Louisiana Archives: 466 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

If you are researching your ancestry from Louisiana, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online LA newspaper archives: 466 titles to help you search your family history in the “Pelican State,” providing coverage from 1803 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Louisiana newspaper archives!

Photo: the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana, in the Sherburne Complex Wildlife Management Area, a Nature Conservancy reserve. Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library; Wikimedia Commons.
Photo: the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana, in the Sherburne Complex Wildlife Management Area, a Nature Conservancy reserve. Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Louisiana in these newspapers. Our LA newspapers are divided into two collections, each with their own search page:

  • Newspaper Archives (complete paper with all articles, including historical obituaries, with a number of very rare single-issue newspapers – many of them are the only known issues of the paper)
  • Obituaries (including both historical and recent obituaries, if obits are specifically what you are searching for)

Search Louisiana Newspaper Archives (1803 – 2018)

Search Louisiana Obituaries (1837 – Today)

Illustration: Louisiana state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Illustration: Louisiana state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Here is a partial list of Louisiana newspapers in the online archives; to see the full list, click here. Each newspaper title in this list is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page, where you can begin searching for your ancestors by surnames, dates, keywords and more. The LA newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Abbeville Abbeville Meridional 06/01/2008 – Current Obituaries
Abbeville Abbeville progress 03/01/1913 – 12/31/1921 437 Newspaper Archives
Abbeville Meridional 12/22/1877 – 12/30/1905 1439 Newspaper Archives
Abbeville, Gueydan, Kaplan Vermilion Today 07/02/2010 – Current Obituaries
Alexandria Louisiana Herald 03/20/1819 – 06/30/1824 36 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Louisiana Planter 05/15/1810 – 05/15/1810 1 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Louisiana Rambler 03/28/1818 – 04/11/1818 2 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Caucasian 11/25/1900 – 01/16/1920 1054 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Caucasian 04/04/1874 – 03/27/1875 52 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Constitutional 08/04/1860 – 06/01/1861 44 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Louisiana Democrat 07/13/1859 – 10/29/1902 1638 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Lumberjack 01/09/1913 – 07/10/1913 27 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Rapides gazette 12/23/1871 – 12/27/1873 93 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Southern Sentinel 07/10/1861 – 04/09/1909 393 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Southern Sentinel 08/10/1848 – 02/17/1858 472 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Caucasian 04/11/1874 – 01/16/1875 33 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Louisiana Democrat 09/09/1846 – 04/05/1876 7 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Louisiana Messenger, and Alexandria Advertiser 11/10/1826 – 11/17/1826 2 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Pictorial Democrat 04/15/1863 – 04/15/1863 1 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Red River Republican 09/15/1842 – 12/18/1847 5 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Red River Whig 03/09/1839 – 09/05/1840 2 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Southern Sentinel 03/21/1863 – 05/16/1863 5 Newspaper Archives
Alexandria Southern Transcript 02/29/1844 – 02/29/1844 1 Newspaper Archives
Algiers Herald 01/05/1911 – 12/28/1922 611 Newspaper Archives
Amite Amite-Tangi Digest 08/19/2008 – 10/03/2018 Obituaries
Amite City Amite City Democrat 06/17/1876 – 06/17/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Amite City Amite City Independent 09/09/1876 – 09/09/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Arabi St. Bernard Voice 07/24/2015 – Current Obituaries
Arcadia Bienville Democrat 04/03/1919 – 12/28/1922 175 Newspaper Archives
Basile Basile Weekly 04/28/2016 – Current Obituaries
Bastrop Bastrop Daily Enterprise 06/27/2008 – 03/29/2019 Obituaries
Bastrop Morehouse Clarion 01/02/1880 – 08/30/1895 67 Newspaper Archives
Bastrop Bastrop Republican 01/13/1876 – 01/13/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Bastrop Morehouse Clarion 03/11/1876 – 03/11/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Advocate 01/01/1986 – Current Obituaries
Baton Rouge Advocate Extra 10/09/2014 – 02/12/2015 Obituaries
Baton Rouge State-Times 01/01/1986 – 10/02/1991 Obituaries
Baton Rouge Advocate 07/19/1925 – 12/31/2018 33123 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Community Leader 06/16/1985 – 06/16/1985 1 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Daily Advocate 01/02/1854 – 10/31/1906 9036 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Daily State 08/01/1906 – 07/16/1910 1156 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Observer 01/13/1900 – 01/13/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge State Times Advocate 01/01/1909 – 10/02/1991 26569 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Weekly Advocate 12/24/1845 – 10/31/1903 683 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet 06/10/1837 – 06/10/1869 934 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Daily comet 09/01/1852 – 02/02/1856 739 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Daily gazette and comet 01/03/1860 – 12/29/1860 250 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Louisiana Capitolian 02/08/1879 – 12/31/1881 321 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Woman’s enterprise 07/22/1921 – 12/15/1922 19 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Weekly Messenger = Messager Hebdomadaire de Baton-Rouge 06/21/1826 – 12/06/1826 6 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Baton-Rouge Gazette 06/05/1819 – 11/20/1866 114 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Conservator 02/17/1847 – 02/17/1847 1 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Grand Era 11/20/1875 – 11/20/1875 1 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Weekly Comet 08/21/1853 – 08/21/1853 1 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Weekly Comet 05/29/1853 – 12/30/1855 134 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Morning comet 02/05/1856 – 12/27/1856 229 Newspaper Archives
Baton Rouge Observer 01/13/1900 – 01/13/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Belle Chasse Plaquemines Gazette 07/28/2015 – Current Obituaries
Bellevue Bossier Banner 07/01/1859 – 12/28/1922 2951 Newspaper Archives
Bellevue Bossier Banner 02/08/1868 – 04/14/1876 4 Newspaper Archives
Bellevue Bossier Sentinel 04/22/1876 – 04/22/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Bogalusa Daily News 01/02/2000 – Current Obituaries
Bogalusa Bogalusa enterprise and American 07/04/1918 – 12/28/1922 222 Newspaper Archives
Bogalusa Bogalusa enterprise 12/31/1914 – 12/28/1916 94 Newspaper Archives
Bossier City Bossier Press-Tribune 02/25/2008 – Current Obituaries
Breaux Bridge Sentinelle des Attakapas = Attakapas Sentinel 06/04/1874 – 06/11/1874 2 Newspaper Archives
Bringier Le messager 02/22/1851 – 09/08/1855 17 Newspaper Archives
Bringier Messager 09/22/1849 – 09/22/1849 1 Newspaper Archives
Church Point Church Point News 05/28/2014 – Current Obituaries
Clinton Watchman 12/18/2014 – Current Obituaries
Clinton American Patriot 12/27/1854 – 01/12/1856 51 Newspaper Archives
Clinton Feliciana Democrat 04/14/1855 – 05/07/1859 208 Newspaper Archives
Clinton American Patriot 10/31/1863 – 10/31/1863 1 Newspaper Archives
Clinton Feliciana Whig 09/11/1845 – 09/11/1845 1 Newspaper Archives
Clinton Patriot-Democrat 05/13/1876 – 05/13/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Colfax Colfax chronicle 11/12/1877 – 12/30/1922 2337 Newspaper Archives
Colfax Colfax chronicle 07/15/1876 – 08/04/1877 42 Newspaper Archives
Columbia Caldwell Watchman 04/20/2016 – Current Obituaries
Columbia Columbia Herald 07/08/1876 – 07/08/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Columbia Caldwell watchman 03/23/1894 – 12/29/1916 145 Newspaper Archives
Convent Le Louisianais 10/28/1865 – 02/12/1881 433 Newspaper Archives
Convent St. James Sentinel 06/17/1876 – 06/17/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
County Center Square Louisiana 08/18/2019 – Current Obituaries
County Louisiana Record 09/09/2019 – Current Obituaries
Covington St. Tammany News 02/17/2006 – 02/26/2013 Obituaries
Covington St. Tammany Farmer 04/02/1876 – 04/02/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Covington St Tammany farmer 10/26/1878 – 12/30/1922 2256 Newspaper Archives
Crowley Crowley Post-Signal 10/14/2009 – Current Obituaries
Crowley, Rayne Acadia Parish Today 06/21/2010 – Current Obituaries
De Ridder Beauregard Daily News 06/25/2008 – Current Obituaries
Delta Madison Journal 04/13/1889 – 12/31/1921 407 Newspaper Archives
Delta Madison Journal 05/23/1876 – 05/23/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Denham Springs, Ponchatoula Livingston-Tangipahoa Advocate 02/26/2015 – Current Obituaries
Donaldsonville Donaldsonville Chief 06/11/2008 – Current Obituaries
Donaldsonville Ascension Advocate 07/24/2014 – Current Obituaries
Donaldsonville Donaldsonville Chief 09/16/1871 – 12/30/1922 1339 Newspaper Archives
Donaldsonville Creole 10/18/1828 – 10/18/1828 1 Newspaper Archives
Donaldsonville Donaldsonville Chief 08/19/1876 – 08/19/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Donaldsonville Lafourche Gazette = Gazette de La-fourche 02/11/1826 – 09/16/1826 6 Newspaper Archives
Edgard Meschacebe 01/04/1862 – 12/30/1876 497 Newspaper Archives
Edgard Republican Pioneer 03/28/1868 – 03/28/1868 1 Newspaper Archives
Eunice Eunice News 03/07/2008 – Current Obituaries
Farmerville Home advocate 02/11/1885 – 06/10/1887 49 Newspaper Archives
Farmerville Union Record 05/26/1876 – 05/26/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Ferriday Concordia sentinel 11/01/1919 – 12/31/1921 75 Newspaper Archives
Fort Polk Fort Polk Guardian 11/04/2005 – 01/14/2011 Obituaries
Franklin Franklin Banner-Tribune 12/04/2006 – Current Obituaries
Franklin Planters’ Banner 07/08/1843 – 02/05/1863 2 Newspaper Archives
Franklin Planters” banner 01/04/1849 – 04/17/1872 324 Newspaper Archives
Franklin St Mary banner 03/08/1890 – 12/30/1922 1164 Newspaper Archives
Franklin Attakapas Register 01/24/1861 – 11/07/1861 32 Newspaper Archives
Franklin Weekly Junior Register 12/26/1861 – 05/09/1863 28 Newspaper Archives
Franklinton Era-leader 12/01/1910 – 12/29/1921 509 Newspaper Archives
Glenmora Patriot 05/03/1918 – 12/15/1922 230 Newspaper Archives
Gonzales Gonzales Weekly Citizen 05/02/2001 – Current Obituaries
Greensburg St. Helena Echo 12/18/2014 – 08/08/2018 Obituaries
Gretna West Bank Advocate 11/26/2015 – Current Obituaries
Gretna Jefferson Sentinel 02/26/1876 – 02/26/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Gueydan Gueydan Journal 09/13/2008 – Current Obituaries
Hahnville St. Charles Herald 08/05/1876 – 08/05/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Hammond Daily Star 04/23/1997 – Current Obituaries
Hammond Lion’s Roar, The: Southeastern Louisiana University 10/18/2011 – Current Obituaries
Harrisonburg Independent 11/09/1853 – 05/08/1861 64 Newspaper Archives
Harrisonburg Catahoula News 08/08/1876 – 08/08/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Harrisonburg Southern Advocate and Catahoula Register 07/15/1852 – 07/15/1852 1 Newspaper Archives
Homer Claiborne guardian 08/22/1877 – 01/16/1883 278 Newspaper Archives
Homer Homer guardian 10/05/1888 – 06/13/1890 80 Newspaper Archives
Homer Blackburn’s Homer Iliad 06/22/1867 – 05/10/1876 11 Newspaper Archives
Homer Claiborne Advocate 07/27/1853 – 11/23/1853 3 Newspaper Archives
Houma Courier 03/10/2016 – Current Obituaries
Houma Houma Ceres 07/19/1855 – 12/25/1858 99 Newspaper Archives
Houma Houma courier 01/18/1879 – 10/30/1920 160 Newspaper Archives
Houma Terrebonne Republican 06/10/1876 – 06/10/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Jackson Feliciana Republican and Louisiana Literary Messenger 02/15/1840 – 02/15/1840 1 Newspaper Archives
Jefferson City Jefferson City News 02/14/1863 – 02/14/1863 1 Newspaper Archives
Jennings Jennings daily record 10/26/1901 – 12/31/1902 334 Newspaper Archives
Kaplan Kaplan Herald 05/30/2009 – Current Obituaries
Kentwood Kentwood News Ledger 07/06/2016 – 07/11/2018 Obituaries
Kinder Kinder Courier News 04/21/2016 – Current Obituaries
La Place L’Observateur 01/14/1998 – Current Obituaries
Lafayette Acadiana Advocate 12/13/2013 – Current Obituaries
Lafayette Lafayette Advertiser 01/02/1869 – 04/21/1914 1658 Newspaper Archives
Lafayette Lafayette gazette 03/18/1893 – 12/26/1903 501 Newspaper Archives
Lafayette Louisiana Cotton-boll 02/19/1873 – 12/18/1879 47 Newspaper Archives
Lafayette KATC TV-3 04/08/2018 – Current Obituaries
Lafayette Echo of Lafayette = L’Echo de Lafayette 02/12/1859 – 12/27/1862 2 Newspaper Archives
Lafayette Impartial 12/26/1846 – 02/06/1847 7 Newspaper Archives
Lafayette Lafayette Advertiser 07/01/1876 – 07/01/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Lafayette Louisiana Cotton-boll 09/20/1876 – 09/20/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Lake Arthur Lake Arthur Sun-Times 08/20/2008 – 02/17/2011 Obituaries
Lake Charles American Press 09/14/2002 – Current Obituaries
Lake Charles Lake Charles commercial 07/09/1881 – 06/12/1897 832 Newspaper Archives
Lake Charles Lake Charles Echo 02/15/1868 – 12/21/1894 1107 Newspaper Archives
Lake Charles Lake Charles Echo 10/12/1876 – 10/12/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Lake Providence Banner-Democrat 08/06/1892 – 09/15/1909 447 Newspaper Archives
Lake Providence Carroll Watchman 02/08/1845 – 12/16/1845 11 Newspaper Archives
Leesville Leesville Daily Leader 07/02/2008 – Current Obituaries
Leesville Vernon Parish Democrat 05/24/1919 – 06/08/1922 155 Newspaper Archives
Lucy Le Meschace’be’ 01/29/1854 – 12/23/1922 1744 Newspaper Archives
Lucy Avant-Coureur 01/29/1854 – 05/11/1872 521 Newspaper Archives
Lucy Meschacebe 01/29/1854 – 11/23/1861 215 Newspaper Archives
Mansfield Mansfield Reporter 07/29/1876 – 07/29/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Marksville Avoyelles Journal, Marksville Weekly News, Bunkie Record 11/04/2009 – Current Obituaries
Marksville Avoyelles pelican 03/16/1861 – 01/16/1864 72 Newspaper Archives
Marksville Avoyelles Republican 04/15/1876 – 04/15/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Marksville Pelican 03/21/1863 – 03/21/1863 1 Newspaper Archives
Metairie East Jefferson Advocate 05/13/2015 – Current Obituaries
Minden Minden Press-Herald 09/11/2007 – Current Obituaries
Minden Minden Democrat 07/01/1876 – 07/01/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Monroe Daily telegraph 12/13/1870 – 07/05/1886 278 Newspaper Archives
Monroe Ouachita Telegraph 09/25/1869 – 12/21/1889 750 Newspaper Archives
Monroe Register 12/01/1859 – 11/22/1860 52 Newspaper Archives
Monroe Daily Electric Letter 11/13/1877 – 11/13/1877 1 Newspaper Archives
Monroe Louisiana Intelligencer 08/23/1876 – 08/23/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Monroe Ouachita Telegraph 03/03/1876 – 03/03/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Monroe Washita Gazette 06/11/1825 – 06/11/1825 1 Newspaper Archives
Morgan City Daily Review 05/04/2006 – Current Obituaries
Morgan City Morgan City daily review 08/14/1916 – 06/30/1919 883 Newspaper Archives
Morgan City Attakapas Register 02/05/1876 – 02/05/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Napoleonville Le pionnier de l’Assomption 09/15/1850 – 12/10/1855 287 Newspaper Archives
Napoleonville Pioneer of Assumption 06/16/1877 – 12/27/1879 132 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Mexicano 06/19/1813 – 06/19/1813 1 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Louisiana populist 08/24/1894 – 03/11/1898 174 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Natchitoches enterprise 07/25/1889 – 11/30/1922 564 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Natchitoches populist 03/18/1898 – 03/10/1899 51 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Natchitoches spectator 12/05/1867 – 08/25/1868 34 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Natchitoches Union 10/24/1861 – 12/25/1862 61 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches People”s vindicator 06/20/1874 – 10/22/1881 344 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Semi-weekly Natchitoches Times 01/03/1866 – 06/12/1867 124 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Natchitoches Chronicle 06/05/1847 – 06/05/1847 1 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Natchitoches Courier 02/14/1825 – 10/22/1827 5 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Natchitoches Union 04/01/1864 – 04/04/1864 2 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches People’s Vindicator 08/12/1876 – 08/12/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Red River Herald 06/21/1834 – 05/02/1835 2 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Semi-weekly Natchitoches Times 11/08/1866 – 11/08/1866 1 Newspaper Archives
Natchitoches Weekly Republican 01/22/1876 – 01/22/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
New Iberia Daily Iberian 01/02/2000 – Current Obituaries
New Iberia Louisiana Sugar-Bowl=Le Sucrier de la Louisiane 08/31/1876 – 08/31/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
New Iberia New Iberia enterprise 02/07/1885 – 02/22/1902 294 Newspaper Archives
New Iberia New Iberia enterprise and independent observer 03/15/1902 – 12/03/1921 834 Newspaper Archives
New Iberia Weekly Iberian 11/29/1899 – 12/30/1922 1149 Newspaper Archives
New Iberia Confederate States 09/05/1863 – 09/05/1863 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Gambit 09/04/2001 – Current Obituaries
New Orleans Louisiana Signal 11/01/1860 – 11/01/1860 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Advocate 10/22/2012 – Current Obituaries
New Orleans NOLA Defender 03/13/2010 – 04/10/2016 Obituaries
New Orleans Times-Picayune 01/01/1989 – 06/30/2019 Obituaries
New Orleans Times-Picayune, The: Web Edition Articles 08/11/2012 – Current Obituaries
New Orleans Uptown Messenger 09/27/2010 – Current Obituaries
New Orleans Abeille 11/27/1827 – 10/22/1876 784 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Black Republican 04/15/1865 – 05/20/1865 5 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Carillon 09/12/1869 – 05/02/1875 165 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Catholic Standard 04/13/1862 – 04/13/1862 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Courrier de la Louisiane 01/01/1821 – 12/31/1838 1015 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Daily Delta 06/17/1846 – 12/31/1864 530 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Daily True Delta 05/23/1857 – 12/31/1864 951 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Echo du Commerce 09/28/1808 – 09/28/1808 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Evening True Delta 10/14/1861 – 02/24/1864 9 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Inside New Orleans 05/01/1965 – 05/01/1965 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Jeffersonian 05/30/1842 – 09/21/1844 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Jeffersonian Republican 12/21/1844 – 10/02/1847 549 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Union 09/27/1862 – 07/19/1864 96 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Lanterne Magique 11/20/1808 – 11/20/1808 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Levy’s Letter Sheet Price-Current 02/01/1834 – 12/21/1839 29 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Louisiana Advertiser 04/19/1820 – 11/03/1827 335 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Louisiana State Gazette 05/28/1805 – 12/07/1826 364 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Merchants’ Transcript and New-Orleans Price Current 12/03/1838 – 03/23/1842 62 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Merchants’ Transcript, and New-Orleans Prices Current and Shipping List 01/27/1841 – 01/27/1841 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Misisipi 10/12/1808 – 10/12/1808 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Morning Tribune 09/03/1927 – 09/03/1927 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Argus 11/18/1809 – 03/26/1834 188 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Daily Creole 07/01/1856 – 01/10/1857 156 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Item 07/06/1877 – 09/14/1958 22144 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Republican 06/14/1867 – 10/05/1876 499 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans States 01/01/1916 – 09/13/1958 14279 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Times 01/01/1865 – 05/02/1898 2248 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Tribune 07/21/1864 – 02/28/1869 676 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Weekly Times 02/18/1865 – 12/28/1867 26 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin 12/21/1832 – 10/07/1871 1253 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New-Orleans Daily Chronicle 07/14/1818 – 09/14/1819 4 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New-Orleans Price-Current and Commercial Intelligencer 01/24/1824 – 09/13/1876 902 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Orleans Gazette and Commercial Advertiser 01/09/1804 – 06/16/1820 125 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Republicain 07/05/1845 – 01/17/1846 19 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Sunday Delta 09/28/1856 – 01/18/1863 81 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Telegraphe et le Commercial Advertiser 12/17/1803 – 04/11/1812 16 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Times-Picayune 01/25/1837 – 12/31/2015 63681 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Union and c. 02/20/1804 – 05/25/1812 32 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Weekly Louisianian 12/18/1870 – 06/17/1882 416 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Weekly Pelican 12/04/1886 – 11/23/1889 104 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Weekly Picayune 04/16/1838 – 06/09/1913 209 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Weekly Times-Picayune 04/16/1914 – 10/31/1918 33 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Commercial Letter Sheet Prices Current 02/15/1837 – 02/11/1846 8 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Review of the Market for the Past Week 06/26/1824 – 06/26/1824 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Louisiana Letter Sheet Prices Current 09/19/1832 – 09/19/1832 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Morning Star and Catholic Messenger 08/06/1876 – 08/06/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Western Produce Circular 02/09/1861 – 02/23/1861 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans California True Delta 04/20/1858 – 04/20/1858 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Crescent City Advocate 03/17/2015 – Current Obituaries
New Orleans New Orleans CityBusiness 06/10/2002 – Current Obituaries
New Orleans Carrollton sun 06/30/1860 – 06/01/1861 96 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Daily crescent 03/05/1848 – 04/18/1869 4831 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans El Pelayo 09/17/1851 – 12/28/1851 42 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Morning Star and Catholic Messenger 02/09/1868 – 02/02/1879 543 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Bulletin 03/25/1874 – 03/31/1876 630 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans daily Democrat 12/19/1875 – 04/21/1880 1389 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Republican 05/01/1867 – 11/10/1878 2491 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans True American 02/25/1837 – 12/31/1839 398 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Weekly Louisianian 04/27/1872 – 06/17/1882 285 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Times-Picayune, The: Blogs 10/05/2007 – 11/17/2018 Obituaries
New Orleans Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans 09/02/1876 – 09/02/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Acorn 10/17/1863 – 03/12/1864 4 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Algerine Newsboy 12/14/1861 – 01/11/1862 9 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Chronique 12/05/1847 – 05/16/1849 100 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Correo Atlantico 02/29/1836 – 08/15/1836 25 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Courrier de la Louisiane 09/29/1824 – 09/29/1824 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Courrier Francais 04/01/1864 – 04/22/1864 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Daily Crescent City 02/03/1842 – 12/14/1843 5 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Daily Fashion 12/15/1843 – 12/15/1843 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Daily Tropic 10/06/1842 – 06/30/1846 160 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Echo National 04/16/1848 – 04/23/1848 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Epoque 12/08/1867 – 02/09/1868 4 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Estafette du Sud 06/16/1861 – 10/10/1862 7 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Evening Mercury 05/29/1847 – 05/29/1847 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Explicateur Americain = American Exponent 10/17/1855 – 10/17/1855 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Franc-Parleur 07/02/1835 – 07/02/1835 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Franco-Italien 07/24/1859 – 07/24/1859 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Free South 02/15/1868 – 02/15/1868 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Gazette d’Etat=State Gazette 11/12/1825 – 12/06/1826 107 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Great Western 12/12/1840 – 12/12/1840 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Grelot 07/16/1846 – 07/16/1846 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Indicador 11/26/1865 – 12/03/1865 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Iris, or Orleans Evening Post 06/27/1823 – 06/27/1823 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Journal of Commerce 02/14/1827 – 02/15/1827 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Letter H 03/02/1863 – 03/16/1863 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Louisiana American 12/03/1841 – 12/03/1841 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Louisiana Staats-Zeitung 05/01/1855 – 12/31/1864 461 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Louisiana State Register 02/05/1876 – 02/05/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Louisiana Weekly Advertiser 10/18/1828 – 11/08/1828 4 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Louisiane 09/12/1841 – 11/11/1841 18 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Louisianian and Journal of Commerce 01/14/1839 – 03/01/1839 26 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Mensagero Luisiane’s 10/13/1810 – 12/11/1810 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Mercantile Advertiser 06/03/1828 – 10/17/1833 3 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Mercantile Daily Advertiser 09/13/1827 – 09/13/1827 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Merchant 03/03/1838 – 04/12/1838 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Moniteur de la Louisiane 12/19/1803 – 09/22/1812 3 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Moniteur du Sud 08/05/1849 – 05/24/1850 86 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Morning Advertiser 06/11/1842 – 08/23/1842 16 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Morning Herald and Jeffersonian 10/19/1842 – 01/28/1843 4 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans National 03/27/1856 – 03/27/1856 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans National Advocate 06/30/1862 – 12/17/1862 5 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Native American 09/19/1839 – 11/11/1839 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Advocate 03/10/1866 – 12/14/1867 7 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Daily Crescent 09/06/1849 – 12/31/1867 731 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Mitrailleuse 08/23/1871 – 02/04/1872 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Observer 02/14/1835 – 02/06/1836 49 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Weekly Bulletin 06/10/1848 – 05/30/1849 58 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Weekly Delta 10/20/1845 – 01/19/1861 255 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Weekly Republican 09/07/1867 – 07/29/1876 62 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Weekly True Delta 02/23/1852 – 11/11/1865 71 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New Orleans Wochentliche Deutsche Zeitung 02/28/1861 – 08/03/1876 52 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New-Orleans Commercial Times 01/31/1846 – 01/31/1846 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New-Orleans Commercial Times 01/19/1846 – 08/11/1848 162 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New-Orleans Daily Telegraph 01/03/1845 – 01/03/1845 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans New-Orleans Daily Times 05/14/1840 – 05/14/1840 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Patria 10/25/1847 – 12/17/1850 3 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Propagateur Louisianais 03/10/1827 – 07/21/1827 4 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Reforme 09/25/1845 – 06/17/1846 20 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Renaissance 06/11/1862 – 07/22/1862 4 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Renaissance Louisianaise 04/14/1862 – 12/24/1871 210 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Republic 03/04/1848 – 04/08/1848 25 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Reveil des Peuples 10/24/1852 – 10/24/1852 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Semi-Weekly Courier 02/07/1857 – 02/05/1859 197 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Sonntags-Blatt der New Orleans Deutschen Zeitung 10/01/1876 – 10/01/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Southern Democrat 07/04/1852 – 07/04/1852 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Southerner and People’s Friend 12/16/1837 – 01/25/1838 3 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Standard 10/10/1836 – 10/10/1836 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Sud 08/07/1873 – 08/07/1873 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Sun 04/19/1840 – 04/19/1840 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Sunday Delta 09/12/1875 – 09/12/1875 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Tagliche Deutsche Zeitung 04/12/1850 – 04/07/1873 6 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Telegraphe de la Campagne 10/30/1810 – 11/06/1810 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans True American 05/06/1835 – 05/06/1835 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Twenty-sixth 03/29/1863 – 05/28/1863 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Union 08/10/1851 – 08/20/1851 2 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Weekly Crescent 07/10/1852 – 07/14/1866 12 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Weekly Louisiana Gazette 05/25/1825 – 01/15/1826 16 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Weekly Tropic 01/28/1843 – 03/06/1847 11 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Daily Orleanian 11/19/1847 – 12/31/1856 150 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans CBS – 4 WWL 08/17/2008 – Current Obituaries
New Orleans Louisiana Gazette for the Country 09/20/1814 – 09/20/1814 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Mid-City Messenger 12/12/2012 – Current Obituaries
New Orleans Lens 12/17/2007 – Current Obituaries
New Orleans New Orleans States-Item 01/01/1960 – 06/30/1979 6104 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans CityBusiness North Shore Report 12/01/2004 – 12/01/2004 Obituaries
New Orleans Black Republican 04/15/1865 – 05/20/1865 5 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Crusader 07/19/1890 – 07/19/1890 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Le dimanche 02/10/1861 – 02/10/1861 1 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Republican Courier 12/02/1899 – 01/27/1900 3 Newspaper Archives
New Orleans Southern Republican 09/02/1899 – 04/14/1900 3 Newspaper Archives
New Roads Pointe Coupee Democrat 01/23/1858 – 03/01/1862 163 Newspaper Archives
New Roads Pointe Coupee Democrat = Democrate de la Pointe-Coupee 06/15/1861 – 06/15/1861 1 Newspaper Archives
Norco St Charles herald 09/25/1875 – 12/30/1922 448 Newspaper Archives
Oak Grove West Carroll Gazette 04/20/2016 – Current Obituaries
Oakdale Oakdale Journal 04/21/2016 – Current Obituaries
Opelousas Opelousas courier 12/11/1852 – 02/05/1910 2635 Newspaper Archives
Opelousas Opelousas Journal 01/04/1868 – 02/24/1894 1334 Newspaper Archives
Opelousas Star-progress 10/04/1919 – 11/09/1921 100 Newspaper Archives
Opelousas Opelousas Courier = Le Courrier des Opelousas 07/13/1861 – 06/24/1876 20 Newspaper Archives
Opelousas Opelousas Gazette 07/14/1852 – 07/14/1852 1 Newspaper Archives
Opelousas Opelousas Gazette = Gazette des Opelousas 09/08/1827 – 09/14/1844 72 Newspaper Archives
Opelousas Opelousas Journal 08/04/1876 – 08/04/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Opelousas Opelousas Patriot 01/17/1863 – 01/17/1863 1 Newspaper Archives
Opelousas Opelousas Patriot 09/05/1844 – 10/12/1861 256 Newspaper Archives
Opelousas St Landry clarion 10/11/1890 – 11/19/1921 1515 Newspaper Archives
Pierre Part Bayou-Pioneer 04/19/2016 – Current Obituaries
Plaquemine Plaquemine Post South 04/10/2009 – Current Obituaries
Plaquemine Gazette and sentinel 01/07/1860 – 07/27/1861 68 Newspaper Archives
Plaquemine Iberville Gazette 08/07/1852 – 07/05/1862 27 Newspaper Archives
Plaquemine Iberville Republican 05/13/1876 – 05/13/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Plaquemine Weekly Magnolia 03/30/1861 – 03/30/1861 1 Newspaper Archives
Pointe a la Hache Weekly Observer = L’Observateur 07/24/1875 – 07/24/1875 1 Newspaper Archives
Pointe a la Hache Lower coast gazette 01/02/1909 – 12/26/1914 208 Newspaper Archives
Port Allen Sugar Planter 01/05/1856 – 12/13/1919 511 Newspaper Archives
Port Allen West Side Journal 01/10/2013 – Current Obituaries
Port Hudson Morning Courier 04/17/1863 – 05/16/1863 2 Newspaper Archives
Port Hudson Pointe Coupee Echo = L’Echo de la Pointe Coupee 04/22/1863 – 04/22/1863 1 Newspaper Archives
Port Hudson Port Hudson Freemen 07/14/1863 – 07/20/1863 3 Newspaper Archives
Port Vincent Port Vincent Triune 08/03/1876 – 08/03/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Rayne Rayne Acadian-Tribune 08/04/2008 – Current Obituaries
Rayville Richland Beacon-News 11/03/2010 – Current Obituaries
Rayville Richland Beacon 09/07/1872 – 12/14/1889 525 Newspaper Archives
Rayville Richland Beacon 08/05/1876 – 08/05/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Richmond Madison Democrat 04/04/1861 – 04/04/1861 1 Newspaper Archives
Saint Francisville Feliciana sentinel 08/18/1877 – 12/03/1892 277 Newspaper Archives
Saint Francisville Semi-weekly Republican 03/08/1872 – 11/02/1872 56 Newspaper Archives
Saint Francisville True Democrat 07/04/1896 – 06/28/1919 688 Newspaper Archives
Saint Francisville West Feliciana sentinel 08/30/1876 – 08/11/1877 32 Newspaper Archives
Saint Joseph Tensas gazette 01/05/1894 – 12/29/1922 819 Newspaper Archives
Saint Joseph North Louisiana Journal 08/05/1876 – 08/05/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Saint Martinville Weekly messenger 03/20/1886 – 12/27/1919 1748 Newspaper Archives

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