Genealogy Guide
Learn about the genealogy resources available in our collection and how to use them for your research. The first edition of this guide was printed in 1989 and has undergone many editions finally becoming a digital document.
The hard work of Collin Hamer, Irene Wainwright and Wayne Everard has made this possible.
Vital Records
Includes birth, marriage, death, orphan, voter registration, and census records.
Learn MoreBurial Records
Includes records from cemeteries across the city including municipal, religious and private.
Learn MoreCivil Court Records
Successions, Wills, Estate Inventories, Emancipations, and other civil court records assisting genealogy research.
Learn MoreChurch Records
Church parish registers including New Orleans, Louisiana, and colonial Louisiana
Learn MoreEmployment and Military Records
Includes indenture records, city employee records and military records
Learn MoreFree People of Color and Freedmen
New Orleans register of Free Persons of Color entitled to remain in the state, and additional Freedmen's records.
Learn MoreImmigration and Naturalization
Includes passenger lists, crew lists, and naturalization records.
ImmigrationNaturalizationCivil Records Other Parishes
Conveyance, marriage, and succession records from parishes outside of Orleans.
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