Ouachita Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

• Ouachita Parish Louisiana Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Ouachita Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Caldwell Parish, LA  to the south
• Jackson Parish, LA  to the southwest
• Lincoln Parish, LA  to the northwest
• Morehouse Parish, LA  to the northeast
• Richland Parish, LA  to the southeast
• Union Parish, LA  to the north

Bible Records

• Ouachita Parish Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Ouachita Parish Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Ouachita Parish Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)

Cemeteries (14)

Census Records and Indexes (33)

Church Records

• Ouachita Parish Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Washita Parish Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Ouachita Parish Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Ethnic

• Encyclopedia of Monroe Area Black History 
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0046, Labor Contracts (Agreements with Freedmen) Lafayette, La Fourche, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pt. Coupee 1866-68     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0087, includes Millikens Bend and Monroe     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0088, includes Monroe     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0089, includes Monroe, Montgomeryville and Napoleonville     (Source: Internet Archive)

History

• National Register of Historic Places 
• Ouachita Parish      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Ouachita Parish      (Source: Encyclopedia Louisiana)
• Ouachita Parish Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Ouachita Parish History 
• Ouachita Parish History      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Monroe District  The Historical Register for every United Methodist Church in the Louisiana Annual Conference
  • St. Matthew Roman Catholic Church  Monroe, Louisiana
  • St. Paschal History  West Monroe, Louisiana

• Library

  • History of the Ouachita Parish Public Library 

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Calhoun, LA Navy Plane Crash, Mar 1951      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Calhoun, LA Pipeline Explosion, Aug 1976      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Mississippi River, LA, AR, MS Flooding, May 1927      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Monroe, Louisiana Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Orleans and Ouachita Parish Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Ouachita County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Ouachita Parish, LA      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Ouachita Parish Deed & Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Ouachita Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Ouachita, Union Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jackson, Ouachita Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Morehouse, Ouachita Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Caldwell, Ouachita Parishes     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Ouachita County, LA Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• Ouachita Parish Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LAOUACHI-L Ouachita Parish genealogy

  • LAOUACHI-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • LAOUACHI-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • LAOUACHI-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Family Maps of Ouachita Parish, LA      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Ouachita Par, LA      (Source: HistoryGeo.com)     ($)
• Ouachita Parish      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Ouachita Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Ouachita Parish Post Offices 
• Ouachita Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• Ouachita Parish Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 
• Wachita Parish Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)

Military Records and Histories

• Monroe, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ouachita Parish Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Ouachita Parish     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Ouachita Parish - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Ouachita County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Ouachita Parish, Louisiana  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • Selman Field Memorial      (Source: Wayback Machine)

Miscellaneous Data

• Louisiana National Register of Historic Places  Ouachita Parish
• Migrations through Ouachita Parish      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Ouachita Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Ouachita Parish Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Ouachita Parish Tidbits      (Source: Jan Parsons Armstrong)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Ouachita County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Ouachita Parish      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Ouachita Parish Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Monroe Free Press  Voice of the Monroe African-American Community
• The News Star  Monroe, Louisiana
• The News-Star  Monroe     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• News-Star  Monroe, LA     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Ouachita Citizen 
• Ouachita Parish Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Ouachita Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Ouachita Parish      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ouachita Parish  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ouachita Parish Courthouse 
• Ouachita Parish Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Monroe School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Monroe, LA High School Class of 1908      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)
• Monroe, LA Ouachita Parish High School Class of 1901      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)
• Ouachita Parish High School  Senior Class of 1935     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Ouachita Parish High School Senior Class      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• School History  St. Paschal Parish
• West Monroe School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Ouachita Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Biography of Daly  Recorded also as Dally, Doly and Dolly, born circa 1772     (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Ouachita Parish      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Ouachita Parish     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Ouachita Blues Chapter  West Monroe     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Ouachita Blues Chapter  West Monroe     (Source: United Daughters of the Confederacy)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (136)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Ouachita Parish      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Ouachita Parish  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Ouachita Parish Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Ouachita Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Ouachita Parish Divorce Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Ouachita Parish Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Ouachita Parish Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Ouachita Parish Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Ouachita Parish     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Ouachita Parish     (Source: Family History Library)

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