Saint Landry Parish LA Genealogy

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Saint Landry Parish Records by Type

Birth Records (4)
Cemetery Records (180)
Census Records (38)
Church Records (11)
City Directories (4)
Court Records (4)
Death Records (8)
Histories and Genealogies (7)
Immigration Records (1)
Land Records (14)
Map Records (21)
Marriage Records (8)
Military Records (5)
Minority Records (1)
Miscellaneous Records (2)
Newspapers and Obituaries (76)
Probate Records (5)
School Records (25)
Tax Records (2)

Saint Landry Parish Records by City/Town

Eunice Genealogy (62)
Grand Coteau Genealogy (27)
Lawtell Genealogy (19)
Melville Genealogy (22)
Morrow Genealogy (21)

Opelousas Genealogy (126)
Palmetto Genealogy (20)
Sunset Genealogy (19)
Washington Genealogy (34)
Whiteville Genealogy (19)

Overview of Saint Landry Parish Records

St. Landry Parish was created in 1807 from Opelousas Parish.
Birth and death records from 1911 to the present can be obtained from the Louisiana Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics .
The St. Landry Parish Clerk has marriage records starting in 1756, divorce and court records starting in 1760s, and probate records starting in 1760s.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.