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LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES RESEARCH LIBRARY

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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  • Where is the Louisiana State Archives research library located?
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  • Are you open to the public?
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  • What are your hours?
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  • Are your archival holdings (resources not held in the library such as books and microfilm) available for researchers on weekends?
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  • Are children allowed in the library?
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  • I am a student writing a report on Louisiana.  How can I get information on the state?
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  • How do I get research material from the Archives?
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  • Can I obtain materials on inter-library loan?
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  • Do you have birth, death and marriage records?
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  • What Vital Records indexes do you currently have online?
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  • When requesting public vital records (births over 100 years old, deaths over 50 years old and Orleans marriages over 50 years old) by postal mail, what information should I include?
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  • What Louisiana censuses do you have?  Are they indexed?
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  • Do you have census records from other states?
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  • Where can I find more information regarding census records after 1930?
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  • Does the Archives have divorce records?
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  • Do you have adoption records?
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  • Do you have church and cemetery records?
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  • How can I obtain a Civil War service records or pension application?  Do you have unit histories?
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  • What newspapers do you have?  Are they indexed?
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  • How can I get a copy of a map?
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  • I have an old document.  Can you tell me how much it is worth?
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  • Does Louisiana have a genealogical society I can join?
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  • How may I support the Louisiana State Archives in its mission of identifying, collecting, preserving, maintaining and making available those records and artifacts that enhance our endeavors to understand the dynamics and nuances of our state's remarkable history?
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