November 15, 2023 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!
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)
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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