(This page's most recent update is April 2025)
If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.
However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.
- A Digital Collection Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
- Access Genealogy – Louisiana
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – Louisiana
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Ascension Parish Library
- Baton Rouge Digital Collections
- Centenary College of Louisiana Digital Collections
- Chronicling America – Louisiana
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Cyndi’s List – Louisiana
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Louisiana
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Library of Appalachia
- Digital Public Library of America – Louisiana
- Dillard University Digital Collections
- Documenting the American South
- East Baton Rouge Parish Library
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – Louisiana Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – Louisiana
- FindAGrave
- Franklin Parish Library
- Freedmen’s Bureau Online – Louisiana
- Genealogy Trails – Louisiana
- Google Books – Louisiana
- HathiTrust – Louisiana
- Historic New Orleans Collection
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – Louisiana
- Internet Archive – Louisiana
- Lafayette Genealogical Society
- Lafayette Public Library
- LDMA (Louisiana Digital Media Archive)
- LDS Genealogy – Louisiana
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Linkpendium – Louisiana
- Louisiana Digital Library
- Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society
- Louisiana Historical Society – Resources
- Louisiana State Archives
- Louisiana State University – Alexandria Digital Collections
- Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge Digital Collections
- Louisiana Tech University Digital Collections
- Loyola University New Orleans Digital Collections
- LSU Digital Collections
- McNeese State University Digital Collections
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Fort Worth
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New Horizons Genealogy – Louisiana
- New Orleans Public Library City Archives
- Nicholls State University Digital Collections
- Ouachita Parish Public Library
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Resources for Research in New Orleans
- Sanborn Maps – Louisiana
- Shreve Memorial Library
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- Southeastern Louisiana University Digital Collections
- State Library of Louisiana
- The Official Land Records Site
- Tulane University Digital Collections
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of Louisiana – Lafayette Digital Collections
- University of Louisiana – Monroe Digital Collections
- University of New Orleans Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – Louisiana
- US GenWeb Archives – Louisiana
- Xavier University of Louisiana Digital Collections
Here is the list of over 2,745 curated Louisiana genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:
- Newspapers
- Yearbooks
- Births
- Marriages
- Deaths
- Alumni Records
- Cemetery Records
- Church Records
- Coroner Records
- Criminal Records
- Directories
- Divorce Records
- Immigration Records
- Institutional Records
- Military Records
- Mortuary Records
- Naturalizations
- Obituaries
- Photos
- Probate and Wills
- School Records
- Tax Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!