Births, Marriages &
Deaths
Louisiana (like
many states these days) restricts access to
certain public records. For
information on accessing information, please
visit:
http://oph.dhh.state.la.us/recordsstatistics/vitalrecords/page2b2f.html?page=377
There is additional information available
in the left-hand navigation bar that includes
volunteer input.
Births
Records for births less than 101 years
ago should be obtained from:
- Louisiana Vital Records
Registry
PO Box 60630
New Orleans, LA 70160
(504) 568-8353 recording
Fax: (504) 568-6909
Email: [email protected]
Records for births occurring more than
100 years ago must be requested from:
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Louisiana State Archives
Location: 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge,
LA 70809-2137
Mailing: P O Box 94125, Baton Rouge La
70804-9125
Tel. No. (225) 922-1206
NOTE: The archives provide New
Orleans birth indices, but no records,
for: 1790-1818
Records begin at 1819
An index of birth records
for births between 1796-1900 can be searched
(free of charge) at:
Alphabetically:
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans/birth-alpha.htm
By
year:
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans/birth-index.htm
Transcribed birth
certificates for births between 1790-1899 can
be found (free of charge)
at:
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans/birth-cert.htm
An index of birth records for births between
1790-1899 can be searched (with paid
subscription) at:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/6587.htm
Marriages
"The
Louisiana Vital Records Registry is the
Marriage License/Certificate repository for all
Orleans Parish marriage records where the
ceremony was conducted within the past fifty
(50) years. If the marriage is an Orleans
Parish marriage but the ceremony was performed
more than fifty (50) years ago, you must
place your order with the Office of the
Secretary of State. If the marriage
license was purchased in a parish other than
Orleans, you must place your order with the
Clerk of Court in the parish where the license
was purchased."
From:
http://oph.dhh.state.la.us/recordsstatistics/vitalrecords/docs/packet12.pdf
Marriage records
are available from 1879 through the public
records. Marriage records were not
registered civilly before 1831.
-
Orleans
Parish
Courthouse 421
Loyola Ave., Rm.
402
New Orleans, LA
70112-2114
Telephone:
(504)
592-9100
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- Orleans Parish
Clerk
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA
70112-2114
(504) 568-5152
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Marriage records from over 50 years ago
can also be found at:
-
Louisiana State Archives
Location: 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA
70809-2137
Mailing: P O Box 94125, Baton Rouge La
70804-9125
Tel. No. (225) 922-1206
NOTE: The archives provide New Orleans
marriage indices, but no records, for:
1831-1869
Records begin at 1870
Marriage indices (by bride or groom),
dispensations, and transcribed marriage
certificates can be found (free of charge)
at:
https://sites.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/orleans/marriage_bc.htm
Marriages up to 1850 can be searched
(with paid subscription) at:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/2090a.htm
Deaths
Records for deaths less than 51 years ago
should be obtained from:
- Louisiana Vital Records
Registry
PO Box 60630
New Orleans, LA 70160
(504) 568-8353 recording
Fax: (504) 568-6909
Email: [email protected]
Deaths occurring more than 50 years ago
must be requested from:
-
Louisiana State Archives
Location: 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge,
LA 70809-2137
Mailing: P O Box 94125, Baton Rouge La
70804-9125
Tel. No. (225) 922-1206
NOTE: The archives
provide:
- Orleans Parish death records
are available for:
1819-1940
- Orleans Parish death indices
(but no records) are available for:
1804-1818
- State wide death
certificates are available for:
1918-1940
An index of death records, transcribed
death certificates and listings of epidemic
victims for deaths between 1796-1900 can be
searched (free of charge) at:
http://www.usgwarchives/la/orleans/death_cert.htm
Deaths from 1900-1949 can be searched
(with paid subscription) at:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/6697.htm
Churches of Orleans
Parish
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