Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for la fourche, French for the fork. The County has Thibodaux as its seat and the County was created 1807. The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

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
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

 * Assumption
 * Jefferson
 * St. Charles
 * St. James
 * St. John the Baptist
 * Terrebonne

African American

 * Louisiana African American Griots Project
 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy
 * African American Genealogy Links (LAGenWeb)
 * African American Cemeteries, listing by county
 * 1860, 1870 - Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules & Surname Matches for African Americans on 1870 Census (LAGenWeb)

Biographies

 * Lafourche Parish Biographies (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to Lafourche Parish Biographies (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Index to Lafourche Parish Biographies (LAGenWeb)

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


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

Census

 * Lafourche Parish 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
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodaux

Baptism


 * 1803-1846 - St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodaux, Baptism Index 1803-1846. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1865-1885 - St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodaux, Baptism Index 1865-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1885-1895 - St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodaux, Baptism Index 1885-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriage


 * 1820-1862 - St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodaux, Marriage Index 1820-1862. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Court

 * Lafourche Parish Court Records (LAGenWeb Project)

Local Histories

 * Louisiana Museums
 * Lafourche Parish Plantations and Homes (LAGenWeb)
 * Laurel Valley Plantation (Genealogy Trails)
 * Lockport Tornado of 1893 (Genealogy Trails)

Maps

 * Maps of Louisiana (1805-1990)
 * USGW Digital Map Collection, (USGenWeb Archives)

Military

 * Index to Veterans of Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Louisiana Military History Online
 * Military Records (LAGenWeb)

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1883 - Lafourche Parish Pensioners on the Rolls as of January 1, 1883 (Genealogy Trails)
 * 1898-1950 - at FamilySearch — images

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.

World War I

 * 1917-1920 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * World War II Casualties, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana (Genealogy Trails)

Newspapers

 * Lafourche Parish Newspaper Records (LAGenWeb)
 * Lafourche Parish News and Newspaper Records (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Louisiana Newspaper List, listing by name/parish (USNPL)
 * Louisiana Newspaper listing (Newslink)

Obituaries

 * Lafourche Parish Obituaries and Death Notices (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to Lafourche Parish Obituary Records (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Index to Lafourche Parish Obituary Records (LAGenWeb)

Probate
Louisiana Probate Records

Online Probate 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.

Birth

 * Lafourche Parish Birth Announcements (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to Lafourche Parish Birth Announcements (USGenWeb Archives)

Marriage

 * 1837-1957 -  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Lafourche Parish Marriage Records (Genealogy Trails)
 * Lafourche Parish Marriage Announcements (Genealogy Trails)
 * Lafourche Parish Engagement Announcements (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 2004 - Lafourche Parish Wedding Announcements (USGenWeb Archives)

Death

 * 1850-1875, 1894-1960 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1850 - Mortality Schedule, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana (Genealogy Trails)
 * 1860 - Mortality Schedule, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana (Genealogy Trails)
 * 1878 - Lafourche Parish Deaths from the Yellow Fever Epidemic in 1878 (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Death of Mathurin Callais (died 20 Dec 1922) (USGenWeb Archives)

Societies and Libraries

 * Lafourche Heritage Society PO Box 567 Thibodaux, LA 70393-0567
 * Terrebonne Genealogical Society PO Box 20295 Houma, LA 70360-0295 Website
 * La Societie Des Cajuns PO Box 581 Golden Meadow, LA 70357-0581
 * Louisiana Historical Society Website
 * Louisiana Historical Association Website

Websites

 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Lafourche Parish (LAGenWeb)
 * Lafourche Parish (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Genealogy and History (Genealogy Trails)
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