Index of Information Available on the Internet.
This is not an ultimate list of information, but a small list of useful links that may assist you. These links are listed randomly and are not rated in terms of usefulness.
Although this web site is focused on Louisiana Italian Genealogy, these links are useful tools regardless of your roots.

Louisiana State Vital Records Office
Documents may be ordered by mail by writing to the following address:

Vital Records Registry                                      Walk In Office in New Orleans
PO Box 60630                                                      New Orleans State Office Building
New Orleans, LA 70160                                        325 Loyola Avenue, Room 102
(504) 568-5172                                                      New Orleans, Louisiana
(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.
Allow approximately three (3) weeks for processing. Include the following information in your document order letter:

      Your full name and mailing address (include apartment number and/or lot number, as appropriate)
      A telephone number where you may be reached during the day
      Your relationship to the registrant
      Your personal check or money order to cover statutory fees payable to the Vital Records Registry

      For a Birth Certificate order include:
          a. The full name of the registrant at birth
          b. The date of birth
          c. The sex of the registrant
          d. The city and parish of birth
          e. The full maiden surname of the mother
          f. The name of the father
          g. The number of certified copies required
 

       For a Death Certificate order include:
          a. The full name of the decedent at death
          b. The date of death
          c. The sex of the decedent
          d. The city and parish where death occurred
          e. The number of certified copies required

      For an Orleans Marriage Certificate include:
          a. The full name of the groom
          b. The full maiden name of the bride
          c. The name of the parish where the license was issued
          d. The date of the marriage ceremony
          e. The number of certified copies required

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.
 
 Record Type  Cost  Date Range   In General
 Birth records  $15.00  Since July of 1914  Records for New Orleans
 are available since 1892.
 Death Record  $  5.00  Since July of 1914
 Birth Record  $  5.00  1790-1897  City of New Orlwans only
 available from Louisiana
 State Archives.
 Death Record  $  5.00  1918-1948  State wide Records from
 Louisiana State Archives.
 Death Record  $  5.00  1804- 1946  Orleans Parish Records
 from the Louisiana State
 Archives.
 Marriage Record  $  5.00  1870-1946  Orleans Parish records only
 from Vital Records
 Registry  or the Louisiana
 State Archives. For other
 parishes, certified copies
 are available from the Clerk
 of Court of that Parish.
 Divorce Records  Cost varies    Divorce records are
 Available from the Clerk of
 Court of the parish of the
 divorce.

 

Other Information Available on the Internet

  • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  • Contacting the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Electronically.
  • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration - The Genealogy Page.
  • United States Vital Records Information.
  • Emigration / Ship Lists and Resources.
  • Immigrant Ship Transcriber's Guild.
  • Church of Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Internet Genealogy Service.
  • Ancestors Charts and Records.
  • Census Online.
  • Library Information Servers On The WWW.
  • U.S. Library of Congress.
  • U.S. Library of Congress (Gopher Search).
  • U.S. Library of Congress - Marvel.
  • United States Census Bureau Home Page.
  • United States Historical Census Data Browser.
  • Genealogy Hotline.
  • National Genealogical Society.
  • National Genealogical Society CIG.
  • Search FHC Locations.
  • USGenWeb Project.
  • USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project.
  • USGenWeb Census Project.
  • International Internet Genealogical Society.
  • Surname Web.
  • Italian occupations and their English equivalents
  • International Genealogy Association Home Page
  • International Internet Genealogical Society
  • StudyWEB
  • Search Engines (Keyword Oriented)
  • Search Engines (Subject Oriented)
  • Interment.net .
  • Family Chronicle Magazine.
  • Treasure Maps of the How to Genealogy WWW Site.
  • Online Genealogical Database Index.
  • Family History Foundation
  • Ancestry's Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Online Search
  • Ancestry The Genealogy Research HomeTown
  • WWW Genealogy Resources for Specific States in the United States
  • Maps Can Help You Trace Your Family Tree
  • Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  • Odden's Bookmarks - Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
  • National Geographic's Map Machine
  • The Switchboard - Telephone whites pages.
  • Anywho Reverse Telephone Number Look-up
  • USPS Address and ZIP Code Information
  • Family Tree Maker Online
  • Heraldry on the Internet
  • Italian Genealogy
  • Italian Genealogy, a place to begin.
  • WWW Genealogy Databases
  • Genealogy Resources on the Net
  • Genealogy Files on FTP
  • Genealogy Resources on the Internet
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