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Welcome to the Louisiana African American Griots Site. The riches of the African American experience, culture, history and ancestral links will come to life here. You will find historical records, genealogies, databases of interest to African Americans and other resources that pertain to researching the African American experience.

 

Our hopes are that you will find resources, documentations and records that will help you in your reasearch. We also hope that you will contribute in an effort to preserve as many African American records as possible. Thank and enjoy the site.

 

Contribute to Louisiana's Rich History

 

Parishes

Acadia

Allen  

Ascension

Assumption

Avoyelles

Beauregard

Bienville

Bossier

Caddo

Calcasieu

Caldwell

Cameron

Catahoula

Claiborne

Concordia

DeSoto

East Baton Rouge

East Carroll

East Feliciana

Evangeline

Franklin

Grant

Iberia

Iberville

Jackson

Jefferson

Jefferson Davis

Lafayette

Lafourche

LaSalle

Lincoln

Livingston

Madison

Morehouse

Natchitoches

Orleans

Ouachita

Plaquemines

Pointe Coupee

Rapides

Red River

Richland

Sabine

St. Bernard

St. Charles

St. Helena

St. James

St. John the Baptist

St. Landry

St. Martin

St. Mary

St. Tammany

Tangipahoa

Tensas

Terrebonne

Union

Vermilion

Vernon

Washington

Webster

West Baton Rouge

West Carroll

West Feliciana

Winn

 

Online Records

  • Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1718-1820 records of Slaves and Freedpersons  

    • Names of Slaves who participated in Revolts or Conspiracies

  • My Louisiana Genealogy

    • State of Louisiana Genealogy and Records Info

  • New Orleans Public Library

    • Guide to African American Genealogical Research in New Orleans

  • A Partial Transcription of Inward Slave Manifests  - Port of New Orleans 1818-1860

  • African American Registry

State Resources

  • Louisiana Dept. of Health & Hospitals

  • Louisiana State University's tribute to Martin Luther King & Black History Month

  • Xavier University's rich Black History

  • African American Oral Traditions in Louisiana

  • Louisiana State Archives and Libraries

  • Louisiana Office of Public Health

Slavery in Louisiana

  • Acts passed by the Seventh Legislature of Louisiana - on site

  • 1811 Louisiana Slavery Rebellion

  • World Vital Records - Afro-Louisiana History & Genealogy 1719-1820 - searchable database of documents, downloads, miscellaneous searches and Dr. Hall's calculations.

  • Louisiana Black Women: An Ignored History

  • Slavery in Early Louisiana

  • Antebellum Louisiana: Agrarian Life

  • Frenchcreole.com - the orgin of "free persons of color" found in French Colonial Louisiana

  • Louisiana Plantation - Photos

 

Rootsweb African American Message Boards & Mailing Lists

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    • General

    • Slave Information

    • Underground Railroad

    • Louisiana

  • Mailing Lists

    • General

    • Louisiana Freedman

    • Louisiana Native Americans

    • Louisiana

 

 



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