Just got my "Le Raconteur." In it, on page 24, it says: "On-Line Ordering of Some Louisiana Vital Records Now Available." Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals has contracted with an online service that allows state residents to order copies of birth and death certificates over the Internet. The service is being offered through a contract with VitalChek. For more information on how to order, visit the Office of Public Health's website at: http://www.oph.dhh.state.la.us/recordsstatistics/vitalrecords/ Genealogists and those seeking historical records should note that this service does not include birth records more than 100 years old and death records more than 50 years old. These records have been transferred to the State Archives and are available only through them. While the most complete indexes to these records are found in the Archives' Research Room, partial indexes may be found at Ancestry.com and the USGenWeb's Orleans Parish Archives page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/orleans.htm> Renée