Death Records
This section includes information about municipal and State records relating to death.
Information regarding cemeteries can be located under Burial Records.
Information relating to wills and successions is contained with the Civil Court Records.
Louisiana Vital Records Index
Search the State Archives' Louisiana Death Records Index Database for deaths that occurred in Louisiana more than 50 years ago.
Search for death certificatesDeath Certificates
Death Certificates issued by the Health Department and the New Orleans Board of Health.
Learn MoreCoroner's Records
Includes records dating from 1844-1969. Many of the later records only relate to deaths due to violence.
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