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This page was last updated on Thursday, 17-Mar-2011 15:54:47 MDT

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Parish Files and Information
Military Korean War ----- Vietnam War
Lookup Volunteers  
   
The Official Web Site of Jennings, La.    
  Resources
 
 
Louisiana Resources
List of U. S. Resources for Louisiana at RootsWeb
Cyndie's List: Louisiana Resources
LOUISiana Digital Library
New Orleans Public Library: Louisiana Division City Archives and Special Collections
New Orleans Public Library: Genealogical Links
Greater New Orleans Archivists
L.S.U. Special Collections
L.S.U. Special Collections: Newspapers
Louisiana Masonic Family
Young-Sanders Center Foundation
Info Louisiana
Louisiana Page Locale
Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum
   
 
Census
The USGenWeb Census Project
~The USGenWeb Census Project - Louisiana
USGenWeb Census Project
~USGenWeb Census Project ~ Louisiana
~ 1860 Slave Census
   
 
Court
Orleans Parish Estate Files, 1804-1846
 
   
 
Ethnic
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
---Projects
~Acadians/Cajuns
History of the Acadians
Acadians
Acadian-Cajun Genealogy
LSU - Genetics and Louisiana Families
~African-Americans
African-American Griots
African-American Griots ~ Louisiana
African-American Heritage Trail - Louisiana
African-American Oral Traditions - Louisiana
African-American History - Louisiana
Louisiana Archives Index Of African American Genealogy
African American Resource Center
~Germans
History of the German Coast - St. Charles Parish
Germans in Southeast Louisiana
~Irish
Irish-Italian Parade
Irish in New Orleans
~Italians
Irish-Italian Parade
Italian Americans
Italian Traditions in Independent, Louisiana
~Native Americans
Tribes in Louisiana
---Map showing approximate location of tribes
Atakapa, including the Taensa and Opelousas
Caddo
Chitimacha
Choctaw
---Choctaw Indian [dot] com
---Chief Pergson's Home Page
---Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
---Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Houma
Natchez
Tunica
 
 
History

Jefferson Davis Parish was founded in 1912,  when Governor L.E. Hall signed the Parish Division Bill,  Imperial Calcasieu Parish was divided - separating Calcasieu and creating Jefferson Davis Parish.  The parish is named for the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. 

The division of the parishes occurred following 16 years of altercation,  but the bill was finally passed without dissent. 

On October 12, 1912,  Jennings was selected as the permanent parish seat.  In 1990, the parish had a population of  30,722.   With a water area of 6.3 square miles,  and land area covering some 652.4 square miles;  the population averages out to approximately 47.1 people per square mile.  

In addition to  ancestors of the original French and Spanish settlers, the parish includes many Cajuns and African Americans as well as members of the Coushatta (Koasati) Indian tribe.

Other towns in Jefferson Davis Parish 
Elton    Fenton Hathaway
Hayes Lake Arthur Lacassine
Roanoke - Welsh

State Insect: Honeybee
 State Bird: Brown Pelican 
 State Dog: Catahoula Leopard Dog or Catahoula Hound
    State Tree: Bald Cypress
  State Nickname: Pelican State
  State Songs: "Give Me Louisiana" and "You Are My Sunshine"

Colonial Louisiana History and Genealogy
Colonial Louisana History
Colonial French
Foundation for Historical Louisiana
Louisiana Ancestors
   
 
Maps
U. S. Atlas - 1895...copyright to Pam Reitsch
L. S. U. Map Library
 
 
 
   
   
 
Patents
Google Patents - Louisiana
   
 
Ship Passenger Lists
Louisiana Index to Ship Passenger Lists [www[dot]sos.louisiana.gov]
Information on Records of Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New Orleans
Ellis Island Foundation
Immigration Records
Immigrant Ship's Transcribers Guild
The Ship List
Firstmom's Genealogy Resources
The Genealogy Spot
Transcribed Ships Manifests. Departing from Germany
   
 
Vital Records
Louisiana Vital Records [www[dot]sos.louisiana.gov]
FamilySearch.org
~Births
Louisiana Births and Christenings: 1811-1839; 1854-1934
~~Marriages
Louisiana Marriages: 1816-1906
~Deaths
Louisiana Deaths: 1894-1954
Social Security Death Index
Executions in Louisiana
   
 
Mail Lists by state..........Message Boards by state
Mail List - Louisiana
Message Boards - Louisiana
   
 
   
 
African-American Griot Lineage Project
Church Records Marriage Records
Court Records Obit Project
Digital Map Collection Pension Project
Genealogical Events Special Collections
Kidz Project Tombstone Project
   
 

 

This parish is available for adoption. Please contact the state coordinator if you are willing to volunteer.

Edward J. Hayden Jr., State Coordinator
Jo Branch, Co-State Coordinator
Annette Womack, Assist.State Coordinator

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