One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage license, bond, and certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual marriage documents themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include marriage information that are not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information.
The lists below are specific marriage indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Louisiana.
Note 1: Many of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. In many cases there is a link to the digital collection in the middle of the page, but also near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. Please also note that I have listed below only databases that are accessible digitally from your computer (or tablet/phone)
Note 2: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated November 2021; recently added links are in BOLD):
- Acadia Parish Marriage Index 1886-1999
- Acadia Parish Marriage Licenses 1887-1893
- Acadia Parish, Marriage Indexes
- Allen Parish Index to Marriages, 1913-1983 ; Marriage Records, 1913-1928
- Ascension Parish Marriage Contracts
- Ascension Parish Marriages pre-1930
- Assumption Parish, Marriages
- Assumption Parish Marriage Records 1790-1926; Marriage Index, 1800-1971
- Attakapas District Records
- Avoyelles Parish Marriages pre- 1850
- Bienville Parish, Marriages
- Bienville Parish Marriages Volumes A thru I, 1849-1901
- Bienville Parish Marriages 1849-1886
- Bienville Parish, Marriage Indexes
- Bossier Parish, Marriage Indexes
- Caddo Parish Marriages pre-1930
- Caddo Parish Online Marriage Index
- Calcasieu Parish Marriages
- Calcasieu Parish Marriage Record, 1910-1929
- Calcasieu Parish Marriages, 1910-1917; Marriage Index, 1910-1971
- Cameron Parish Marriages
- Catahoula Parish Marriages
- Concordia Parish, Marriages
- Concordia Parish – Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records
- Concordia Parish Marriages 1847-1919
- DeSoto Parish Marriages
- DeSoto Parish Marriage License Records, DeSoto Parish 1843-1900
- Early Marriages of Pointe Coupee, 1771-1843
- East Baton Rouge Parish, Marriages
- East Carroll Parish, Marriages
- East Carroll Parish Marriages
- East Feliciana Parish, Marriages
- East Feliciana Parish, Marriage Indexes
- Evangeline Parish, Marriages
- Evangeline Parish Marriages 1911-1912
- Evangeline Parish Index to Marriages, 1912-1950 ; Marriage Records, 1911-1929
- Franklin Parish Marriages 1840-1930s
- Franklin Parish Index to Marriage Book A
- French Colonial Louisiana Marriage Contracts
- Iberia Parish Marriages
- Iberia Parish Marriage Records, 1875-1916; Index to Marriages, 1868-1971
- Iberville Parish Marriages 1770-1999
- Jefferson Davis Parish Index to Marriages, 1913-1970 ; Marriage Record, 1913-1929
- Jefferson Parish Marriage Certificates of Jefferson and Orleans parishes, 1846-1856
- Jefferson Parish Marriage Certificates, Carrollton, 1865-1877
- Jefferson Parish Marriage Licenses, 1846-1859
- Lincoln Parish, Marriages
- Lincoln Parish Marriage and Cemetery Records
- Livingston Parish Marriages
- Livingston Parish, Marriage Indexes
- Louisiana Bible Records, Family Histories and Marriage Records, 1961
- Louisiana Bible, Family History, Church History, Marriages, etc. 1960
- Louisiana Early Court and Church Records
- Louisiana Early Marriages
- Louisiana Marriage Records Index and Contracts 1718-1900
- Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906
- Louisiana Miscellaneous Vital Records
- Louisiana Secretary of State Marriage Records Index
- Louisiana Miscellaneous Vital Records, 1700-1900
- Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957
- Madison Parish Marriage Records 1866-1900
- Madison Parish Marriages
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Morehouse Parish Marriages 1869-1876
- Morehouse Parish Marriage Records 1875-1899
- Natchitoches Parish, Marriages
- Natchitoches Parish Marriage Licenses January 1 to February 8, 1915
- Natchitoches Parish Marriages recorded in Notarial Book #8
- Natchitoches Parish Marriages recorded in notarial Book 12
- Natchitoches Parish, Marriage Indexes
- Natchitoches Times Marriage Licenses February 18, 1915 to March 22, 1915
- Natchitoches Parish Marriages May 21, 1813 to February 11, 1817
- New Orleans Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral Baptismal, Marriage and Death Records 1849-1900
- New Orleans Daily Picayune Newspaper Marriage Index 1837-1857
- New Orleans Deaths and Marriages: 1855-1856
- New Orleans Justices of the Peace, Index to Marriage Records, 1846-1880
- New Orleans Marriage Records 1846-1880
- New Orleans Marriage Records; Licenses and Certificates, 1880-1916
- New Orleans Newspaper Marriage Index 1804-1899
- New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish Marriage Records 1846-1860
- Orleans Parish, Marriages
- Orleans Parish Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Orleans Parish Marriage Ledgers, 1870-1950, with Indexes, 1844-1845, 1847, 1849-1950; Delayed Recordings of Marriage Certificates, 1873-1969; Index of Unrecorded Marriages 1870
- Orleans Parish Marriage Licenses and Certificates, 1834-1888
- Orleans Parish Marriage Records
- Orleans Parish Vital Records, 1900-1964
- Orleans Parish Justice of Peace Marriage Index Cards 1846-1880
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana Marriage Licenses/Certificates, 1870-1942
- Ouachita Parish Marriage Index 1813 (1810)-1900
- Ouachita Parish Marriage Index, 1800-1890
- Ouachita Parish Marriage Records, 1828-1835
- Ouachita Parish Marriages
- Plaquemines Parish Marriages and Deaths
- Pointe Coupee Parish, Marriage Indexes
- Rapides Parish Marriages
- Richland Parish, Marriage Indexes
- Sabine Parish, Marriages
- Sabine Parish, Marriage Indexes
- St. Helena Parish Marriage Licenses, 1840-1849
- St. Helena Parish Marriages
- St. Landry Parish, Marriages
- St. Landry Parish Marriage Records
- St. Landry Parish Marriage Records, 1807-1916; Index to Marriages, 1807-1979
- St. Martin Parish Marriage Records, 1760-1900
- St. Mary Parish, Marriages
- St. Tammany Parish Marriage Records, 1812-1900
- St. Tammany Parish Index to Marriages, 1812-1900, v. 1
- St. Tammany Parish Marriages
- St. Tammany Parish Marriage Records, 1810-1900
- Tangipahoa Parish Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Tensas Parish Marriages
- Terrebonne Parish Marriage Records
- Union Parish, Marriages
- Union Parish Marriages
- Union Parish Marriages, 1839-1852
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Vermilion Parish Marriages 1861-1891
- Vermilion Parish, Marriage Indexes
- Vernon Parish Marriages
- Washington Parish Marriages
- Webster Parish 1871-1900 Marriage Record
- West Baton Rouge Parish, Marriages
- West Carroll Parish Marriages
- West Feliciana Parish, Marriages
- West Feliciana Parish Marriages, 1841-1887
- Winn Parish, Marriages
- Winn Parish Marriage Indexes
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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