Resources
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history development. We hope you find these resource links helpful. If you have
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Wikipedia
Louisana Secretary of State
Franklin Parish Clerk of Court - at Facebook
State Library
Louisiana
Digital Library
University of Louisiana - Center
for Louisiana Studies
LSU Libraries Special Collection -
Manuscript Resources on the Civil War
Franklin Parish Library
FamilySearch
FindAGrave
Chronicling America -
Library of Congress free online newspaper collection
USGenWeb Archives Project -
Franklin Parish obituaries
USGenWeb Archives Obituaries Project –
Louisiana
ObitCity
National
Register of Historic Places - info and photos for registered places in Franklin Parish
Historical Marker Database
USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
Bureau of Land Management - land patents
Books
1877 Lessons in the History of Louisiana ,
from its earliest settlement to the close of the civil war , by John Dimitry
1892 Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana
Volume 1
Volume 2
1894 An invitation to immigrants. Louisiana :
its products, soil and climate, as shown by northern and western men who now reside in this state
1909 Louisiana; comprising sketches of counties, towns, events, institutions, and persons -
Volume 1
Volume 2
1914 Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,
Arranged in Cyclopedic Form -
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
1925 A History of Louisiana; Wilderness-Colony-Province-Territory-State-People ,
by Henry E. Chambers, Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3
Franklin Parish Louisiana Historical & Genealogy Group - on Facebook
Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
Louisiana Genealogy & History Network -
Franklin Parish
MapsofUS - Interactive map of Parish Formation History
My Genealogy Hound - 1911 Rand McNally map
LAFamilyHistory
- mailing list / query board at groups.io
GenealogyTrails
1997 Queries
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
Cyndi's List - Louisiana
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