck-Healy, Inc., 198-

Church Records
[http://archives.arch-no.org/sfpc.php Slave and Free People of Colo Baptismal Records in the Archives-Archdiocese of New Orleans (1777- 1812)

History
People of Color in Lousiana: Part I Alice Dunbar-Nelson Page 361 of 361-376

Who's Who in Colored Louisiana, 1930. / A. E. Perkins, Editor. - Baton Rouge, La.: Douglas Loan CO., [1930]. - 153p.: ill, plates (1 fold), ports., facsim.E185.94 L6 W5

Newspapers
[http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/lnp/ Newspaper WebindexThe Louisiana Newspaper Project

Vital Records
Alphabetical Birth Indexes for Orleans Parish 1796-1900 by USGenWeb

Online Communities
[https://www.facebook.com/ForgottenPeopleCaneRiverCreoles Forgotten People: Cane River's Creoles of ColoA Facebook page providing resources about a community in Natchitoches (northwestern Lousiana)founded during colonial days by a Creole family.

Online Resources

 * Louisiana Death Records 1911-1956
 * Louisiana Free Slave Records,1719-1820. Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall. [Database on lin Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1719-1820.
 * Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1719-1820. 
 * The Large Slaveholder of Louisiana 1860. Joseph Karl Menn. New Orleans: Pelican Publishing Co., 1964.  [http://www.worldcat.org/title/large-slaveholders-of-the-deep-south-1860/oclc/866334228 WorldCa
 * [http://www.historicpathways.com/ Historic Pathway. Elizabeth Shown Mills. (An online archives of many peer-reviewed articles and papers relating to Louisiana's Creole history, particular Cane River and the Red River Valley.)
 * [http://louisianalineagelegacies.blogspot.com/ Louisiana Lineage Legacie
 * [http://www.crt.state.la.us/hp/nationalregister/historicplacesdatabase.aspx Louisiana National Register of Historic Place (Excellent resource with photos and history)
 * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1116 Bossier Parish Cemeterie (Find A Grave)
 * [http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/index.php?browseby=name Louisiana Digital Archive
 * Freedmen 's Bureau for 1865-1868 in Caddo and Bossier Parishes
 * [http://www.redriversankofa.org/fbr.html Louisiana History and Genealog
 * Louisiana African American Griots
 * [http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm Louisiana Archive (USGenWeb)
 * [http://www.redriversankofa.org/marriagerecords_A_F.html Marriage Record (Caddo and Bossier Parishes)
 * [http://www.redriversankofa.org/slaveowners.html Plantation Records(Caddo and Bossier Parishes)
 * [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~afamerpl/plantations_usa/LA/LA_plantations.html Louisiana Slaver
 * Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1719-1830 - This website provides a searchable database for African-Americans from the Louisiana area.

Oral History
[http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/williams/ The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral Histor

Reconstruction
Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1868 Milledge L. Bonham, Jr. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review Vol. 5, No. 3 (Dec., 1918) (pp. 366-368) Page Count: 3

Slavery and Freedom

 * [http://nutrias.org/guides/genguide/slavery.htm Records Relating to Slavery, Free People of Color, and FreedmeNew Orleans Public Library's Louisiana Division &amp; City Archives
 * [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajac/labossier.htm Bossier Parish, Louisiana 1860 Slaveholder and 1870 African-American
 * Index to Slave Emancipation Petitions, 1814-1843Louisiana. Parish Court (Orleans Parish)
 * [http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/manifests.html A Partial Transcription of Inward Slave Manifest Port of New Orleans, Record Group 36, United States Customs Service, Collector of Customs at New Orleans Microfilm Rolls 1-3, 12 of 25 Rolls (1818 to 1860) Housed at the National Archives, Washington D.C.

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