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Catahoula Parish

I am your Catahoula Parish Coordinator. My name is Sharon and I have roots in this great parish, even though I have never been here. If you have information no matter how great or small, would love to post it on the site. Am looking for photos of, people, places, or cemeteries (need lots of head- stone pictures). Just contact me and let's work together to make this the best LAGenWeb site.

When the Territory of Orleans was divided into counties by the Territorial Legislature on April 10, 1805, the present-day Catahoula Parish was a part of Rapides County.

Catahoula Parish was formed on March 23, 1808. The parish derived its name from the Tensas Indian name "catoola", which means big, clear lake. However, Catahoula Lake is now in LaSalle Parish, orginally the western half of Catahoula Parish. The parish seat of Catahoula is Harrisonburg. With an area total of 703.7 square miles, Catahoula Parish has 10 public schools, 49 churches and one airport. Jonesville is located on the site of Ancient Anilco, an Indian village landscaped with mounds. Jonesville was once called Troy.

Catahoula Parish Court House

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Waterfall on Sicily Island in Wildlife Management Area.
(Thanks to my Cousin Annie)

History	Addresses
Queries	Cemeteries
Look Ups	Census
Vital Records Check out Death Index 1900 - 1929	Schools
Surname List	Biographies
Historical Markers	Military
Churches	Towns & Communites
Misc. Early Records from DeBow's Review - 1852	Scrapbook
Court & Parish Records	Misc Records
Parish Officials	Photo Album have old photos of Catahoula Parish? people, places, etc.? Let me post them here.
African American's in CP	GenForum for CP
Maps	Newspapers
Reunions & Events	Books about Catahoula Parish
Parish researchers homepages	Catahoula Parish Archives
Plantations	LAGenWeb Archives
Land Record Search (LA)	Great Louisiana Links

Neighboring Parishes

Caldwell	Franklin	Tensas
LaSalle	Catahoula	Concordia

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Updated February 21, 2009

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