Here is a list of the Louisiana databases that are searchable at Ancestry HomeTown: Genealogical Resources by U.S. State -- Louisiana The colony of Louisiana was founded in 1699 by two brothers, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. Its boundaries stretched as far east as the Perdido River, about halfway between present-day Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida. It stretched westward to the Red and Calcasieu rivers, next door to Spanish territory, and it extended north all the way to Canada--which was a French possession. The vast boundaries of colonial Louisiana included part or all of at least ten states: Alabama (western part), Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana (eastern part), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Where to Write for Vital Records -- Louisiana Louisiana entries taken from Appendix F of The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, reproduced from the 1993 publication of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services titled Where to Write for Vital Records: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces. Some of the prices and other information may have changed since 1993. Excerpts from Ancestry's Red Book -- Louisiana Chapter Extensive description of various genealogical sources and records repositories for the state of Louisiana, including vital, church, land, military, census, court, probate, tax, and cemetery records, maps, and much more. Louisiana Extracts from The Library: A Guide to the LDS Family History Library Brief historical timeline of Louisiana history, as well as a partial listing of resources at the LDS Family History Library and its branch family history centers. Louisiana Section from U.S. Military Records Extensive listing of Louisiana records held at state and federal repositories, including information on the various Indian Wars, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, WWI, WWII, and more. County Map of Louisiana from Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources Large map of Louisiana, showing county names and boundaries. Warning! This map is very large in size and may take some time to download! Early American Marriages -- Louisiana to 1850 Marriage records collection for Louisiana based on years of research by Jordan R. Dodd and Liahona Research, first published as a series of books by Precision Indexing Publishers, a division of American Genealogical Lending Library of Bountiful, Utah. This collection lists almost 15,000 entries containing names of both bride and groom, date of marriage, and parish in which the marriage took place. Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990: Louisiana View a wonderful collection of HTML-based tables showing population for each county in Louisiana, for each of federal censuses in which the state took part. Use this valuable data to estimate population for a given county in a given time period, which in turn can help you judge the value and coverage of other genealogical databases. Compiled and edited by Richard L. Forstall Genealogical Societies, Publications, and Libraries Addresses of societies, publications, and libraries useful to genealogical research in Louisiana. Also (not listed on their page) Louisiana Land Records to 1850 ~Michelle