H I S T O R Y & G E N E A L O G Y LOUISIANA GENEALOGY ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY 1640 S. LINDBERGH BLVD. ST. LOUIS, MO 63131 This guide provides an overview of resources for Louisiana genealogical research available in History & Genealogy. Additional items not listed here are available. Please consult the online catalog at www.slcl.org or ask for assistance at the History & Genealogy reference desk. Call numbers or other location information follow each entry. Books with call numbers beginning with R are for use in the library only. Ancestry is an online database available on computers at all St. Louis County Library branches. ACADIAN/CAJUN See also the Acadian and Huguenot Records guide available on the collection guides rack in History & Genealogy. AFRICAN AMERICAN Christian, Marcus Bruce. Negro Ironworkers of Louisiana, 1718-1900. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 2002. Call no. R 976.3 C555N Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo. Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1992. Call no. R 976.3 H176A Kein, Sybil. Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana s Free People of Color. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. Call no. R 976.3 K27C Vincent, Charles. The African American Experience in Louisiana. 3 vols. Lafayette, La.: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1999-2002. Call no. R 976.3 A258 ATLASES AND GAZETTEERS DeLorme Mapping Company. Louisiana Atlas and Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme, 1998. Call no. R 976.3 D362L Goins, Charles Robert and John Michael Caldwell. Historical Atlas of Louisiana. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Call no. R 976.3 G615H Leeper, Clare D Artois. Louisiana Place Names; Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2012. Call no. R 976.3 L486L Lemmon, Alfred E. et al. Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps. New Orleans: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2003. Call no. R 973.3 C486 1
CENSUS RECORDS Census records for Louisiana are available at Ancestry. Ardoin, Robert Bruce L. Louisiana Census Records. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1970-72. Call no. R 976.3 A676L and 976.3 A676L Ardoin, Robert Bruce L. Louisiana Census Records. Volume 3. New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1977. Call no. R 976.3 A676L and 976.3 A676L Green, Linda L. Louisiana 1860 Agricultural Census. 2 vols. Bowie, Md.: Willow Bend Books, 2003. Call no. R 976.3 G796L Maduell, Charles R. The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana from 1699 through 1732. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1972. Call no. R 976.3 M181C and 976.3 M181C Robichaux, Albert J. Louisiana Census and Militia Lists, 1770-1789. New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1977. Call no. R 976.3 R654L and 976.3 R654L CHURCH RECORDS Catholic Church, Diocese of Baton Rouge. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records. Baton Rouge: The Diocese, 1978-. Call no. R 976.318 C363D Hébert, Donald J. A Guide to Church Records in Louisiana, 1720-1975. Eunice, La.: Hebert, 1975. Call no. R 976.3 H446G and 976.3 H446G Hébert, Donald J. South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes. Cecilia, La.: Hébert, 1978 1985. Call no. R 976.339 H446S Hébert, Donald J. Southwest Louisiana Records (1750-1900). Rayne, La.: Hébert Publications, 2001. Call no. CD-ROM R 976.3 H446S (CD #M32) Hébert, Donald J. Southwest Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records. Rayne, La.: Hébert Publications, 1974-. Call no. R 976.3 H446S Woods, Earl C. Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. New Orleans, La.: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987-. Call no. R 976.335 W894S and 976.335 W894S CIVIL WAR Bergeron, Arthur W. Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Call no. 976.3 B495G Booth, Andrew B. Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands. 3 vols. Spartanburg, S. C.: The Reprint Company, Publishers, 1984. Call no. R 976.3 B725R DeVille, Winston. Civil War Pensions in Louisiana, 1924-1933. Ville Platte, La.: Provincial Press, 2003. Call no. R 976.3 C582 The Civil War Tax in Louisiana, 1865: Based on Direct Tax Assessments of Louisianians. New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1975. Call no. 976.3 C582 2
COLONIAL LOUISIANA Beers, Henry Putney. French and Spanish Records of Louisiana: A Bibliographical Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Call no. R 976.3 B415F and 976.3 B415F Brasseaux, Carl A. and Glenn R. Conrad. A Bibliography of Scholarly Literature on Colonial Louisiana and New France. Lafayette, La: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1992. Call no. R 976.3 B582B Conrad, Glenn R. The French Experience in Louisiana. Lafayette, La.: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1995. Call no. R 976.3 F873 De Ville, Winston. Selected Papers by Winston De Ville: A Collection of Articles for Colonial Genealogy and History. Ville Platte, La.: Provincial Press, 2000. Call no. R 976.3 D494S Din, Gilbert C. The Spanish Presence in Louisiana, 1763-1803. Lafayette, La.: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1996. Call no. R 976.3 S735 Hill, Roscoe. Louisiana Legajos: A Catalogue of Records in Spain for Research in the Colonial Mississippi Valley and on the Gulf Coast. Ville Platte, La.: Provincial Press, 2003. Call no. R 973 H647L Montero de Pedro, Jose. The Spanish in New Orleans and Louisiana. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 2000. Call no. R 976.3 M778S White, Sophie. Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians: Material Culture and Race in Colonial Louisiana. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. Call no. R 976.3 W588W CREOLES IN LOUISIANA Cable, George Washington. The Creoles of Louisiana. Originally published London: J. C. Grimmo, 1885. Reprint, Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 2000. Call no. R 976.3 C115C CZECHS AND SLOVAKS IN LOUISIANA Hlavac, James R. A Hidden Impact: The Czechs and Slovaks of Louisiana from the 1720s to Today. Lincoln, Neb.: iuniverse, 2006. Call no. R 976.3 H677H DICTIONARIES Dictionary of Louisiana French as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2010. Call no. R 447.976 D554 DIRECTORIES City Directories of the United States: Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Bayou Vista, Berwick, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Morgan City, Monroe/West Monroe, Natchitoches, New Iberia, New Orleans, Opelousas, Pineville, Shreveport, and Thibodaux. Microfilm. 114 rolls. Ask for assistance at the History & Genealogy reference desk. 3
FAMILIES/BIOGRAPHIES Arthur, Stanley Clisby. Old Families of Louisiana. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997. Call no. 976.3 A791O Conrad, Glenn R. A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography. 2 vols. New Orleans.: Louisiana Historical Association, 1988. Call no. R 976.3 D554 Conrad, Glenn R. A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography: Ten-year Supplement, 1988-1998. Lafayette, La.: Louisiana Historical Association, 1999. Call no. R 976.3 D554 Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. 2 vols. Baton Rouge, La.: Claitor s Publishing Division, 1970. Call no. R 976.3 C754F (See Mills below for index.) DeVille, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials: A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenthcentury Louisiana. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. Call no. R 976.3 D494G and 976.3 D494G First Settlers of the Louisiana Territory. 2 vols. Nacogdoches, Tex.: Ericson Books, 1983. Call no. R 976.3 F527 Mills, Donna Rachal. The First Families of Louisiana: An Index to Glenn R. Conrad s 2-volume Series of 1970. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Mills Historical Press, 1992. Call no. R976.3 M657F GERMANS IN LOUISIANA Blume, Helmut. Die Entwicklung der Kulturlandschaft des Mississippideltas in kolonialer Zeit, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der deutschen Siedlung. [The German Coast During the Colonial Era, 1722-1803: The Evolution of a Distinct Cultural Landscape in the Lower Mississippi Delta During the Colonial Era] Destrehan, La.: The German-Acadian Coast Historical and Genealogical Society, 1990. Call no. R 976.3 B658G and 976.3 B658G Deiler, J. Hanno. A History of the German Churches in Louisiana, 1823-1893. Originally published Louisiana, 1983. Reprint, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1995. Call no. R 976.3 D324H Deiler, J. Hanno. The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and the Creoles of German Descent. Originally printed, Philadelphia, 1909. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. Call no. 976.302 D324S Merrill, Ellen C. Germans of Louisiana. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Company, 2005. Call no. R 976.3 M571G Robichaux, Albert J. German Coast Families: European Origins and Settlement in Colonial Louisiana. Rayne, La.: Hebert Publications, 1997. Call no. R 976.3 R654G and Q 976.3 R654G GUIDES 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. Call no. R 976.3 B689G Boling, Yvette Guillot. A Guide to Printed Sources for Genealogical and Historical Research in the Louisiana Parishes: 1991 Supplement. Baton Rouge, La.: Land and Land, Inc., 1992. Call no. R 976.3 B689G 4
Riffel, Judy. A Guide to Genealogical Research at the Louisiana State Archives. Baton Rouge: Comité des Archives de la Louisiane, 2008. R 976.3 R564G HISTORY Bunner, E. History of Louisiana from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the Present Time. Originally published New York: Harper and Brothers, 1842. Reprint, Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2003. Call no. R 976.3 B942H Gayarré, Charles. History of Louisiana. 4 vols. Originally published by F. F. Hansell & Bro., Ltd., 1903. Reprint, Pelican Publishing Co., 1974. Call no. R 976.3 G285H Giraud, Marcel. A History of French Louisiana. 3 vols. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1990-93. Call no. R 976.3 G522H IMMIGRATION Brasseaux, Carl A. The Foreign French: Nineteenth-century French Immigration into Louisiana. 3 vols. Lafayette, La.: The Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1990-93. Call no. R 976.3 B823F Brasseaux, Carl A. A Refuge for All Ages: Immigration in Louisiana History. Lafayette, La.: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1996. Call no. Q 976.3 R332 ITALIANS IN LOUISIANA Scarpaci, Vincenza. Italian Immigrants in Louisiana s Sugar Parishes: Recruitment, Labor Conditions, and Community Relations, 1880-1910. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 2012. Call no. R 976.3 S286I MILITARY See also the Military Records guide available on the collection guides rack in History & Genealogy and the Civil War heading in this guide for Louisiana military records from the Civil War. De Ville, Winston. Louisiana Colonials: Soldiers and Vagabonds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1995. Call no. R 976.3 D494L De Ville, Winston. Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution. Ville Platte, La.: Smith Books, 1991. Call no. Q 976.3 D494L De Ville, Winston. Louisiana Troops, 1720-1770. Fort Worth: American Reference Publishers, 1965. Call no. R 976.3 D494L Pierson, Marion John Bennett. Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, 1963. Call no. Q 976.3 P624L NAMES West, Robert Cooper. An Atlas of Louisiana Surnames of French and Spanish Origin. Baton Rouge: Geoscience Publications, Louisiana State University, 1986. Call no. R 929.4 W519A 5
SLAVERY Din, Gilbert C. Spaniards, Planters, and Slaves: The Spanish Regulation of Slavery in Louisiana, 1763-1803. College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press, 1999. Call no. R 976.9 D583S Ekberg, Carl J. et al. Code Noir: The Colonial Slave Laws of Colonial French Mid-America. Naperville, Ill.: The Center for French Colonial Studies, Inc., 2005. Call no. R 976.3 E36C Follett, Richard J. The Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana s Cane World, 1820-1860. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2007, 2005. Call no. R 976.3 F667S Johnson, Walter. Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. Call no. R 976.3 J71S Menn, Joseph Karl. The Large Slaveholders of Louisiana, 1860. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Company, 1998. Call no. R 976.3 M547L VITAL RECORDS MARRIAGE RECORDS De Ville, Winston. Marriage Contracts of Colonial Louisiana, 1736-1803. Rayne, La.: Hebert Publications, 2003. Call no. R 976.3 D494M Louisiana Marriages: Early to 1850. Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999. Call no. R 976.3 L888 DEATH RECORDS Louisiana Vital Records: State Death Indices. Microfilm. 4 rolls. Ask for assistance at the History & Genealogy reference desk. History & Genealogy at St. Louis County Library 1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri 63131-3598 (314) 994-3300, Ext. 2070 genealogy@slcl.org WWW.SLCL.ORG 6 8 / 2009, Rev. 4 / 2015