St. Martin Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

Guide to St. Martin 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 St. Martin. The County has St. Martinville as its seat and the County was created 1811. The County is located in the south central area of the state.

Parish Courthouse
St. Martin Parish Courthouse County Courthouse PO Box 9 Saint Martinville, LA 70582 Phone: 337.332.4136

Parish Clerk has marriage, probate court and land records.

Parent Parish

 * 1811--St. Martin Parish was created 17 April 1811 from Attakapas, (Discontinued 1811), Parish. Parish seat: Saint Martinville

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

 * Assumption
 * Iberia
 * Iberville
 * Lafayette
 * Pointe Coupee
 * St. Landry
 * St. Mary

African American

 * Louisiana African American Griots Project
 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Biographies

 * St. Martin Parish Biographies (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to St. Martin Parish Biography Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Cemeteries
The following websites may have additional information on St. Martin Parish cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Louisiana cemetery records by Parish.

Census

 * Index to St. Martin Parish Census Records (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Louisiana Census Images (USGenWeb Census Images Project)

Church
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Louisiana Historical Church Information
 * Directory of Churches in Louisiana, by city (Church Angel)
 * FamilySearch Places

Court

 * St. Martin Parish Court Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Local Histories

 * Louisiana Museums
 * St. Martin 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

 * Louisiana Military History Online

War of 1812

 * Some Military Land Grants In St Martin Parish Louisiana For Soldiers Of The War Of 1812 (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1883- List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883, St. Martin Parish (Genealogy Trails)

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * 1898-1950 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * Civil War Widow's Pension Application for Virginie Trosclair Green, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (USGenWeb Archives)


 * - King's Battery, Louisiana Artillery (Confederate),
 * - Landry's Company, Louisiana Artillery (Donaldsonville Artillery) (Confederate)

World War I

 * 1917-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection

World War II

 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army & Army Air Forces Personnel, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (Genealogy Trails)

Korean War

 * Korean War Fatal Casualties, St. Martin Parish (LAGenWeb)

Vietnam War

 * Vitnam War Fatal Casualties, St. Martin Parish (LAGenWeb)

Newspapers

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


 * Newspaper Articles, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (Genealogy Trails)
 * St. Martin Parish News Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as St. Martin Parish, Louisiana Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:
 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
 * Do a St. Martin Parish, Louisiana Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Probate
Louisiana Probate Records

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

Obituaries

 * St. Martin Parish Obituaries (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to St. Martin Parish Obituary Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Vital Records

 * Louisiana Records and Statistics Information ~ where and how to order information.

Birth

 * Birth Records Compiled from the Southwest Index, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana - Indexed by date. (Genealogy Trails)

Marriage

 * 1837–1957 -  at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * St. Martin Parish Marriage Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Death

 * 1850-1875, 1894-1960 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
 * St. Martin Parish Death Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Societies and Libraries

 * St. Martin Parish Data Website
 * Morgan City Archives Morgan City Public Library 220 Everett Street Morgan City, LA 70380 Website
 * Attakapas Historical Association PO Box 43010 Usl Lafayette, LA 70504-3010
 * 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 Family History Center
 * Baton Rouge Louisiana Family History Center
 * Denham Springs Louisiana Family History Center
 * Gonzales Louisiana Family History Center
 * Lafayette Louisiana Family History Center
 * Opelousas Louisiana Family History Center
 * Thibodaux Louisiana Family History Center


 * East Baton Rouge Parish Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Iberia Parish Library - an affiliate library
 * Livingston Parish Library - an affiliate library
 * St. Tammany Parish Public Library - an affiliate library
 * West Feliciana Parish Library - an affiliate library

Websites

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