Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
Obituary Daily Times
Index of published obituaries
Obituary search Times Picayune
January 1972-1978
The New Orleans Advocate Obituaries
Last 180 days only
The Times-Picayune Obituaries
Last 180 days only
Comprehensive and Directory Sites
General Resources
Genealogy and Family History Internet Web Directory
“Free coverage of the genealogy world in a nutshell"; compiled and maintained by Chris and Tom Tinney, Sr.
NARA Genealogy Page (National Archives & Records Administration)
Lists, publications and microfilm available.
Local and Louisiana Sites
French-Canadian Surnames
From the American-French Genealogical Society
Louisiana.gov
Louisiana's official Web site
Louisiana Clerks of Court
Names, addresses & phone numbers of clerks of court in each Louisiana parish
Major Search Sites
Ancestry.com
There is some free information available without a subscription. Subscription areas are available through "My Library's Databases" page as Ancestry Library Edition. But it may only be accessed at a library.
FamilySearch
Search engine for LDS (Mormon) databases
Passenger Lists
Ellis Island Records
Record of immigrantts entering through Ellis Island from 1892-1924
Specialized Sites
American Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
Digitized maps and other original sources
Christine’s Genealogy Website
Links for African-American genealogy
Genealogy.net
German genealogy site
GENUKI: United Kingdom & Ireland Genealogy
British Isles’ version of the U.S. GenWeb Project
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
For U.S. and Antarctica