Louisiana Funeral Home Records online may include funeral home or mortuary records, funeral programs, burial insurance records and more. These records contain information related to death and burial such as:
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name of the deceased
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death certificate
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death date and place
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burial date and place
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birth date and place
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copy of the obituary
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name of informant (often a relative)
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residence of deceased
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list of surviving relatives
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residences of relatives
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funeral program including speakers and pall bearers
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biographical information for the deceased
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burial insurance
Also see:
Louisiana Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online
Louisiana Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online
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Louisiana Funeral Home Records online at the federal level
US – Mortuary Records – United States, Panama Canal Zone, Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Registers, 1906-1991, index, at FS
Louisiana Funeral Home Records online at the parish level
Jefferson Parish – Funeral Homes – Death Records and Obituaries, 1923-1991, at FS
Orleans Parish – Funeral Homes – Death Records and Obituaries, 1923-1991, at FS
Orleans Parish – Vital Records – Requests for Release of Bodies to Funeral Homes, 1910-1924, at FS
Plaquemines Parish – Funeral Homes – Death Records and Obituaries, 1923-1991, at FS
St. Tammany Parish – Funeral Homes – Poole Funeral Home Records, at STPL
Vernon Parish – Funeral Homes – Hixson Funeral Records, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, at FS
Washington Parish – Funeral Homes – Poole Funeral Home Records, at USGWA
Louisiana Funeral Home Records online at the city level
Shreveport – Funeral Homes – Osborne Funeral Home Index, page 116, at ALTGA
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