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Goal 4: Learn about Louisiana church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Louisiana church records.
Summary
- Find Louisiana church information by denomination.
- Search Louisiana church records at the county level.
- Get an overview of Louisiana church records in these articles.
FS—Louisiana Church Records
AC—Louisiana Church Records - Explore additional links for Louisiana church records on the
LDSGenealogy site. - Explore church record resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
BExplore Louisiana cemetery records.
Summary
- Find cemetery records for Louisiana ancestors from a number of sources.
- Explore Louisiana cemetery records in this article.
FS—Louisiana Cemetery Records - Browse the
Interment.net site for Louisiana cemetery records. - Search for Louisiana cemetery records online.
- Explore Louisiana cemetery records on the AccessGenealogy site.
- Explore additional links for Louisiana cemetery records on the LDSGenealogy site.
- Explore the Tombstone Transcription Project on the U.S. GenWeb site.
- Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Sarah Roxanna Eppes Davis was buried in Louisiana. Use the "AC: Louisiana, Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What was Sarah Roxanna Eppes Davis's birth date?
- What is her death date?
- What is her father's name?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Sarah Roxanna Eppes" as the first name and "Davis" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Record for Sarah Roxanna Eppes Davis.
- Read the information in the center column.
- In Suggested Records at the right of the page, click Find A Grave to discover the name of her father.
- Sarah was born on 8 Aug 1838.
- She died on 26 Aug 1891.
- Her father is John Wayles Eppes.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
Louisiana Parishes
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook
Click here for a printable map of Parishes.