Index of Information Available on the Internet.
This is not an ultimate list of information, but a small list of useful links that may assist you. These links are listed randomly and are not rated in terms of usefulness.
Although this web site is focused on Louisiana Italian Genealogy, these links are useful tools regardless of your roots.
Louisiana State Vital Records Office
Documents may be ordered by mail by writing to the following address:
Vital Records Registry
PO Box 60630 
(504) 568-5172
(504) 568-5152 recording
Fax: (504) 568-5391
Walk In Office in New Orleans
New Orleans State Office Building
325 Loyola Avenue, Room 102
New Orleans, Louisiana
Louisiana State Archives
3851 Essen Lane
PO Box 94125
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125
(225) 922-1208

Make check or money order payable to Vital Records. Include phone number(s) and SASE in request.
Allow approximately three (3) weeks for processing. Include the following information in your document order letter:

   Your full name and mailing address (include apartment number and/or lot number, as appropriate)
      A telephone number where you may be reached during the day
      Your relationship to the registrant
      Your personal check or money order to cover statutory fees payable to the Vital Records Registry

      For a Birth Certificate order include:
          a. The full name of the registrant at birth
          b. The date of birth
          c. The sex of the registrant
          d. The city and parish of birth
          e. The full maiden surname of the mother
          f. The name of the father
          g. The number of certified copies required

    For a Death Certificate order include:
          a. The full name of the decedent at death
          b. The date of death
          c. The sex of the decedent
          d. The city and parish where death occurred
          e. The number of certified copies required

      For an Orleans Marriage Certificate include:
          a. The full name of the groom
          b. The full maiden name of the bride
          c. The name of the parish where the license was issued
          d. The date of the marriage ceremony
          e. The number of certified copies required

If no record is on file, a search fee equivalent to the cost of one copy of the record will be charged.

 Record Type  Cost  Date Range  In General
 Birth records  $15.00  Since July of 1914 Records for New Orleans
are available since 1892.
 Death Record  $  5.00  Since July of 1914
 Birth Record  $  5.00  1790-1897 City of New Orlwans only
available from Louisiana
State Archives.
 Death Record  $  5.00  1918-1948 State wide Records from
Louisiana State Archives.
 Death Record  $  5.00  1804- 1946 Orleans Parish Records
from the Louisiana State
Archives.
 Marriage Record  $  5.00  1870-1946 Orleans Parish records only from Vital Records
Registry  or the Louisiana
State Archives. For other
parishes, certified copies
are available from the  Clerk  of Court of that Parish.
 Divorce Records  Cost varies   Divorce records are
Available from the Clerk of Court of the parish of the divorce.

Other Information Available on the Internet
This links haven't been varified in years and may be outdated.

  • Contacting the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Electronically.
  • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration - The Genealogy Page.
  • United States Vital Records Information.
  • Emigration / Ship Lists and Resources.
  • Immigrant Ship Transcriber's Guild.
  • Church of Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Internet Genealogy Service.
  • Ancestors Charts and Records.
  • Census Online.
  • Library Information Servers On The WWW.
  • U.S. Library of Congress.
  • U.S. Library of Congress (Gopher Search).
  • U.S. Library of Congress - Marvel.
  • United States Census Bureau Home Page.
  • United States Historical Census Data Browser.
  • Genealogy Hotline.
  • National Genealogical Society.
  • National Genealogical Society CIG.
  • Search FHC Locations.
  • USGenWeb Project.
  • USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project.
  • USGenWeb Census Project.
  • International Internet Genealogical Society.
  • Surname Web.
  • Italian occupations and their English equivalents
  • International Genealogy Association Home Page
  • International Internet Genealogical Society
  • StudyWEB
  • Search Engines (Keyword Oriented)
  • Search Engines (Subject Oriented)
  • Interment.net .
  • Family Chronicle Magazine.
  • Treasure Maps of the How to Genealogy WWW Site.
  • Online Genealogical Database Index.
  • Family History Foundation
  • Ancestry's Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Online Search
  • Ancestry The Genealogy Research HomeTown
  • WWW Genealogy Resources for Specific States in the United States
  • Maps Can Help You Trace Your Family Tree
  • Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  • Odden's Bookmarks - Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
  • National Geographic's Map Machine
  • The Switchboard - Telephone whites pages.
  • Anywho Reverse Telephone Number Look-up
  • USPS Address and ZIP Code Information
  • Family Tree Maker Online
  • Heraldry on the Internet
  • Italian Genealogy
  • Italian Genealogy, a place to begin.
  • WWW Genealogy Databases
  • Genealogy Resources on the Net
  • Genealogy Files on FTP

  • Genealogy Resources on the Internet
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    This page last updated on Aug 13, 2007