Louisiana Vital Records

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Vital records, as their name suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil authorities, they are prime sources of genealogical information; but, unfortunately, official vital records are available only for relatively recent periods. These records, despite their recent creation in the United States, are critically important in genealogical research, often supplying details on family members well back into the nineteenth century. The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.

Louisiana Vital Records Registry
PO Box 60630
New Orleans, LA 70160
(504) 568-5152 recording
Fax: (504) 568-5391

Make check or money order payable to Vital Records. Include phone number(s) and SASE in request.
 

Louisiana State Archives

3851 Essen Lane
PO Box 94125
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125
(225) 922-1208
 

If no record is on file, a search fee equivalent to the cost of one copy of the record will be charged.
 

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Birth Card  $9.00  Since July 1914  Order Form

Birth Certificate $15.00

Death $5.00
From Vital Records Registry
Records for City of New Orleans are available since 1892.

$5.00  1918-1948
State-wide records from the Louisiana State Archives

1831 Orleans Parish Death Index

$5.00  1804-1946  Order Form
Orleans Parish records from the Louisiana State Archives

Orleans Marriage Certificate  $5.00  Order Form
From Vital Records Registry

Birth  $5.00  1790-1897  Order Form
City of New Orleans only from the Louisiana State Archives

1821 - 1827 Orleans Parish Birth Index

Marriage  $5.00  1870-1946  Order Form
Orleans Parish records only from Vital Records Registry or the Louisiana State Archives. For other parishes, certified copies are available from the Clerk of the Court in the parish where the license was issued.

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Louisiana Marriages to 1850
This database of Louisiana marriages to 1850 contains over 29,000 names. Each entry includes groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state. Every name is indexed so you can search for one name, or two names that are linked.
The marriage date is usually the date of marriage as given in the original entry. However, when no marriage date is given (e.g., the "marriage return" was not provided to the record keeper), the date of the license is used. In a few cases, a marriage will be listed twice, but in two different counties. This most often happened when a couple obtained a license in one county, but were actually married in another.  (Free Database)

Divorce

Divorce records are available from Clerk of Court in parish where divorce was granted. Fees vary. Call Civil District Court,(504) 592-9100.

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