Rapides Parish, Louisiana:
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Projects

• Alexandria Louisiana Retrospective 
• Rapides Parish, Louisiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Rapides Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and History      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Allen Parish, LA  to the south
• Avoyelles Parish, LA  to the east
• Evangeline Parish, LA  to the south
• Grant Parish, LA  to the north
• La Salle Parish, LA  to the northeast
• Natchitoches Parish, LA  to the northwest
• Vernon Parish, LA  to the west

Bible Records

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

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

• Longleaf Families Database 
• Rapides Parish Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Rapides Parish Families      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Pioneer Families      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (38)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

• Alexandria and Pineville City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rapides Parish, Louisiana City, Parish and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Estate Records

• Rapides Parish Estate Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Ethnic

• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0047, Labor Contracts (Agreements with Freedmen) Point Coupee, Rapides, Sabine 1865-68     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0052, includes Abbeville and Alexandria     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0053, includes Alexandria     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872  Reel 0054, includes Alexandria and Algiers     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (18)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records (11)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Lookups

• Rapides Parish Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• LARAPIDE-L Rapides Parish genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Rapides Parish      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Rapides Parish Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Rapides Parish Places      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Post Offices 
• Rapides Parish Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Rapides Parish Postal Covers      ($)
• Rapides Parish Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Alexandria, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  RapidesP County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Rapides Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Pineville, LA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rapides Parish Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Rapides Parish     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Rapides Parish - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Rapides Parish - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Rapides Parish, Louisiana  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Louisiana National Register of Historic Places  Rapides Parish
• Migrations through Rapides Parish      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Rapides Parish Government      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rapides Parish Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Rapides Parish Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Rapides Parish Records  Civil Conservation Corps     (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Rapides County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Rapides Parish      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Rapides Parish Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Search Alexandria Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Alexandria Daily Town Talk      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hixson Brothers Funeral Home  Alexandria, Marksville and Jena, Louisiana
• Hixson Brothers Funeral Homes 
• Rapides Parish Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• Rush Funeral Home  Pineville, Oakdale, Oberlin, Kinder, Glenmore, Pitkin, Hineston and Pine Prairie, Louisiana
• The Town Talk  Alexandria-Pineville, Louisiana
• Winnfield Funeral Homes  Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Natchitoches, Shreveport and Winnfield, Louisiana

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories

• Alexandria School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Bolton High School Class of 1953, Alexandria, LA      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Rapides Parish Schools      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information (18)

Societies

• Central Louisiana Genealogical Society 
• General Leroy Augustus Stafford Camp 358, Alexandria      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Loyalty Chapter  Alexandria     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (383)

Tax Lists

• Rapides Parish Tax Records      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Rapides Parish      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Rapides Parish, Louisiana     (Source: Google Patents)
• Rapides Parish  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Rapides Parish Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

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

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