Louisiana State Archives Death Certificates
Louisiana Death Records
This service only issues certified copies of microfilmed death certificates for deaths that occurred in Louisiana between 1911–1971. The database also contains older death records for some parishes, such as deaths that occurred in Jefferson parish before 1911, and deaths that occurred in Orleans parish as early as 1804.
https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/LocateHistoricalRecords/Pages/LouisianaDeathRecords.aspxLouisiana Death Records
This service only issues certified copies of microfilmed death certificates for deaths that occurred in Louisiana between 1911–1971. The database also contains older death records for some parishes, such as deaths that occurred in Jefferson parish before 1911, and deaths that occurred in Orleans parish as early as 1804.
https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/LocateHistoricalRecords/Pages/LouisianaDeathRecords.aspx?PF=1Request A Birth Or Death Certificate | La Dept. of Health
If you need a certified copy of a birth or death certificate from another state, you must contact that state's vital records office. Under Louisiana law, birth records are strictly confidential until 100 years after the year of birth and death records are strictly confidential until 50 years after the year of the death.
https://ldh.la.gov/page/2663How to Find a Death Record in Louisiana? - State Records
A death certificate issued by the Louisiana Vital Records Office costs $9 for the first copy, which is often issued to the funeral director. Thereafter, subsequent copies of the death certificate cost $7 each. However, a Parish Clerk of Court may issue a death certificate at $26 per copy.
https://louisiana.staterecords.org/deathrecordsOnline Public Vital Records Index - Louisiana
You can search the Louisiana Death Records Index Database and order certified copies of death certificates for deaths that occurred in Louisiana more than 50 years from the end of the current calendar year. Photocopies of death certificates are delivered by mail for $5 each, and certified copies are delivered by mail for $10 each.
https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/Pages/OnlinePublicVitalRecordsIndex.aspxHow To Order Death Records | La Dept. of Health
Louisiana is a "closed record" state. This means that birth and death certificates are not public records. All requests for birth or death certificates must include proper identification, appropriate fees, and a completed application. Fetal death certificates and Certificates of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth may also be ordered.
https://ldh.la.gov/page/640Louisiana Birth & Death Records | Vital Records - Archives.com
Older death records are available through the Louisiana State Archives, P.O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804. To obtain current information on Louisiana death records, see Louisiana.gov. Payment for Louisiana birth and death records may be made by check or money order. To apply for a certified copy of a birth/death certificate, click here.
https://www.archives.com/genealogy/vital-records-birth-death-louisiana.htmlVisit the Archives - Louisiana
Wade Martin, Jr. died on August 5, 1990, following a lengthy illnesss. Hours of Operation The Louisiana State Archives is located at 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge LA 70809, and isopen Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For questions regarding visiting the Louisiana State Archives, please call 225-922-1000.
https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/LearnAboutTheArchives/VisitTheArchives/Pages/default.aspxResearch Library - Louisiana
Also found in the Research Library is the state's archival vital records program. Here patrons can view selected marriage, death and birth records for Orleans Parish, as well as death records and some birth records for the remainder of the state.
https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/Pages/default.aspxResearch Library - Louisiana
The Archives charges $5 for a photocopy and $10 for a certified copy of the record, which includes a three year search per surname. Fees must be retained for both successful and unsuccessful searches. Searches are processed by a given year; therefore, a name, place and date, or a span of three years, is required to research a request.
https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/VisitTheResearchLibrary/Pages/default.aspxLearn about the Archives - Louisiana
The Louisiana State Archives, a division of the Louisiana Secretary of State's office, is mandated to identify, to collect, to preserve, to maintain and to make 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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