New Orleans Genealogical Resource Materials
in the Jefferson Parish Regional Library
MICROFILMS:
Orleans Parish Birth Indices 1790-1899
Orleans Parish Death Indices 1804-1949
Orleans Parish Marriage Indices 1831-1969
State Death Indices 1900-1949
State Marriage Indices 1970-1993
Louisiana Census 1810-1920
Index to New Orleans Naturalizations -- National Archives
Index to New Orleans Passenger Lists 1856-1959
Passenger Lists New Orleans Jan 1, 1820-Jan 31, 1903
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports, Supplemental Passenger Index 1820-1874
New York, NY Index to Passenger Lists 1820-1846
New York Passenger Lists Jan 7, 1820-June 17, 1897
Port of New Orleans, Louisiana Outbound Slave Manifests 1812, 1818-1860
Port of New Orleans, Louisiana Inward Bound Slave Manifests 1807, 1819-1860
Seaman's Protection Certificates 1800, 1082-1812, 1814-1816, 1818-1821, 1850-51, 1855-1857
Unbound Records of the General Land Office Relating to Private Land Claims in Louisiana 1805-1896
Bound Records of the General Land Office Relating to Private Land Claims in Louisiana 1767-1892
Index to Confederate Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana
Confederate Military Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana
New Orleans City Directories 1851-1935
A series of LDS microfilms under the heading Cemetery Records that include:
Cemetery records from Bayou St. John Cemetery, Carrollton Cemetery, Catholic Cemetery, City Cemetery, Cypress Grove Cemetery, First Municipality Cemetery, Holt Cemetery, Jefferson Cemetery, Lafayette Cemetery no. 1, Locust Grove Cemetery, Potter's Field, Protestant Cemetery, St. Mary's Cemetery, St. Joseph's Cemetery, St. Louis Cemeteries 1, 2. and 3, St. Patrick's Cemetery, St. Vincent's Cemetery, and Valence Street Cemetery.
Records of orphans; indentures of apprenticeship of minors; coroner's records; some New Orleans passenger ship lists; censuses of merchants and people with professional licenses; records of poisoning, rape, and leprosy; the insane; missing persons, hospital register; City Smallpox Hospital; Index to Foreign Born registered voters; Boys House of Refuge; fire victims; death certificates; slave records, including freedom papers; real estate records; and marriage records.
A series of LDS microfilms regarding the New Orleans Jewish community that include the following:
Headstone inscriptions of Dispersed of Judah Cemetery (1846-1933); Beth Israel, Chevra Thilim, old Gates of Prayer Cemeteries (1846-1933); possibly Ahaves Shalom and Anshe Sfard Cemeteries (1866-1880); Gates of Prayer Cemetery (1856-1930) Hebrew Rest Cemetery (1866-1880); and the Hebrew Cemetery at Jackson and Saratoga Streets, which has now been demolished (1834-1919).
Inventory of the church and synagogue archives of Louisiana : Jewish congregations and organizations Historical Records Survey (Louisiana)
Circumcision records, 1829-1887 Congregation Berith Abraham (New Orleans, Louisiana) (Hebrew)
Anniversary addresses and annual reports relating to the Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home : from its beginning in August, 1855 to January 8, 1861 Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Register of marriages, 1870-1911 Congregation Gates of Prayer (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Register of deaths and internments, 1858-1883 Congregation Tememe [Temime] Derech (New Orleans, Louisiana)
NEWSPAPERS (Microfilm):
Louisiana Gazette July 31, 1804-Nov 30, 1826
New Orleans Bee Sept. 4 1827-Dec 1867
New Orleans Commercial Bulletin May 2, 1836-Dec 18, 1871
Daily Crescent June 5, 1849-Apr 18, 1869
New Orleans Item June 1, 1911-Sept 14, 1958
Daily States Sept 12, 1906-Mar 8, 1918
New Orleans States Mar 9, 1918-Sept 13, 1958
New Orleans States Item Sept 15, 1958-Sept 15, 1977
Times Picayune Jan 25, 1837-present
Times Picayune Topical Index 1922-1944
Jefferson Parish Times Oct. 24, 1944-June 29, 1961
Jefferson Parish Times and Democrat June 30, 1986-Dec 8, 1995
Miscellaneous Louisiana and Jefferson Newspapers including the Jewish Civic Press
MICROFICHE:
New Orleans City Directory 1805-1861
JOURNALS: (a partial list)
Louisiana Historical Quarterly
Louisiana Historical Register
New Orleans Genesis
Vol. 1-6 indexed in back of each volume
Vol. 7 indexed in a separate volume
Vol. 8-present each journal is indexed
L'Heritage
BOOKS:
LA 978.355 AMO
Amos, Gray B., Corrected Index Alphabetical and Numerical of Changes in Street Names and Numbers, Old and New, 1852 to Current Date. New Orleans, LA: City Hall Archives, 1938.
GEN 333.10973 AME
American State Papers: Land Grants and Claims, (1789-1837) vol. 1-9. Washington, D. C.: Gales and Seaton, 1832.
GEN LA 929.3 BOL 1991 SUPPL
Boling, Yvette Guillot. A Guide to Printed Sources for Genealogical and Historical Research in the Louisiana Parishes. Baton Rouge, LA: Land and Land, Inc., 1985
LA 973.7463 LOU
Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers, vol. 1-3. Spartanburg, S.C.: The Reprint Co., Publishers, 1984.
GEN LA 929.309763 BOU
Bourquard, Shirley Chaisson, Early Settlers on the Delta. Arabi, La.: S. C. Bourquard, 1897.
GEN LA 929.3 BOW
Bowers Bartley A., Marriages, Jefferson Parish Louisiana 1833-1912. N.P. 1991
GEN LA 929.3 BOW SUPPL
Bowers Bartley A., Marriages Jefferson Parish Louisiana 1913-1921, 1991 Supplement. N.P. 1992
R 016.312 UNI
Federal Population Censuses, 1709-1890: A Catalog of microfilm Copies of the Schedules. Washington, D.C.: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1979
R 016.312 UNI
1900 Federal Population Census: A Catalog of microfilm Copies of the Schedules. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, Genearl Service Administration, 1978.
R 016.312 UNI
The 1910 Federal Population Census: A Catalog of microfilm Copies of the Schedules. Washington, D.C.: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1982
GEN LA 929.3763 FEN
Fenerty, Patricia Ann and Patricia White Fernandez, 1880 Census of New Orleans, Vol. 1-7. New Orleans, LA: Padraigeen Publishing, 1991.
A Guide to the Indices of Church Registers Which Have Appeared in New Orleans Genesis (1962-1998), by Jack Belsom
LA 296.0976335 OUR
Heller, Maximillian, Jubilee Souvenir of Temple Sinai, 1872-1922 (New Orleans: n.p., 1922
GEN LA 976.3355 KOR
Korn, Bertram Wallace. The Early Jews of New Orleans. Waltham, MA: American Jewish Historical Society, 1969.
GEN LA 929.3763 JAC
Jackson, Ronald Vern, et. al. Louisiana Census Index 1810. North Salt Lake City, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, International, 1976.
GEN LA 929.3763 JAC
Jackson, Ronald Vern, et. al. Louisiana Census Index 1820. North Salt Lake City, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, International, 1976.
GEN LA 929.3763 JAC
Jackson, Ronald Vern, et. al. Louisiana Census Index 1830. North Salt Lake City, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, International, 1976.
GEN LA 929.3763 JAC
Jackson, Ronald Vern, et. al. Louisiana Census Index 1840. North Salt Lake City, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, International, 1976.
GEN LA 929.3763 JAC
Jackson, Ronald Vern, et. al. Louisiana Census Index 1860. North Salt Lake City, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, International, 1985.
GEN LA 929.3763 JAC
Jackson, Ronald Vern, et. al. Louisiana Census Index 1870. North Salt Lake City, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, International, 1987.
GEN LA 929.3763 LOU
Jackson, Ronald Vern. 1850 Mortality Schedules, Louisiana. Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1979.
GEN LA 929.3763 LOU
Jackson, Ronald Vern. 1860 Mortality Schedules, Louisiana. Utah: A. G. E.S., 1987.
GEN R 333.10973 McM IND
McMullin, Phillip W., Grassroots of America: A Computerized Index to the American State Paepers: Land Grants and Claims (1789-1837) with Aids to Other Research. Salt Lake City, UT: Gendex Corportation, 1972
R LA 016.0713 LOU
McMullin, T. N., Louisiana Newspapers, 1794-1961: A Union List of Louisiana Newspaper Files Available in Public, College and University Libraries in Louisiana. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1965.
GEN 016.3556 UNI
Military Service Records: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington, D.C.: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Service Administration, 1985.
GEN LA 929.3763 MUR
Murray, Nicholas Russell. Computer Indexed Marriage Records: Jefferson Parish Louisiana 1848-1900. North Salt Lake, Utah: Hunting for Bears, Inc., N.D.
GEN LA 929.3763 MUR
Murray, Nicholas Russell. Computer Indexed Marriage Records: Orleans Parish Louisiana 1830-1900. North Salt Lake, Utah: Hunting for Bears, Inc., N.D.
GEN LA 929.3763 MUR
Murray, Nicholas Russell. Computer Indexed Marriage Records: St. Bernard Parish Louisiana 1830-1900. Hammond, La.: Hunting for Bears, Inc., N.D.
R LA 917.63 POL
New Orleans City Directories, 1930-present
GEN. 929.2 PER
Periodical Source Index. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1987. (Known as PERSI)
LA 027.63 SIM
Simons, Andrew. Jews of New Orleans: An Archival Guide. New Orleans, LA: Greater New Orleans Archivists, 1998.
GEN LA 333.16 POR
Poret, Ory G., Spanish Land-Grants in Louisiana 1757-1802: Abstracts of Documents from the Archives of the State Land Office Relating to the Region West of the Rivers Mississippi and Atchafalaya. Ville Platte, La.: Provincial Press, 1999.
GEN 333.10973 AME
Smith, Clifford Neal. Federal Land Series: A Calendar of Archival Materials on the Land Patents Issued by the United States Government, with Subject, Tract, and Name Indexes, vol. 2-4. Chicago, American Library Association, 1972-<1986>.
GEN LA 929.209763 STR
Stringfield, William R. Additions and Corrections to Le Pays des Fleurs Oranges. Buras, La.: N.P., 1991
GEN LA 929.209763 STR
Stringfield, William R. Le Pays des Fleurs Oranges (The Land of Orrange Blossoms): A Genealogical Study of Eight Creole Families of Plaquemines Parish Louisiana. Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989.
GEN. R La.071.63 TIM
Times Picayune Index 1972-1994 in EBR Library Special Collections, 1995-present in EBR Library Reference Department
GEN LA 929.3 WOO
Woods, Rev. Monsignor Earl C. and Dr. Charles E. Nolan, Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Vol. 1-14 (1718-1821). New Orleans, LA: Archives of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987-1999.
CD-ROMS: [The records on these CD's are not complete.]
Family Tree Maker CD #1, Louisiana Marriages 1718-1925.
Family Tree Maker CD #255 Land Records: Al, AK, IL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI
Family Tree Maker CD #358 Passenger and Immigration Lists: New Orleans, 1820-1850
NOTE: Streets Whose Names Have Been Changed are listed in the 1895-1927 New Orleans City Directories.
Compiled by Ellen Barnett Cleary
With the Assistance of Dwight Duplesis, Librarian & Genealogist
March 2001
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