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Ten photocopied baptismal certificates from various dates in the 1850s.

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Admission Books, Patient Registers, Death Records, and Admission Books to the Lunatic Asylum

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Church parish registers, usually containing baptisms, marriages, and funerals, are available for the following towns and cities. If only one type of record is recorded, the entry below is marked (B) for baptisms or (M) for marriages. In some cases, two or more churches are represented for the same locality. Registers from former French possessions in the United States occasionally cover dates into the 19th century. For specific dates of coverage, check the labels on the film boxes.

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Printed material, typewritten letters. Copy of "French Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review." Correspondence between Ernest L. Monty, an attorney, and Roland J. Auger, an official with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs for the Government of Quebec, concerning an article in the above mentioned review.

Scope and Contents The records are 3 manuscript volumes, beginning in January 1836; earlier volumes have not survived in the Louisiana Division's manuscript collection. In most cases, the records provide the names of bride and groom, witnesses, and the minister who performed the ceremony (inevitably T. Clapp) and the date of the marriage. In other cases, only the names of bride and groom and the date are given. After November 1837, a standard form came into use, providing space for names of bride, groom,...

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Affidavits attesting that the named person is free. Describes the named person’s lineage, place of birth and current address. Click the image to the right to view collection.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Myldred Masson Costa papers include correspondence, meeting minutes, promotional material, and other documents related to her activities on a variety of official boards and neighborhood associations dedicated to historic preservation in the French Quarter from the 1970s and early 1980s. These organizations include the French Quarter Task Force, the Vieux Carré Association, the Louisiana Council for the Vieux Carré, and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial Commission....

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The registers include some or all of the following information: name, place of birth, “reference” (often an address, or name, presumably, of the person to be contacted), dates of admission and discharge, date of death (if appropriate), and diagnosis. A partial index (letters K-W) is filmed at the front of the volume. Ante-bellum records include entries for enslaved people.

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Typescript birth certificates for Iberville and Bienville and blueprint of plaque in Montreal honoring Iberville.

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Manuscript lists of passengers arriving at the port of New Orleans during April and May of 1851. Other copies of most of these lists exist in the passenger list records filmed by the National Archives. Lists for two vessels are not included on those microfilms: Schooner Union, from San Juan de Nicaragua (April 20, 1851) and Bark Cora, from Richmond (May 9, 1851).

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Records of Cemeteries owned and operated by religious or private entities. Information regarding Catholic Cemeteries can also be located at the New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries Office.

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Genealogical records

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The collection consists of approximately 100 pages of Leche family genealogical records.

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The Golden Book of Life, Record of Patients, Record of Deaths, and Admission Books for Touro Infirmary.

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Various papers relating to the family genealogy including clippings and ephemera.

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Family record.