Louisiana Bible Records

Online Resources

 * USGenWeb "Be It Known and Remembered" - Bible Records.
 * The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has an index of over 40,000 digitized family Bible records and each day more records are digitized and added to the Index.
 * Index to Early Bible Records provides a free index to over 17,000 online and offline pre-1830 Bible records.
 * Be It Known and Remembered: Bible Records, 5 vols. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, 1960-67, 1992.

Louisiana Bible Records
A Bible was often given by relatives to a bride as a wedding gift, where she recorded information about her immediate family and close relatives. Relationships were seldom stated but were often implied. Names of parents, children, and their spouses, including maiden names, were frequently given along with dates of birth, marriage, and death. Sometimes the age of a person was given at the time of death. Many families kept Bible records from the 1700s (and sometimes earlier) to more recent times, although few have survived. Some have been donated to local libraries or societies.

The Louisiana Genealogical Records Committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has collected many Bible records. They can be found at the DAR Library in Washington, DC. Over 25 volumes of these and similar compilations are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Do a subject search of the FamilySearch Catalog to find state-wide Bible collections -  including the DAR collection.

An example of Louisiana Bible Records is:


 * Be It Known and Remembered: Bible Records, 5 vols. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, 1960-67, 1992.

See the wiki page United States Bible Records for more information.