Louisiana
Genealogical & Historical
Organizations and Facilities
| NAME | ADDRESS | CITY, LA, ZIP | CONTACT PERSON | REMARKS |
| Allen Gen & Hist Soc | Box 789 | Kinder, LA 70648 | ||
| Amite Gen Club | 200 East Mulberry St | Amite, LA 70422-2524 | ||
| ARK-LA-TEX GEN ASSOC | P.O. Box 4462 | Shreveport, LA 71134-4462 | http://www.softdisk.com/comp/aga | Meetings at Moore Civic Center on Fairfield |
| Ascension Heritage Assoc.
P.O. Box 1085 Donaldsonville, LA 70346-1085 |
P.O. Box 1085
|
Donaldsonville, LA 70346-1085 |
Allen Gen. & Hist. Society:
Box 789,
Kinder, LA 70648
Amite Genealogy Club
200 East Mulberry Street
Amite, LA., 70422-2524
ARK-LA-TEX GEN ASSOC
P.O. Box 4462
Shreveport, LA 71134-4462
Meetings at Moore Civic Center on Fairfield
http://www.softdisk.com/comp/aga
Ascension Heritage Assoc.
P.O. Box 1085
Donaldsonville, LA 70346-1085 (*4)
Association for Preservation and Promotion of Iberville
602 Main Street
Plaquemine, LA 70764
Attakapas Historical Assoc.
P.O. Box 43010 USL
Lafayette, LA 70504
Diocese of Baton Rouge
Archives Department
P.O. Box 2028
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Baton Rouge Gen. & Hist. Soc.
P.O. Box 80565 SE Station
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-0565
Beauregard Historical Society
P.O. Box 658
DeRidder, LA 70634-0658 (*4)
Brimstone Historical Society
P.O. Box 242
Sulphur, LA 70663 (*4)
Bossier Restoration Foundation
231 Merry Lane
Benton, LA 71006 (*4)
Bienville Historical Society
Rt. 1 Box 9
Bienville, LA 71009 (*4)
Cameron Parish Hist. & Gen. Society
P.O. Box 1107
Cameron, LA 70631 (*4)
Central Louisiana Genealogical Society
Mr. Dee Brister, President
P.O. Box 12206
Alexandria, LA 71315-2006
DBrister@aol.com
Central Louisiana Historical Soc.
P.O. Box 12006
Alexandria, LA 71301-2006
Christmas History of Louisiana
Cynthia Lyn Haymon, Chairwoman
7024 Morgan Road
Greenwell Spr., LA 70739 (5)
Comite' Louisiana-Francais
2717 Massachusetts
Metairie, LA 70003 (*4)
Commission des Avoyelles
P.O. Box 28
Hamburg, LA 71339-0028 (5)
Calcasieu Historical Preservation Soc.
1635 Hodges Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601-6016 (*4)
Claiborne Historical Association
931 N. Main Street
Homer, LA 71040 (*4)
DeSoto (Parish)
Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 925
Mansfield, LA 71052-0925 (*8)
DIVISION OF HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
P. O. Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA., 70804-4247(6)
Dorcheat Historical Association
Webster Parish
P.O. Box 774
Minden, LA 71055-0774
Daughters of the American Revolution, LA
c/o Billie Lipscomb
2564 Donald Drive.
Baton Rouge, LA 70809 (5)
Division of Historical Preservation
P.O. Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4247 (5)
East Ascension Gen. & Hist. Soc.
P.O. Box 1006
Gonzales, LA 70707-1006
Evangeline Gen. & Hist. Society
P.O. Box 664
Ville Platte, LA 70586-0664
Edward Livingston Historical Association
P.O. Box 067
Livingston, LA 70754-0067 (*4)
THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATION NO LONG EXIST
Feliciana (East) History Committee
Clauda Slaton, Chairman
P.O. Box 8341 Clinton, LA 70722 (5) (Per source
#6)
Feliciana (West) Historical Society
P.O. Box 338
St. Francisville, LA 70775 (5)
Friends of Genealogy
P.O. Box 17835
Shreveport, LA 71138
Publ: "The Journal" quarterly
Friends of the Archives of Louisiana
P.O. Box 51213
New Orleans, LA 70151-1213 (*4)
Founders of Natchitoches
P.O. Box 3
Natchitoches, LA 71457-0003 (*4)
FOUNDATION FOR HISTORICAL LOUISIANA, INC.
900 North Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA., 70802-5728 (6)
http://www.fhl.org
Francaise Comite Louisiana
2717 Massachusetts
Metairie, LA 70003-5213 (5)
French Settlement Historical Soc.
P.O. Box 365
French Settlement, LA 70733-9415 (6)
Franklin Parish Gen. & Hist. Soc.
Rt. 4 Box 150
Winnsboro, LA 71295 (*4)
Foundation for Historical Louisiana, Inc.
900 North Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5728
Genealogical & Research
Society of New Orleans
P.O. Box 71791
New Orleans, LA 70150
Genealogy West Inc.
West Bank of the Mississippi River
5644 Abby Drive
New Orleans, LA 70131-3808 (5)
Grant Genealogical Society
300 Main Street
Colfax, LA (*4)
German-Acadian Coast Hist. & Gen. Soc
P.O. Box 517
Destrehan, LA 70047-0517 (*4)
Gretna Historical Society
104 Leighton Street
Gretna, LA 70053 (*4)
Germantown Commission of Webster Parish
P.O. Box 389
Minden, LA 71055 (*4)
Historical Society of North Caddo
P.O. Box 500
Vivian, LA 71082
Historical New Orleans Collection
533 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130-2113 (5)
Historical Preservation of Shreveport
P.O. Box 857
Shreveport, LA 71162-0857 (*4)I
Beria Cultural Resources
924 East Main Street
New Iberia, LA 70560 (*4)
Jackson Assembly of the Felicianas (The)
P.O. Box 494
Jackson, LA 70748 (*4)
Jefferson Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 961
Metairie, LA 70004-0961
Jennings La Genealogical Society
Dorothy P. Lawrence
136 Greenwood Drive
Jennings, LA 70546
Jewish Genealogy Society of New Orleans
P.O. Box 7811
Metairie, LA 70010
Lafayette Genealogical Society
1021 Rosedown Lane
Lafayette, LA 70532-5832
Lafayette Historical Society
324 North Sterling
Lafayette, LA 70501
Lafourche Heritage Society
Dorothy Naquin
412 Menard Street
Thibodaux, LA 70301 -0567 (5)
Lake Providence Historical Soc.
1002 Lake Street
Lake Providence, LA 71254 (*4)
Louisiana-Daughters of the American Revolution
Billie Lipscomb
2564 Donald Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Louisiana Genealogical
& Historical Society
P.O. Box 82060
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060
Annual Meeting & Seminar in April
Publication: Louisiana Genealogical Register
http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/
Louisiana Society Sons of the American Revolution
3059 Belmont Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Louisiana Genealogical Seminar
Rt. 4 Box 478
Opelousas, LA 70750 (*4)
Louisiana
Historical Assn.
P.O. Box 40831
Lafayette, LA 70504-0831 (*4)
http://www.usl.edu/departments/center.la.studies/
Louisiana Historical Soc
5801 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA., 70115-5053 (6)
http://www.acadiacom/net/lahistsoc/
Louisiana United
Daughters of the Confederacy
...Joyce Bridges, La UDC Vice-president
La Commission des Avoyelles Hist. Soc
P.O. Box 28
Hamburg, LA 71339 (*4)
La Czech Heritage Assoc. Inc.
14 Locker Road
Deville, LA 71328-9318
Annual festival in March (*4)
LA SOCIETIE DES CAJUNS
P. O. Box 581
Golden Meadow, La., 70357-0581
Quarterly journal
Contact: R.B. Looper (6)
Le COMITE des ARCHIVES
la Louisiana
P.O. Box 44370
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4370 (*4)
http://www.sec.state.la.us/arch-5.htm
Le Circle Historique,
Pointe Coupee Parish
734 Main Street
New Roads, LA 70760 (*4)
Los Isle os de Galvez Heritage and Cultural Soc.
-descendants of the original Canary Islanders who settled in Louisiana
between 1766-1790
Meadowbrook Ave
Baton Rouge, LA 70810-2014 (*4)
Madison Parish Historical Society
100 South Chestnut
Tallulah, LA 71282 (*4)
Mississippi Memories Society
P.O. Box 18991
Shreveport, LA 71138 (5)
Mt. Lebanon Historical Society
General Delivery
Gibsland, LA 71208 (*4)
Multicutural Gen Soc
4310 ST. Anthony Ave.
New Orleans, LA., 70122-3104 (6)
Natchitoches Gen. & Hist. Association
P.O. Box 1349
Natchitoches, LA 71458-1349
North Louisiana Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 324
Ruston, LA 71270-0324
North Louisiana Historical Association
P.O. Box 6701
Shreveport, LA 71106 (*4)
Ouachita Genealogical Society
221 Riverbend
West Monroe, LA 71291 (*4)
THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATION NO LONG EXIST
Plaquemines Parish Genealogical Society
203 Highway 23 South
Buras, LA 70041 (*4) (per source #6)
Pointe Coupee Museum and Tourist Center
Highway 1
New Roads, LA 70760 (*4)
Pointe Coupee Historical Society
P.O. Box 462
New Roads, LA 70760
Pointe de l'Eglise Historical & Gen. Soc.
P.O. Box 160
Church Point, LA 70525-0160 (*4)
River Road Historical Society
P.O. Box 5
Destrehan, LA 70047-0005 (*4)
Red River Heritage
Rt. 4 Box 363
Coushatta, LA 71019-8729 (*4)
Saint-Domingue Special Interest Group
Augusta Elmwood, Leader
1514 Saint Roch Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70117-8347
(504) 944-4908Fax:
(504) 943-8150
abe01@www.gnofn.org (5)
The Sons &
Daughters of the Province and Republic of West Florida 1763-1810
P.O. Box 82672
Baton Rouge, LA 70810-2672 (*6)
Southwest
Louisiana Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 5652
Lake Charles, LA 70606-5652
Publication: Kinfolks
http://usersA.usunwired.net/mmoore/calcasie/swigs.htm
St. Bernard Genealogical Society Inc.
P.O. Box 271
Chalmette, LA 70044
Publication: L'Heritage
St. Helena Historical Society
6370 Hwy 43
Montpelier, LA 70422-9415 (6)
Imperial Saint Landry Gen & Hist Soc.
P.O. Box 108
Opelousas, LA 70571-0108
Publication:: N'Oubliez Pas
St. Mary Gen. & Hist. Society
P.O. Box 662
Morgan City, LA 70381-0662 (*4)
St. Tammany Genealogical Society
310 West. 21st Ave (library?)
Covington, LA 70433 (5)
Robert B. Noles, VP (7/2000)
St. Tammany Historical Society
P.O. Box 1001
Mandeville, LA 70470-1001 (5)
Southwest
Louisiana Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 5652
Lake Charles, LA 70606-5652
Publication: Kinfolks
Terrebonne Gen Soc
Station 2 Box 295
Houma, LA 70360-0295
Tangipahoa Parish Hist. Society
77139 N. River Road
Kentwood, LA 70444
Tangipahoa Parish Historical Society
200 East Mulberry Street
Amite, LA 70422-2524 (per source #6)
Vermillion Gen Soc
P.O. Box 117
Abbeville, LA 70511-0117 (4)
Vermillion Historical Society
P.O. Box 877
Abbeville, LA 70510-0877 (*4)
Vernon
Hist & Gen Soc
P. O. Box 159
Anacoco, LA., 71403-0159 (6)
Vernon Hist & Gen Society and Library
Hwy 121 Box 3713
Leesville, LA 71440-0310 (*4)
Westbank Gen. Society
P.O. Box 872
Harvey, LA 70059-0872
Publishes "Gumbo Roots" (*4)
West Baton Rouge Gen. Soc
P.O. Box 1126
Port Allen, LA 70767-1126
West Baton Rouge Historical Society
845 N. Jefferson Ave
Port Allen, LA 70767
West Feliciana Historical Society
P.O. Box 338
St. Francisville, LA 70775-0338
West Florida Society
The Sons & Daughters of the Province and Republic of: 1768-1810
c/o Barbara Comeaux Strickland
13727 North Amiss Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70810-5042 (5)
<COMEAUX.aol.com>
Winn Historical Society
P.O. Box 1039
Winnfield, LA 71483-1039 (*4)
Inactive-Informal merger with..WPGHA.
Winn Gen. & Hist. Assoc. Inc. (WPGHA)
P.O. Box 652
Winnfield, LA 71483-0652
Publication: Legends & Legacies of Winn Parish
<WPGHA@aol.com>
NEIGHBORING STATES-RELATIVE TO LOUISIANA
Louisiana State Archives
3851 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Alexandria Hist. & Gen. Library
503 Washington
Alexandria, LA 71301
Diocese of Baton Rouge
Archives Department
P.O. Box 2028
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Bluebonnet Regional Archive Library
9200 Bluebonnet Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Calcasieu Parish Public Library
Lake Charles, LA
...The Southwest Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Library is a
division of the Calcasieu Parish Public Libraries
Dupre Library
University of Southwestern La
Lafayette, LA
(Acadia/Cajun and Creole)
East Ascension Gen. & Hist. Society Genealogy Library
Ascension Parish Library
Gonzales, LA 70707-1006
East Baton Rouge Parish Library
Bluebonnet Regional Archive
9200 Bluebonnet Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Erbon & Marie Wise Genealogical Library
Louisiana State Archives
3851 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Frazar Memorial Library
Archives & Special Collections Dept.
McNeese State University
P.O. Box 91445
Lake Charles, LA 70609
318-475-5734 (Kathy Bordelon-curator)
GERMAN-ACADIAN
COAST HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
P. O. Box 571
Destrehan, LA., 70047-0571
**Covers - St. Charles, St. James and St. John the Baptist
Parishes(6)
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~lastjohn/geracadn.htm>
THE GULF SOUTH HISTORY & HUMANITES ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR REGIONAL
STUDIES
Southeastern Louisiana University
SLU 730
Hammond, Louisiana 70402-0730 (6)
Hill Memorial Library - Special
Collections
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3300
225-388-6544
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
The Map & Genealogy Room
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
Jefferson Parish Library Lobby Archive
P.O. Box 7490
Metairie, LA 70010
Lincoln Parish Library
P.O. Box 637
509 West Alabama
Ruston, LA 71270
Lobby Library
3420 North Causeway (Rear)
Metairie, LA 70002 (5)
Los Islenos De Galvez Heritage & Cultural Society
7437 Meadowbrook Ave
Baton Rouge, LA., 70810-2014 (6)
Louisiana Czech Heritage Association
14 Locker Road
DeVille, LA., 71328-9318 (6)
Louisiana State Library
State Capitol Ground
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Northwestern State University
Cammie C. Henry Research Center
Watson Library/ 3rd Floor
College Avenue, Natchitoches, LA 71459
New Orleans Public Library
219 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70140
Historic New Orleans Collection Library
New Orleans. LA
(records back to French era)
Ouachita Parish Public Library
1800 Stubbs Avenue
(Genealogy Room - use Side Entrance)
Monroe, LA 71201
POINTE de I'EGLISE
HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
(Acadia Parish)
P. O. Box 160
Church Point, LA., 70525-0160 (6)
<http://pages.prodigy.com/FFWP26E/pointe.html>
Prescott
Memorial Library - Special Collections, Manuscripts, & Archives
La Tech University
Ruston, LA 71272-0046
318-257-2935
John Calhoun, Archivest
Rapides Parish Library
411 Washington Street
Alexandria, LA 71301
Shreve Memorial Library Genealogy Department
424 Texas Street (3rd Floor)
P.O. Box 21523
Shreveport, LA 71120 (ARK-LA-TX Book depository)
Southwest Louisiana
Gen & Hist Soc. Inc.
---a division of Calcasieu Parish Public Libraries
411 Pujo Stree
Lake Charles, LA 70601-4254
(318?) 437-3490 (5)
http://grok.calcasieu.lib.la.us/genealogy.html
St. Tammany Genealogical Society Library
310 West 21st Avenue
Covington, LA 70433 (5)
Tangipahoa Parish Library
P.O. Box 578
Amite, LA 70422
Vernon Parish Library
Leesville, LA
West Bank Regional Library
Genealogy & Special Collections
2751 Manhattan Blvd.
Harvey, LA 700258-6144 (5)
Winn Parish Public Library
205 West Main Street
Winnfield, LA 71483
Winn Gen. & Hist. Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 652
Research & Meeting Room
207 Main Street/ 2nd Floor
Winnfield, LA 71483-0652
| Alexandria | 611 Versailles Blvd. | (318) 448-1842 |
| Baton Rouge | 10335 Highland Road | (225) 768-8913 |
| Denham Springs | 25367 Riverton Avenue | (225) 664-8979 |
| Monroe | 909 North 33rd Street | (318) 322-7009 |
| Metairie | 5025 Cleveland Place | (504) 885-3936 |
| Ruston Ward | ||
| Shreveport | 200 Carroll Street | (318) 868-5169 |
| Slidell | 112 Rue Esplanade | (504)641-3982 |
| Winnfield Ward | 8991 Hwy 501 | (318) 628-6945 |
Book Publishers of Louisiana Books
P.O. Box 147
Rayne, LA 70578
318-873-6574
http://www.hebertpublications.com/
(another listing of publications)
JW-Enterprises
LSU
Pelican
Professional Researchers in the state of Louisiana
SOURCES:
Sources: >Taken from many sources including Internet sources; >LDS Family History Source Guide - Southern States - Louisiana p. 5; >The Alexandria Daily Town Talk, (*4) Louisiana Roots, Randy DeCuir, editor, P.O. Box 383, Marksville, LA 71351 <laroots@eathlink.net> Free bimonthly publication with queries. (5) Everton's Gen. Helper 1998 (6) Don Johnson (7)subscribers to the LGHS mailing list (8) Tony Dardeau.
Permission granted to LGHS to print and handout as part of their 1999 Genealogy Conference. (April 1, 1999) Permission granted to LGHS to upload and maintain as part of their web pages on Rootsweb.
Permission granted to any individual to download and/or printout for personal use... NOT to be used for commercial purposes and/or solicitation of goods or service. (May 26, 1999)
