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Louisiana Resources

  • Writer: Kellie Farrish
    Kellie Farrish
  • May 15, 2023
  • 1 min read

United States Census Records, Church records, slave schedules (all records are free under "family search" and at cost if choosing the "ancestry" option) for the state of Louisiana: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Louisiana_Census

U.S. African American Griots, Rootsweb Louisiana: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~aagriots/louisiana/index.htm

Louisiana Estate and Probate Files 1756-1984: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Louisiana_Probate_Records

Genealogy Trails, Slave Deeds of Union Parish, Louisiana: https://genealogytrails.com/lou/union/slave_deeds.html

Henry Johnson's Sale of Enslaved Persons 1844-1851, The Georgetown Slavery Archives: https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/73

The New York Public Library, Slave Manifests and Auction Receipts, New Orleans, 1861 Invoices and Sales Slips for Slaves Purchased in Louisiana During the Civil War: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/slave-manifests-and-auction-receipts-new-orleans-1861-invoices-and-sales-slips

Slave Manifest for the Brig Orleans 4/27/1841--5/24/1841: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/slave-manifest-brig-orleans

Slavery Collection, 1709-1864. Series VI, Manifests, 1812-1855: https://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A161301

Inward Slave Manifests Roll 12, 1837-1839: https://afrigeneas.org/slavedata/Roll.12.1837-1839.html



 
 
 

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