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Vital records, as their name suggests, are
connected with central life events: birth,
marriage, and death. Maintained by civil
authorities, they are prime sources of
genealogical information; but, unfortunately,
official vital records are available only for
relatively recent periods. These records,
despite their recent creation in the United
States, are critically important in genealogical
research, often supplying details on family
members well back into the nineteenth century.
The Source: A
Guidebook of American Genealogy,
by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.
Louisiana Vital Records Registry
PO Box 60630
New Orleans, LA 70160
(504) 568-5152 recording
Fax: (504) 568-5391
Make check or money order payable to Vital
Records. Include phone number(s) and SASE in
request.
Louisiana State Archives
3851 Essen Lane
PO Box 94125
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125
(225) 922-1208
If no record is on file, a search fee
equivalent to the cost of one copy of the record
will be charged.
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Birth Card
$9.00 Since July 1914
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Birth
Certificate $15.00
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Death
$5.00
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Vital Records Registry
Records for City of New Orleans are available
since 1892.
Order a Death Certificate Online
$5.00 1918-1948
State-wide records from the
Louisiana State Archives
1831 Orleans Parish Death Index
$5.00 1804-1946
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Orleans Parish records from the
Louisiana State Archives
Orleans
Marriage Certificate $5.00
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From
Vital Records Registry
Birth
$5.00 1790-1897
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City of New Orleans only from the Louisiana
State Archives
1821 - 1827 Orleans Parish Birth Index
Marriage
$5.00 1870-1946
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Orleans Parish records only from Vital
Records Registry or the
Louisiana State Archives. For other
parishes, certified copies are available from
the Clerk of the Court in the parish where the
license was issued.
Louisiana Marriages to 1850
This database of Louisiana marriages to 1850
contains over 29,000 names. Each entry includes
groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state.
Every name is indexed so you can search for one
name, or two names that are linked.
The marriage date is usually the date of
marriage as given in the original entry.
However, when no marriage date is given (e.g.,
the "marriage return" was not provided to the
record keeper), the date of the license is used.
In a few cases, a marriage will be listed twice,
but in two different counties. This most often
happened when a couple obtained a license in one
county, but were actually married in another.
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Divorce
Divorce records are available from Clerk
of Court in parish where divorce was granted.
Fees vary. Call Civil District Court,(504)
592-9100.
Louisiana Vital Records Registry
PO Box 60630
New Orleans, LA 70160
(504) 568-5152 recording
Fax: (504) 568-5391 |