Research Resources

I hope you find these resources helpful in your search for your ancestors. The links are on the left. If you have any resources that you consider helpful, please let me know.

Books & Other Resources

History of Winn Parish: compiled by The Winn Historical Society 1985. Published by Taylor Publishing Co. Dallas Tx. (Out of Print) [Copyright transferred to the Winn Gen. & Hist. Ass. Inc 1997] Contains local histories and pictures of buildings and organizations, such as churches, schools, etc. Also contains family histories, memorial pictures, etc. {listed on Dec 2, 1997}

Briley's Memorial History & Cemetery Directory of Winn Parish: by Richard Briley, III. Copyright 1966 by Mrs. Ida Briley. (Out of Print) Contains an alphabetical listing of the graves in 97 active and inactive cemeteries. Also contains some genealogies and a chronology of Winn Parish History.{listed on Dec 2, 1997} Reprinted by permission by Gregg Davies. (Sep 1998)

Nightriders: Inside Story of the West & Kimbrell Clan: by Richard Briley, III. (C)1963 by Mid-South Publishing Company, Montgomery, LA; (C)1992 by Dogwood Press. "Outlaws posing as pillars of the community operated from Montgomery to Winnfield, Louisiana. They robbed and killed more than Jesse James. A story based on historical truth." (Currently available for sale)

1860 Winn Parish, LA Census & Mortality Schedule including the abstracted slave owners schedule. This is the photocopies of the "actual census pages" from the microfilm. Full surname index. Over 300 pages total with comb binding. Compiled and edited by Annette Carpenter Womack. Cost $30.00 + $4.00 s&h. Published by WPGHA, P.O. Box 652, Winnfield, LA 71483-0652

1860 Federal Census of Winn Parish, Louisiana & 1860 Mortality Schedule for Winn Parish, Louisiana : Compiled from microfilm by Annette (Carpenter) Womack. (C)1984 by Courier Publishing Company, Natchitoches, LA. Arranged by household, with surname index. Additional added data includes information on many families. (Out-of-print being revised.) For more information, contact Annette Carpenter Womack {listed on Dec 3, 1997}

1870 Winn Parish Louisiana Census & Mortality Abstract Compiled by Annette (Carpenter) Womack. (C)1996 by Annette (Carpenter) Womack, Winnfield, LA. 105 pages. Softcover. Arranged alphabetical by surname. Has some added maiden names for woman as well as PAF RIN numbers of her family connections. Includes notes about the parish and problems incounter with the 1870 census. this census abstract was taken from the first filming and includes 132 more families than was in the second filming that is normally fund in most public libraries. (Currently for sale.) Also listed for private use on the Winn Parish data archives site. For more information, contact Annette Carpenter Womack {listed on Dec 3, 1997}

Winn Parish Louisiana Marriage: Nov 1886 - Dec 1899 Compiled by Annette (Carpenter) Womack. (C)1996 by Annette (Carpenter) Womack, Winnfield, LA. 43 pages. Softcover. Arranged alphabetical by surname of both male and female. (Currently for sale.) Also listed for private use on the Winn Parish data archives site. For more information, contact Annette Carpenter Womack {listed on Dec 3, 1997

Theophlius Branch in the Civil War Compiled by Barbara Jo (Castleberry) Branch and shirley (Branch) Brantley. 28 pages. Softcover. This work was undertaken as a fund-raiser in order to continue the research on the Branch family. With a minimum amount of narrative, the raw data is well presented. The original documents from Theophilus' Civil War period is included and manages to present a lot of his and other residents of Winn Parish's life during these trying times. Theophilus Branch as well as quite a few other Winn Parish residents joined the Union Army. Of interest to those without Branch relations are depositions by: John W. Shumaker, Mary (Adams-Davis) Branch, P.E. Grisham, Mary (Branch) Bennett, John T. Smith, and James M. Thornton, as well as others. A partical listing of the residents signing a petition to General Grant requesting leniency to the farmers and swearing of allegiance to the United States of America included Bridges, Perkins, Lucas, Smith, Hatten, Simpson, Bradley, Lewis, King, Lewis, Southern, Tatum, Crawford, Young, Kirkland, Kimbrel, Crump, Sledge, Blake, Jones, Hudson, Nettles, Allen, Dyess, and Wright. (Currently for sale.) Also listed for private use on the Winn Parish data archives site. For more information, contact Shirley (Branch) Brantley.or Jo (Castleberry) Branch.{listed on Dec 3, 1997}

Searching for Your Louisiana Ancestors... And All That Jazz (1977) compiled by Virginia Rogers Smith. Louisiana Section, State Library of Louisiana; Baton Rouge, LA. (Lists what is available in the Louisiana State Library for borrowing through the local library.)
Available Through The State Library of Louisiana

Marriages, Winn Parish, Louisiana / compiled by Lewis F. Martin, Sr.Author: Martin, Lewis F.Call no.: La 929.376366 Mar 1995Publisher: Jena, La. : L.F. Martin, 1995-  

History of Winn Parish / by Dhale and Eugene F. Love.Author: Love, Dhale.Call no.: La 976.366 LovPublisher: Winnfield, LA : E.F. Love, c1986-  

Louisiana tombstone inscriptions. Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. Louisiana Society.Call no.: La 929.5 DauPublisher: [Shreveport? La.] 1957-  

Early Winn Parish, Louisiana marriage records, 1886-1903 : computer indexed marriage records / by Nicholas R. Murray ; edited by Dixie A. Murray ; compiled by Dorothy L. Murray.Call no.: La 929.376366 Win 2010Publisher: Salt Lake City, UT : Hunting for Bears, c2010.  

Family maps of Winn Parish, Louisiana / by Gregory A. Boyd.Author: Boyd, Gregory A. (Gregory Alan), 1960-Call no.: La 929.376366 Fam 2006Publisher: Norman, Okla. : Arphax Pub. Co., c2006.  

The nightrider chronicles / Jack Peebles. Author: Peebles, Jack.Call no.: La 813 Pee 2001Publisher: Metairie, La. : Saturn Books, c2001.  

Obituary index 1925-1980 of Winn Parish, Louisiana / by Raymond P. Carpenter.Author: Carpenter, Raymond P.Call no.: La 929.376366 Car 1998Publisher: Winnfield, LA : Winn Genealogical & Historical Association, c1998.  

1860 Winn Parish, Louisiana : census, mortality & slave owners schedules / [photocopied and compiled by Annette Carpenter Womack ; slave owner schedule by Greggory E. Davies; indexed by Annette Carpenter Womack ; proofreaders: Jo Castleberry Branch, Sue Smith Badeaux].Author: Womack, Annette Carpenter.Call no.: La 929.376366 Wom 1998 Publisher: Winnfield, LA : Winn Genealogical & Historical Association, c1998.  

Theophilus Branch in the Civil War / [compiled by Barbara jo Castleberry Branch and Shirley Branch Brantley].Author: Branch, Barbara Jo Castleberry.Call no.: La 973.746 Bra 1997Publisher: Winnfield, LA (1900 E. Maple St., Winnfield 1483-9603) : J. Branch, 1997.  

Confederate States of America veterans and revolutionary war veterans buried in Winn Parish Louisiana (known) / compiled by Lewis F. Martin, Sr.Author: Martin, Lewis F.Call no.: La 929.5 Mar 1996Publisher: Jena, La. : L.F. Martin, c1996. 

Biographical and historical memoirs of Grant, Red River, Sabine, & Winn Parishes, Louisiana / indexed by Joyce Bridges.Call no.: La 929.3763 Bio 1989Publisher: Shreveport, La. : J & W Enterprises, 1989.      

Sardis Baptist Church records : Winn Parish, Louisiana, June 10, 1860 to August 31, 1901 ; Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery, 1870-1987 ; Brown Cemetery, 1856-1987 / presented by Mrs. T. Clayton Price.Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. Louisiana Society.Call no.: G La 929.3 DauPublisher: [S.l.] : Louisiana State Daughters of the American Revolution, [1988]  

Winn Parish, Louisiana, 1888-1915. Call no.: La 929.376366 Win 1981Publisher: Hammond, La. (3 Lynn Lane, Hammond, La. 70401) : Nicholas Russell Murray, Hunting for Bears, [1981?]  

Briley's memorial history & cemetery directory of Winn Parish, Louisiana / Ida Martin Briley, ed. and research director, P. C. Lang, assistant.Author: Briley, Richard.Call no.: La 929.376366 BriPublisher: Montgomery, La. : Mid-south Publishers, [c1966]