Rapides Parish LA Genealogy

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Rapides Parish Records by Type

Birth Records (1)
Cemetery Records (467)
Census Records (50)
Church Records (11)
City Directories (44)
Death Records (6)
Histories and Genealogies (15)
Land Records (6)
Map Records (19)
Marriage Records (8)
Military Records (12)
Minority Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (1)
Newspapers and Obituaries (107)
Probate Records (3)
School Records (74)
Tax Records (1)

Rapides Parish Records by City/Town

Alexandria Genealogy (257)
Boyce Genealogy (27)
Cheneyville Genealogy (47)
Deville Genealogy (43)
Echo Genealogy (22)
Flatwoods Genealogy (20)
Forest Hill Genealogy (30)
Gardner Genealogy (27)

Glenmora Genealogy (50)
Hineston Genealogy (25)
Lecompte Genealogy (39)
Pineville Genealogy (116)
Sieper Genealogy (22)
Tioga Genealogy (24)
Woodworth Genealogy (37)

Overview of Rapides Parish Records

Rapides Parish was created in 1807.
Birth and death records from 1911 to the present can be obtained from the Louisiana Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics .
The Rapides Parish District Clerk of Court has probate records starting in 1864, civil and criminal records, land records starting in 1864, mortgage records, plat maps, marriage records starting in 1864, and adoption records.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.