Property Research Archives

Learn more about using City Directories for Genealogy and Property Research.

November 5, 2025

Discover tools for determining the age of a house in New Orleans.

January 21, 2025

How to: Find Pictures of my House One of the most popular questions at The City Archives & Special Collections is how to find pictures

January 14, 2025

Listing of Library branch opening and closing dates, addresses, and impacts of Hurricane Katrina on branches.

October 1, 2024

Learn about property taxes in Louisiana—including how tax bills are calculated and how rates are set—via BGR’s powerful public data dashboard.

September 21, 2024

Discover unexpected places to find a variety of interesting items in the Archives.

September 3, 2024

Staff at the City Archives & Special Collections researched and wrote a report for the Streets Renaming Commission.

August 9, 2024

In the last quarter of the 20th century, the Central Business District changed as radically as it did when it was developing during the 1820s

July 22, 2024

Learn how to search the Archives’ collection of newspapers in digital format through Newsbank and Newspapers.com.

May 29, 2024

Louisiana Landmarks Society’s Executive Director Stacey Pfingsten leads a journey through the history of the Pitot House for its 225th anniversary.

May 9, 2024

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