Places to research in Tangipahoa

AMITE:

St. Dominic Catholic Church
55720 Hwy. 445
Amite, La. 70422
985-748-7603

St. Helena Catholic Church
120 South 1st
Amite, La. 70422
985-748-9057

Tangipahoa Parish Courthouse
100 N. Bay St.
Amite, La. 70422
985-748-8745

Tangipahoa Parish Library
739 W. Oak
Amite, La. 70422
(985) 748-7151

Tangipahoa Parish Library
The Genealogy Department
200 East Mulberry Street
Amite, Louisiana 70422-2524
(Nothing but Genealogy at this Location)

HAMMOND:

Holy Ghost Catholic Church
601 North Oak
Hammond, La. 70404
985-345-3360

Southeastern University Library, Hammond
Circulation desk: 985-549-3968
Director's Office: 985-549-3860
Reference Desk: 985-549-2027
Includes the Archives at Sims Library
Sims Library Special Collections

Tangipahoa Parish Tourist Commission (for parish history)
42271 S. Morrison Blvd.
Hammond, La. 70404
985-542-7520

INDEPENDENCE:

Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church
North Pine Street
Independence, La. 70443
985-878-9639

KENTWOOD

Camp Moore -SCV/MOSB,
70640 Camp Moore Road,
Kentwood, La. 70444
(985) 229-2438

St. Elizabeth Church
404 Avenue C
Kentwood, La.70444
985-229-5205

PONCHATOULA

Collinswood Museum (old school house),
100 E. Pine St.,
Ponchatoula, La. 70454
(985) 386-2221

St. Joseph Catholic Church
330 W. Pine St.
Ponchatoula, La. 70454

TICKFAW:

Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church
14450 Hwy. 442
Tickfaw, La. 70466
985-345-8957

Places to research about Tangipahoa

BATON ROUGE:
Genealogy Dept. East Baton Rouge Parish Library
9200 Bluebonnet
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Mon-Thu 9-9; Fri-Sat 9-; Sunday 2-6
(225) 763-2283
State Library of Louisiana, Louisiana Section,
P.O. Box 131,
Baton Rouge, La. 70821-0131;
phone (225) 342-4914;
e-mail: adept@pelican.state.lib.la.us;
fax (225) 342-3547;
physical address, 760 North Third St. Baton Rouge, La.;
Mon-Fri 8-4:30, closed weekends

PARTIAL LIST OF COLLECTION:

Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records beginning with 1794, arranged by surname.
Census records for all of Louisiana, 315 reels, 1810 to 1880, 1900 to 1920
Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850 to 1880, arranged by Parish. Must specify state, parish and date.
Catholic Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, 1576 to 1803, 12 reels.
Baton Rouge Newspapers (in library -- the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate still prints obits for Tangi Parish)
Baton Rouge Advocate, Jan. 2, 1854 to Feb 4, 1862; Aug 2, 1865 to Oct. 31, 1903; Sept., 1908 to May 1909, 55 reels.
Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, July 14, 1925 to present.
Baton Rouge State Times, Aug 28, 1908 to Oct 2, 1991
Baton Rouge Weekly Gazette and Comet, Oct. 15, 1862 to Mar 11, 1863, 1 reel
Parish Records: M = marriage, S = succession, W = Wills, MI = Marriage index
Tangi (6 reels) -- M,W,S, 1872 to 1911
MI, 1850 to 1951
St. Helena(27 reels) (once formed part of Tangi)
M,S, 1809 to 1906; MI, 1809 to 1933
Livingston (2 reels) (also part of Tangi at one time)
M,S, 1875 to 1909

Thanks to Deanne Norred and Donald Dunnington for their input to this page

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