Helpful Links

• USGenWeb
• Wikipedia
• Louisana Secretary of State
  • Vital Records
  • Louisiana Historical Resources
  • Confederate Pension Application Database

• State Library
  • Frederick A. Browder Journal, 1814-1816

• Family Search
• Find A Grave
• Chronicling America - Library of Congress free online newspaper collection
• National Register of Historic Places - info & photos for places in Washington Parish
• USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island
• LSU Special Collections
• The Louisiana Vital Records Registry
• American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
• American Memories Project At the Library of Congress Web Site
• Family Search.org
• Topozone.com

African-American

• LaGenWeb Archives - Index of African American Genealogy
• African-American Cemeteries
• AfriGeneas

Native American

• Cherokee Nation
• Mississippi - Choctaw Indians
• Seminole Tribe
• Access Genealogy - Native American History & Genealogy
• USGenWeb Native American Census Project

Other Countries

• WorldGenWeb Project
• IrelandGenWeb Project
• ScotlandGenWeb Project

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