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Ancestry.com - Louisiana Marriage Records, 1851-1900 $

Original source: See Extended Description for original data sources listed by county. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Louisiana Marriages to 1850 $

Original source: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Early American Marriages: Louisiana to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925 $

Original source: Compiled from a variety of sources including original marriage records located in Family History Library microfilm, microfiche, or books. Original marriage records are available from the Clerk of the Court where the marriage license was issued. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1920 $

Original source: State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Including baptism, christening, and burial records. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.

Department of Health & Hospitals | State of Louisiana - Request a Birth or Death Certificate

Contact information, fees, and ordering procedures for Louisiana vital records.

FamilySearch.org - Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906 ^FREE

Name index to marriage records from the state of Louisiana. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 129,641 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

FamilySearch.org - Louisiana, Orleans Parish Vital Records, 1910, 1960 ^FREE

This collection includes birth records and index for 1910. It also includes marriage and death records and indexes for 1960. This collection is being published as images become available.

FamilySearch.org - Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957 ^FREE

Marriages recorded in Louisiana Parishes (counties). Currently this collection is 17% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed.

Louisiana Secretary of State - Vital Records

Birth, death, marriage records via state of Louisiana website. Some are New Orleans Only, but tremendously useful as you are given reference book record number.

Louisiana Weddings

Madison Marriages 1866-1880 Index

Madison Parish, Louisiana Marriage Records from 1866-1900. These are the earliest available, since the yankees burned the courthouse that contained earlier records.

New Orleans Marriage Index Daily Picayune 1837-1857

Orleans Parish Marriage Records

Certified copies of microfilmed Orleans parish marriage records from 1870–1960. Searching for marriages that took place from 1831–1869 may produce results with dates and names of spouses taken from the official marriage index, but individual marriage records for this period do not exist in the archives. From the Louisiana State Archives

Records Room: Louisiana Counties, United States

VitalChek Network - Louisiana

vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Louisiana

Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.

Where to Write for Vital Records - Louisiana

From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).