to dvrsr: i found your email very disturbing? i too had heard that in baton rouge the state archives located at 3851 essen lane telephone (504) 922-1200 had the military records. the booklet the archives mailed me several years ago states that the state of Louisiana began maintaining the births and deaths in 1918. also for Orleans parish there are earlier births 1804-1942. also Orleans only has marriages from 1831-1942. i am very saddened if this information is now in error. Carolyn Washington