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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
French colony, 1699–1763; Spanish colony, 1764–1803; Orleans Territory, 1804
STATEHOOD
1812
AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
1791 and 1804 (New Orleans only); schedules of Union Civil War veterans and widows, 1890
FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1810
PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
Public
BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1914
MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
Check the parish clerk's office that issued the license
CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Office of Public Health
Vital Records Registry
Box 60630
New Orleans, LA 70160
(504) 593-5100
