Orleans Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

United States   Louisiana    Orleans Parish

Parish Courthouse


Parish seat: New Orleans

Orleans Parish began keeping marriage records in 1718, land records in 1832, probate records in 1805 and court records in 1805.

Orleans Parish Civil Court 421 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70112

History
New Orleans was founded about 1718 by Jean-Baptiste LeMoyne, Sieur de Bienville, then governor of the French Louisiana colony, who named the settlement for Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans, then regent of France. In 1722 the town was made the capital of the colony. Following the partition of Louisiana between England and Spain in 1762-1763, New Orleans (called Nouvelle-Orléans) became the capital of Spanish Louisiana. The French citizens revolted against Spain and expelled the Spanish governor in 1768. The revolt was short-lived, however, and a show of force in 1769 reestablished Spanish rule. New Orleans was ceded secretly to France in 1800, and in the space of only twenty days (November 30-December 20, 1803) it was formally ceded first to France and then, by the terms of the Louisana Purchase, to the United States. Under American enterprise, development of the city was rapid.

Parent Parish
Orleans Parish was created 10 April 1805 as an original parish.

African American

 * Slave and Free People of Color Baptismal Records in the Archives 1777-1801, available online, courtesy: Office of Archives: Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Orleans Parish Cemeteries

 * ePodunk
 * Find A Grave
 * Grave Addiction
 * la-cemeteries.com
 * Louisiana Cemetery Preservation Wiki
 * Louisiana Gravestone Photo Project
 * Louisiana Tombstone Transcription Project
 * Index of Orleans Parish cemeteries on usgwarchives.net
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project - Cemetery and Burial Records

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * New Orleans

Vital Records

 * New Orleans Marriage Records

Societies

 * Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans - The organization was established in 1960 to foster an interest in family research and to encourage preservation of genealogical records in New Orleans, in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.

Web Sites

 * Orleans Parish Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Orleans Parish Genealogy Forum
 * Orleans Parish Genealogy Forum