Obituaries are notices of a deceased, usually
placed in newspapers by funeral homes, or members of the deceased's
family. The obituary traditionally can include valuable information,
such as date of death and names of close family members. This
page provides links to Louisiana obituaries, death records, Louisiana
obituary databases and other Louisiana genealogy resources
Search for Obituaries by County:
total number LA obituary indexes:
756
Large Obituary Databases
There are some sites on the internet that have large obituary
databases from many sources and often, because of their size
can provide a search box to quickly find the obituary for
which you may be searching:
World's Largest Online Newspaper Archive
instantly search over 660 million obituary, marriage,
birth and death announcements in 12 million newspaper pages
from 1690-today
Legacy.com
Search for obituaries and Guest Books from
over 175 Legacy.com-affiliated newspapers across the United
States
NewspaperArchive - Search 130 Million Newspaper Pages for Obituaries
search newspapers going back 400 years
Obituary
Daily Times
a searchable database of over 14 million newspaper
obituaries
GenealogyBank - Over 1 Billion Records - Louisiana Newspapers
search death notices and obituaries in Louisiana newspapers
Louisiana Obituaries
Databases of obituaries from many newspapers typically may
contain the following information: date of death, age at death,
newspaper name, date of paper and page of citation. Some sites
may even have scanned original Louisiana obituaries and provided
them online.
Louisiana
Newspapers & Obituary Help - at AncestorHunt.com,
this site has a large collection links to newspaper obituaries
Louisiana
Obituaries this archive, maintained by US
GenWeb Archives, includes records submitted by volunteers and
transcribed newspaper obits
Directory
of Louisiana Obituaries and Newspaper Links
transcription of over 250,000 obituaries as provided by researchers
Obits Index - Louisiana
recent obituaries of individuals born in Louisiana.
Louisiana Genealogy Resources
I recommend you try these sites as they may contain Louisiana
obituaries or other online vital records that could be useful
in your research:
Louisiana
Death Records Search results can include
location and date of death, obituary records, cemetery listings, death
certificate access - at Genealogy Archives
Louisiana
Marriage Records Search results can include
full bride and groom names, bride and groom family members,
marriage cert access - at Genealogy Archives
Louisiana
Birth Records Search results can include
name of mother, father, place of birth, birth certificate
access
Cyndi's List
- Obituaries large collection of links, indexed in alphabetical order
Louisiana
Death Certificates how to obtain death certificates for Louisiana