Louisiana Archives and Libraries

The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful for genealogical research in Louisiana.

Division of Archives, Records Management, and History 3851 Essen Lane Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Telephone: 504-922-1207 Fax: 504-922-0002 Internet: http://www.sec.state.la.us/ARCHIVES/archives/archives-index.htm

National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth) 501 West Felix Street, Building 1 Fort Worth, TX 76115-3405 Telephone: 817-831-5620 Fax: 817-551-2034 Internet: http://www.archives.gov/southwest/

Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society P.O. Box 82060 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2068 Telephone: 504-766-3018 Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/

Louisiana State Library 760 Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Telephone: 504-342-4913 Fax: 504-342-3547 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 131 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0131 Internet: http://www.state.lib.la.us/

Louisiana Historical Association University of Southwestern Louisiana 929 Camp Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: 318-482-6871 Fax: 318-482-6028 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 42808 Lafayette, LA 70504 Internet: http://www.louisianahistoricalsociety.org/

Historic New Orleans Collection William Research Center 410 Charter Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: 504-598-7171 Fax: 504-598-7166 Internet: http://www.hnoc.org/

Louisiana State Museum Louisiana Historical Center Library 400 Esplanade Avenue New Orleans, LA 70176-2448 Telephone: 504-568-8214 Fax: 504-568-4995 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2448 New Orleans, LA 70176 Internet: http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/

Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3300 Telephone: 504-388-6551 Fax: 504-344-6773 Internet: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/

Howard Tilton Library Manuscripts &amp; Rare Books Department Tulane University 7001 Freret Street New Orleans, LA 70118 Telephone: 504-865-5131 Fax: 504-865-6773 Internet: http://library.tulane.edu/

Linus A. Sims Memorial Library Southeastern Louisiana University 1211 SGA Drive Hammond, LA 70402 Telephone: 985-549-3860; after 4:30, weekends 985-549-2027 Online list of free databases for Louisiana genealogy

New Orleans Public Library 219 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70140-1016 Telephone: 504-596-2612 Fax: 504-596-2609 Internet: http://nutrias.org/spec/speclist.htm

An inventory of the records in this important collection is Collin B. Hamer, Jr., Genealogical Materials in the New Orleans Public Library(New Orleans, Louisiana: Friends of the New Orleans Public Library, 1984;Family History Library ).

Orleans Parish Notarial Archives Civil Courts Building 421 Loyola Avenue, Room B-4 New Orleans, LA 70112 Telephone: 504-568-8578 Fax: 504-568-8599 Internet: http://www.notarialarchives.org/

A helpful guide to Louisiana libraries is Resources in Louisiana Libraries: Public, Academic, Special and in Media Centers (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State Library, 1971; Family History Library ).

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Louisiana parishes, use any of the 22 inventories of the parish archives produced by the Historical Records Survey about 1940. The library has most of these inventories.