Welcome to the Louisiana Obituary Links Page
Welcome to the Louisiana obituaries page, where you will find links, databases, and resources that will help you find obituaries and vital records related information. If you are looking to find a copy of a specific obituary, biographic/public records data, or a copy of the official death certificate from person who died in Louisiana, then please follow the following steps:
| 1 | Search the Local Newspapers Archives Once you have the name, place, and date of death then you can search the local newspapers archives for a copy of the obituary posting. You can access our free list of all the newspapers and their obituary sections for the state of Louisiana. |
| 2 | Search other Free and Paid Resources If you do not want to search the local newspapers, then we recommend the following resources and companies, who can provide this information. Many offer both free and paid services which can you help you find obituary and biographic information. |
| 3 | Get an Official Death Certificate If you are looking for an official copy of a death certificate then please read the specific instructions of how to order death certificates. |
| 4 | Further Genealogical Research If you are a genealogist, we also have aggregated a list of genealogy resources by state. You can try these genealogy focused resources, which are organized by county and state. |
Search Tools and Resources
Instruction for obtaining a copy of a Louisiana Death Certificate
To order Death Certificates you can contact the Louisiana Department of Vital Records which is listed below. If you want to order online you can use the following link to order a death certificate.
Event: Death
Cost of copy: $7.50
Address:
Office of Public Health
Vital Records Registry
P.O. Box 60630
New Orleans, LA 70160
Remarks: State office has records for 50 years past the date of death. Death records are confidential for the first 50 years.
Older records are available through the Louisiana State Archives, P.O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804.
Directory of Louisiana Obituary and Genealogy Resource Links
Looking for the obituary section for a local newspaper? Please search through our full list of Louisiana Newspapers and access their online obituary sections. Click here to access Louisiana Newspapers.
Surname Meanings Database
Statewide
Louisiana Cemetery Inscriptions Search Engine
Miscellaneous Parishes Obituary Search Engine
Louisiana Obituary and Death Notices Archive
Louisiana Obituary and Death Notices Collection
Honor Students Archive - Louisiana Students
Louisiana Public Record Search (Non-genealogy)
Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-49 (Ancestry)
Southern States Obituary Search Engine
World Wedding Bells Thru 1899
Southeastern Genealogical Research
Acadia Parish
Acadia Parish 1985 Obituary Index198819891990
Acadia Parish Archives
Allen Parish
Allen Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Ascension Parish
Abstracted Obituaries from The Advocate Part 2Part 3
Ascension Parish Archives
Request A Lookup From Linda
Assumption Parish
Avoyelles Parish
Avoyelles Parish Obituaries
Cushman Cemetery Inscriptions
Beauregard Parish
Beauregard Parish Obituaries
Beauregard Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Bienville Parish
Bienville Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Bienville Parish Marriages
Bossier Parish
Bossier Parish Obituaries
Cottage Grove Cemetery Inscriptions
Hamiter Cemetery Inscriptions
Salem Cemetery Inscriptions
Caddo Parish
Caddo Paris Obituary Search Engine
Shreveport Times Obituaries
Caddo Parish Obituaries
Caddo Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Caddo Parish Death Certificates
Osborn Funeral Home Obituaries
Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Parish Obituary Search Engine
Lake Charles American Press
Calcasieu Parish Obituaries
Calcasieu Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Calcasieu Parish Marriage Index Females 1910-1963Males
Caldwell Parish
Cameron Parish
Cameron Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Cameron Parish Marriages - Brides 1874-1883Grooms
Catahoula Parish
Catahoula Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Claiborne Parish
AA Cemetery Inscriptions
Gee Historical Cemetery Inscriptions
Colquitt Cemetery Inscriptions
Concordia Parish
Concordia Parish Obituaries
Concordia Parish Freedmen Marriage Certificate Returns
DeSoto Parish
DeSoto Parish Obituaries
DeSoto Parish Obituaries
DeSoto Parish Death Certificates
DeSoto Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
DeSoto Parish Marriages
East Baton Rouge Parish
Advocate Online
Baton Rouge Area Obituary Index Search Engine
East Baton Rouge Parish Obituaries
East Baton Rouge Parish Death Certificates
Baton Rouge Gazette Extracts 1827-1841
East Baton Rouge Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Baton Rouge National Cemetery Inscriptions
Request A Lookup From Linda
East Carroll Parish
East Feliciana Parish
East Feliciana Parish Obituaries
East Feliciana Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
East Feliciana Parish Marriages
Evangeline Parish
Evangeline Parish Obituaries
Evangeline Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Franklin Parish
Franklin Parish Obituaries
Franklin Parish Marriages
Franklin Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Grant Parish
Grant Parish Obituaries
Grant Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Bethel Cemetery Inscriptions
Grant Parish Marriages
Iberia Parish
The Daily Iberian
Richardson Family Cemetery Inscriptions
Iberia Parish Archives
Iberville Parish
Jackson Parish
Jackson Independent
Jackson Parish Obituaries
Jackson Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Chatham Cemetery Inscriptions
Jackson Parish Marriages
Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish Obituaries
Jefferson Parish Deaths
New Orleans, LA Marriage Records Index, 1831-1920
Jefferson Parish Marriages
Grand Isle Cemetery Inscriptions
Jefferson County Cemetery Inscriptions
Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish Obituaries (Text files)
Jefferson Davis Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Lafayette Parish
Lafayette Parish Obituary Search Engine
Acadiana Now
Lafayette Parish Archives
Lafourche Parish
Daily Comet
Lafourche Parish Archives
LaSalle Parish
LaSalle Parish Obituaries
LaSalle Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
LaSalle Parish Marriages
LaSalle Parish Births
Lincoln Parish
Lincoln Parish Obituaries
Lincoln Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Lincoln Parish Marriages
Livingston Parish
Livingston Parish News Obituaries
Livingston Parish Obituaries
Livingston Parish Obituary Archive
Livingston Parish Cemeteries A-M Inscriptions
Livingston Parish Cemeteries N-Z Inscriptions
Livingston Parish Marriages
Madison Parish
Morehouse Parish
Natchitoches Parish
Rootsweb - Natchitoches Parish Obituary Forum
Natchitoches Parish Obituaries
Natchitoches Parish Death Certificates
Natchitoches Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Natchitoches Parish Marriages
Natchitoches Baptism & Birth Records
Orleans Parish
New Orleans Death Records Search Engine
NOLA Live
New Orleans, LA Marriage Records Index, 1831-1920
New Orleans, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists
New Orleans Deaths, 1840-1970
Orleans Parish Obituaries
New Orleans Birth Records Search Engine
New Orleans Death Index Daily Picayune 1837-1857; 1870
Orleans Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Orleans Parish Marriages & Divorces
St. Louis Cemetery Photos
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish Obituary Search Engine
Monroe Free Press - African-American Deaths
Monroe News-Star (SueLynn's Collection)
Ouachita Parish Obituaries
Ouachita Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Ouachita Parish Marriages
Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines Parish Obituaries
Plaquemines Parish Archives
Pointe Coupee Parish
Pointe Coupee Parish Obituaries Part 1Part 2
Pointe Coupee Parish Archives
Rapides Parish
Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Rapides Parish Obituaries
Central Louisiana Obituaries
Rapides Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Rapides Parish Marriages
Red River Parish
Richland Parish
Richland Parish Obituaries
Richland Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Richland Parish Marriages
Sabine Parish
Sabine Parish Obituary Search Engine
Sabine Parish Obituaries
Sabine Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Sabine Parish Marriages
St. Bernard Parish
St. Bernard Parish Archives
Chalmette National Cemetery Inscriptions (Civil War)
St. Charles Parish
L'Observateur(scroll to "Obituaries"; change date in URL as needed)
St. Charles Parish Obituaries FTP Folder
Holy Rosary Cemetery Inscriptions
St. Charles Parish Archives
St. Helena Parish
St. Helena Parish Obituaries
St. Helena Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
St. Helena Parish Marriages
St. James Parish
L'Observateur(scroll to "Obituaries"; change date in URL as needed)
St. James Parish Archives
St. James Parish Obituaries
St. James Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
St. John the Baptist Parish
L'Observateur(scroll to "Obituaries"; change date in URL as needed)
St. John Memorial Gardens Cemetery Inscriptions
St. John the Baptist Parish Archives
St. John the Baptist Cemetery Inscriptions
St. Landry Parish
The Daily World
St. Landry Parish Obituaries
St. Landry Parish Coroner's Inquest Book 1906-1909
St. Landry Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
St. Landry Parish Marriages
St. Martin Parish
St. Mary Parish
St. Mary Parish Obituaries
St. Mary Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
The Daily Review Online
St. Tammany Parish
Tamnet - Temporarily Down
St. Tammany Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
St. Tammany Parish Marriages
Tangipahoa Parish
Tangipahoa Parish Obituary Search Engine
Daily Star Obituary Search
Tangipahoa Parish Archives
Tensas Parish
Terrebonne Parish
Terrebonne Parish Obituary Search Engine
Early Deaths from the Houma Courier 1892-1940
Houma Courier Today Obituary Search Engine
Terrebonne Parish Obituaries
Terrebonne Parish Births - 1998
Terrebonne Parish Marriages - 1998
Terrebonne Parish Engagements - 1998
Houma Obituaries Archive
Union Parish
Vermilion Parish
Vermilion Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Vermilion Parish Marriages
Vernon Parish
Vernon Parish Obituaries
Vernon Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Washington Parish
Washington Parish Obituary Search Engine
The Daily News (click on "News", then scroll down to Obits)
Washington Parish Obituaries
Washington Parish Marriages
Webster Parish
Minden Press-Herald Current Obituaries
Minden Press-Herald 2002 Obituaries
Webster Parish Archives
West Baton Rouge Parish
West Baton Rouge Parish Obituaries
West Baton Rouge Parish Archives
Westside Journal - Archives
West Carroll Parish
West Carroll Parish Obituaries
West Carroll Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
West Carroll Parish Marriages
West Feliciana Parish
West Feliciana Parish Obituaries
West Feliciana Parish Archives
West Feliciana Cemetery Inscriptions
Spillman Cemetery Inscriptions
Ferguson Cemetery Inscriptions
Winn Parish
Winn Parish Obituaries
Winn Parish Cemetery Inscriptions
Winn Parish Marriages
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