Death Records and Death Certificates in Louisiana

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Louisiana Death Records

The population of Louisiana was recorded 4,648,794 on July 1, 2019, a 2.55% increase since the 2010 United States Census. At the U.S. 2014 census estimates, the racial and ethnic composition of Louisiana was White Americans 63.4% (59.3% non-Hispanic white, 4.1% White Hispanic), Black or African American (32.5%), Asian 1.8%, multiracial 1.5%, Native American 0.8%, and Hispanic or Latino of any race 4.8%.[139] As of 2010, the major ancestry groups of Louisiana are African American (30.4%), French (16.8%), American (9.5%), German (8.3%), Irish (7.5%), English (6.6%), Italian (4.8%) and Scottish (1.1%).

This page is created to provide genealogists and researchers an ultimate guide to the state of Louisiana death records. Use the links and the tips below for Louisiana death records, certificates, online tools and databases. Additional information on how to obtain Louisiana death certificates is available below.

How to Find a Death Record in Louisiana

Louisiana death records search

This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Louisiana death records, Louisiana death certificates, Louisiana death notices, Louisiana death indexes, and other related Louisiana genealogy records.

Louisiana death records free

Below are some of the most comprehensive resource for death records in Louisiana.

Louisiana Death Index

Louisiana death records database

Links to Louisiana death and burial indexes and databases are as below:

Louisiana social security death index

The Social Security Death Index contains information on millions of deceased individuals in Louisiana with social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Try the links below to search the index:

Public Death Record Louisiana

In addition to the indexes and databases above, there are some other resources that gives to almost the same or might even more information about a deceased individual. Here are some to check out:

Louisiana Death Certificates

How to get a death certificate in Louisiana

As of 1990, the state archive stores all birth records over 100 years old and death and marriage records over fifty years old. Some parish health departments have alphabetical birth and death indexes for their areas; they are not, however, complete listings of all births and deaths of that parish. Those records more recent are housed at the Office of Public Health. The Catholic churches throughout the state kept registers of christenings, marriages, and burials and were the recorders of Louisiana’s early vital records. Many have been published. For marriage records for parishes other than Orleans, contact the Office of the Clerk of Court for that parish. For birth records within the last 100 years and marriage and death records within the last fifty years, write:

Louisiana Department of Health
Vital Records Registry
Office of Public Health
325 Loyola Avenue
P.O. Box 60630
New Orleans, LA 70160
Tel: 504-568-5150 or 504-568-5152
Fax: 504-568-5391

Louisiana death certificates online

Use the links below to get death certificates and vital records in Louisiana.

Louisiana Death Notices

Check local newspapers and local online news websites which frequently publish notices. Use the link below for more information on Louisiana news agencies.

Louisiana counties for death record research

  • Acadia Parish
  • Allen Parish
  • Ascension Parish
  • Assumption Parish
  • Avoyelles Parish
  • Beauregard Parish
  • Bienville Parish
  • Bossier Parish
  • Caddo Parish
  • Calcasieu Parish
  • Caldwell Parish
  • Cameron Parish
  • Catahoula Parish
  • Claiborne Parish
  • Concordia Parish
  • De Soto Parish
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
  • East Carroll Parish
  • East Feliciana Parish
  • Evangeline Parish
  • Franklin Parish
  • Grant Parish
  • Iberia Parish
  • Iberville Parish
  • Jackson Parish
  • Jefferson Davis Parish
  • Jefferson Parish
  • Lafayette Parish
  • Lafourche Parish
  • LaSalle Parish
  • Lincoln Parish
  • Livingston Parish
  • Madison Parish
  • Morehouse Parish
  • Natchitoches Parish
  • Orleans Parish
  • Ouachita Parish
  • Plaquemines Parish
  • Pointe Coupee Parish
  • Rapides Parish
  • Red River Parish
  • Richland Parish
  • Sabine Parish
  • St. Bernard Parish
  • St. Charles Parish
  • St. Helena Parish
  • St. James Parish
  • St. John the Baptist Parish
  • St. Landry Parish
  • St. Martin Parish
  • St. Mary Parish
  • St. Tammany Parish
  • Tangipahoa Parish
  • Tensas Parish
  • Terrebonne Parish
  • Union Parish
  • Vermilion Parish
  • Vernon Parish
  • Washington Parish
  • Webster Parish
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
  • West Carroll Parish
  • West Feliciana Parish
  • Winn Parish