St. James Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

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

Parish Courthouse
St. James Parish Courthouse River Rd, PO Box 106 Convent, LA 70723 Phone: 225.562.7497

Parish Clerk has marriage records from 1846, divorce, probate and court records from 1809.

Parent Parish
1807--St. James Parish was created 31 March 1807 as an original parish. Parish seat: Convent

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



 * Ascension
 * Assumption
 * Lafourche
 * St. John the Baptist

African American

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

Biographies

 * Index to St. James Parish Biographies (LAGenWeb Project)
 * Index to St. James Parish Biographies (USGenWeb Archives)
 * St. James Parish Biographies (Genealogy Trails)

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


 * Interment.net Louisiana cemetery records by Parish.


 * African American Cemeteries ~ listing by county

Census

 * 1810 - Census Images for St. James Parish (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1810 - Transcription of 1810 Census for St. James Parish (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1842 - Sugar Planters & Manufactures: 1842. Saint James Parish, Louisiana (St. James Parish, LAGenWeb Project)
 * 1856 - St. James Sugar Planters, 1856 (St. James Parish, LAGenWeb Project)
 * Louisiana Census Images ~ USGenWeb Census Images Project

Church

 * Louisiana Historical Church Information
 * Directory of Churches in Louisiana ~ by city ~ Church Angel

Local Histories

 * Louisiana Museums
 * St. James Parish History (Genealogy Trails)
 * St. James Parish Memoir (USGenWeb Archives)

Maps

 * Maps of Louisiana (1805-1990)
 * USGW Digital Map Collection ~ USGenWeb Project

Military

 * Louisiana Military History Online

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1898-1950 - at FamilySearch — images
 * - 5th Field Battery, Louisiana Artillery (Pelican Light Artillery)(Confederate),

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Honor List of Dead and Missing Army & Army Air Forces Personnel, St. James Parish, Louisiana (Genealogy Trails)

Newspapers

 * Louisiana Newspaper List ~ listing by name/parish ~ USNPL
 * Louisiana Newspaper ~ listing ~ Newslink

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

Obituaries

 * St. James Parish Obituaries (Genealogy Trails)
 * St. James Parish Obituaries (USGenWeb Archives)

Probate
Louisiana Probate Records ~  information on.

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

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

Marriage

 * 1837–1957 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
German and Acadian Coast Historical and Genealogical Society PO Box 3086 LaPlace, Louisiana 70069-3086 Website

See also a List of Louisiana Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies


 * Louisiana Historical Society
 * Louisiana Historical Association

Websites

 * St. James Parish, LA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * St. James Parish, LAGenWeb ~ Records, Maps, Archives and Other Projects
 * St. James Parish, Louisiana, USGenWeb Archives
 * St. James Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * St. James Parish, Louisiana, Genealogy and History (Genealogy Trails)
 * St. James Parish LA Genealogy (LDS Genealogy)
 * St. James Parish LA Genealogy (LDS Genealogy)