Helpful Links

West Baton Rouge Parish Website

West Baton Rouge Parish Genealogy & History

FamilySearch.org - Huge collection of free West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana genealogical resources.

The Political Graveyard - West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana facts and information.

West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Message Board

Tombstone Transcription Project

West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana USGenWeb Archives

West Baton Rouge Museum

Cajun Culture

Places on the National Register

General

Louisiana Research Online
https://home.rootsweb.com/sites/siteDirectory

Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
http://www.CyndisList.com

FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
http://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy.com
http://www.genealogy.com

Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Mailing Lists
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html

RootsWeb.com
http://www.rootsweb.com

Libraries & Archives

State Library of Louisiana
http://www.state.lib.la.us/

DAR Library, Washington, D.C.
http://www.dar.org/library/default.html

FamilySearch - Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHL/frameset_library.asp

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
http://www.loc.gov

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.
http://www.archives.gov

The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois
http://www.newberry.org

New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, New York, NY
http://www.nygbs.org

New York Public Library
http://www.nypl.org

UK Census Online
http://www.ukcensusonline.com/

UK Family History Online
http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk

UK National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Societies & Organizations

Association of Professional Genealogists
http://www.apgen.org

Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations, Inc.
http://www.affho.org

Board for Certification of Genealogists
http://www.bcgcertification.org

Federation of Family History Societies (UK)
http://www.ffhs.org.uk

Federation of Genealogical Societies
http://www.fgs.org

Genealogical Speakers Guild
http://www.genspeakguild.org

Guild of One-Name Studies
http://www.one-name.org

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
http://www.dar.org

Society of Genealogists, UK
http://www.sog.org.uk

Ethnic Resources

AfriGeneas ~ African Ancestored Genealogy
http://www.afrigeneas.com

Christine's Genealogy
https://ccharity.com/

Ancestors from Norway
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/index.html

Chinese Roots
http://www.chineseroots.com/

Federation of East European Family History Societies - FEEFHS
http://feefhs.org

Genealogy.net - German Genealogy
http://www.genealogienetz.de/index.html

GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy
http://www.genuki.org.uk

Hispanic Genealogy Crossroads
http://members.aol.com/mrosado007/crossroads.htm

Irish Ancestors
http://www.ancestryireland.com/

The Italian Genealogy Home Page
http://www.italgen.com

JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy
http://www.jewishgen.org

LusaWeb -- A meeting Place for all of Portuguese Ancestry
http://www.lusaweb.com

Native American Genealogy
http://hometown.aol.com/bbbenge/front.html

Polish Roots
http://www.polishroots.com

Suomen Sukututkimusseura / Genealogical Society of Finland
http://www.genealogia.fi

Swiss Genealogy on the Internet
http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/

The USGenWeb Project
http://www.usgenweb.org

Immigration

Ellis Island
http://www.ellisisland.org

ISTG - Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
http://istg.rootsweb.com

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov

TheShipsList
http://www.TheShipsList.com

Records

Bureau of Land Management - The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov

Social Security Death Index
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm

United States Railroad Retirement Board
http://www.rrb.gov

Vital Records Information - Louisiana
http://www.vitalrec.com/la.html

Miscellaneous

AudioTapes.com - Genealogy Lectures
http://www.audiotapes.com/browse.asp?topic=1

National Institute on Genealogical Research
http://www.rootsweb.com/~natgenin/

Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
http://www.infouga.org

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