This is a list of Louisiana Probate Records online and may include estates, wills, guardianships, lists of assets, death dates, names of heirs and other family members, and more. Probate records are one place to search for substitute death records because they record how a deceased person’s estate was handled and will usually include a death date or possibly a death certificate.
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Louisiana Probate Records online at the state level
Louisiana – Probate Records – Louisiana, Orleans Parish Estate Files, 1804-1846, index & images, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Louisiana, Ascension Parish, Index of Conveyances, 1770-1957, index links to images, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Louisiana, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, 1838-1861, index links to images, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Early court records and wills, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Records, 1931-1933, v. 1, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – St. Landry papers, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Louisiana Freedmen’s Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – US – United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – US – United States, Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Archives of the Spanish government of West Florida, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Case papers, 1813-1846, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Case papers, 1835-1880, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Case papers, 1842-1854, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Case papers, 1846-1880, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Case papers, 1876-1880, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Case papers, 1880-1929, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Collection of early court and church records, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – District Court cases, 1853-1880, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – District Court cases, 1866-1872, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – District Court cases, 1868-1873, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Early court records and wills, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Historical records of Louisiana citizens : New Orleans, 1794-1846, Jackson Parish, 1845-1839, McElwee genealogy, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Louisiana miscellaneous records, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Marriage records and miscellaneous data, 1951, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Miscellaneous records of Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – Miscellaneous records, 1700-1900, at FS
Louisiana – Probate Records – St. Landry papers, at FS
Louisiana Probate Records online at the Parish level
Acadia Parish – Probate Records – Index to Successions, 1887-1971, at FS
Ascension Parish – Probate Records – Curatorship and Tutorship Letters, 1827-1889, at FS
Ascension Parish – Probate Records – Family Meetings to Decide on Curatorship and Tutorship and Other Probate Matters, 1832-1853, at FS
Ascension Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1825-1904, at FS
Ascension Parish – Probate Records – Succession, Inventories, and Sales, 1825-1889, at FS
Ascension Parish – Probate Records – Will Records, 1807-1917, at FS
Assumption Parish – Probate Records – Inventory Estates, Original Acts, 1788-1852, at FS
Assumption Parish – Probate Records – Will Book, Successions, 1841-1880; General Index to Probate Matters, 1813-1971, at FS
Avoyelles Parish – Census – 1860 – 1860 Census, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, at FS
Avoyelles Parish – Probate Records – Family Meetings (probate Matters) 1846-1904, at FS
Avoyelles Parish – Probate Records – Inventories, 1841-1883, at FS
Avoyelles Parish – Probate Records – Oaths and Bonds of Administration, 1855-1889, at FS
Avoyelles Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, Wills, Petitions, 1808-1818, 1855-1887, at FS
Avoyelles Parish – Probate Records – Probate Sales, 1847-1885, at FS
Bienville Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1849-1904, at FS
Bienville Parish – Probate Records – Wills, 1850-1932, at FS
Bossier Parish – Probate Records – Bossier Parish, Louisiana Probate Records, 1844-1914, at FS
Bossier Parish – Probate Records – Bossier Parish, Louisiana Wills, 1845-1924, at FS
Calcasieu Parish – Probate Records – Index to Successions, 1840-1971, at FS
Calcasieu Parish – Probate Records – Succession Files, 1840-1927, at FS
Caldwell Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1838-1908, at FS
Cameron Parish – Probate Records – Successions, 1874-1895; Index to Successions, 1874-1971, at FS
Catahoula Parish – Probate Records – Successions, 1846-1890, at FS
Claiborne Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1851-1908, at FS
Concordia Parish – Probate Records – Court Minutes, 1833-1846, at FS
Concordia Parish – Probate Records – Donation Record, 1868-1878, at FS
Concordia Parish – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1800-1828, at FS
Concordia Parish – Probate Records – Probate and Succession Record, 1813-1895, at FS
Concordia Parish – Probate Records – Wills, 1836-1950, at FS
DeSoto Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1843-1909, at FS
East Baton Rouge Parish – Probate Records – Archives of the Spanish Government of West Florida, at FS
East Baton Rouge Parish – Probate Records – Parish Judge’s Books, 1811-1846, at FS
East Baton Rouge Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records Arranged Alphabetically and Chronologically : Also Contains a Few Papers of Naturalization, 1808-1900, at FS
East Carroll Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1832-1910, at FS
East Feliciana Parish – Probate Records – Family Meetings and Partitions to Decide on Curatorship and Tutorship and Other Probate Matters, 1850-1894, at FS
East Feliciana Parish – Probate Records – Louisiana, East Feliciana Parish, Probate Records, 1824-1954, at FS
East Feliciana Parish – Probate Records – Notarial Records As Recorded by John C. White, Fielding L. Gordon, W. Waddill, John Morgan, 1825-1849, at FS
East Feliciana Parish – Probate Records – Notarial Records, 1824-1901 with Direct and Indirect Index, 1824-1963, at FS
Evangeline Parish – Probate Records – Donation Index, 1911-1946 ; Donation Book, 1911-1939, at FS
Franklin Parish – Probate Records – Administrators’ and Tutors’ Bonds, 1863-1891, at FS
Franklin Parish – Probate Records – Court Minutes, 1870-1880, at FS
Franklin Parish – Probate Records – Court Minutes, 1882-1886, at FS
Franklin Parish – Probate Records – Probate Minutes, 1869-1897, at FS
Franklin Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records (successions), 1843-1889; Index to Probate Docket, 1843-1964; Index to Successions, 1843-1965, at FS
Iberia Parish – Probate Records – Index to Successions, from 1868, at FS
Iberia Parish – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Book, 1868-1892, at FS
Iberia Parish – Probate Records – Probate Book, 1868-1886; Index to Probate Matters, 1861-1971, at FS
Iberville Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1812-1906, with Index, 1770-1948, at FS
Iberville Parish – Probate Records – Wills, 1818-1927, at FS
Jackson Parish – Probate Records – Probate Record, Book A, 1880-1906, at FS
Jefferson Parish – Probate Records – Minutes, 1825-1836, at FS
Jefferson Parish – Probate Records – Succession and Probate Records of Jefferson Parish, 1827-1899, at FS
Jefferson Parish – Probate Records – Will Book, 1853-1868, at FS
Lafayette Parish – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Acts, 1858-1893, at FS
Lafayette Parish – Probate Records – Successions, 1848-1868; Index to Successions, 1823-1971, at FS
Lafourche Parish – Probate Records – Minute Books, Litigated Cases of the 5th Judicial District, 1845-1862, at FS
Lafourche Parish – Probate Records – Minute Books, Unlitigated Cases of the 5th Judicial District, 1846-1887, at FS
Lafourche Parish – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Record Books, 1854-1895, at FS
Lafourche Parish – Probate Records – Probate Court Book, 1836-1846, at FS
Lafourche Parish – Probate Records – Wills and Donations, 1817-1931; Marriage Contracts, 1825-1889, at FS
LaSalle Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1910-1930 ; Index to Succession Record, 1847-1983, at FS
Lincoln Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1873-1901 ; Court Records, 1886-1891, at FS
Livingston Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, Vol. 1, 1875-1906, at FS
Madison Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1865-1895, at FS
Morehouse Parish – Probate Records – Index of Probate Records, 1870-1900, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, at FS
Morehouse Parish – Probate Records – Index to Probate Records, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, 1870-1900, at FS
Morehouse Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1870-1903 ; Loose Probate Papers, 1870-1900, at FS
Natchitoches Parish – Probate Records – Conveyance Records (deeds, Notarial Records, Marriage Contracts, Records of Orphans, Mortgages, Administration of Estates, Intestate Settlements, Etc.), 1738-1900, at FS
Natchitoches Parish – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Archive Records, 1726-1835, at FS
Natchitoches Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1813-1902, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Case Papers, 1846-1880, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Case Papers, 1880-1929, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – General Index of All Successions (wills) Opened in the Parish of Orleans, 1805-1880, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – General Index of All Successions, Emancipations, Interdictions, and Partition Proceedings, Opened in the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, from Aug. 31, 1894 to Jan. 1, 1902., at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Index to Successions Opened in the Parish of Orleans, 1805-1880, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Index to Wills and Successions 1807-1846, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Louisiana, Orleans Parish Estate Files : COLLECTION RECORD, 1804-1846, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Louisiana, Orleans Parish Estate Files, 1804-1846, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Louisiana, Orleans Parish Will Books, 1805-1920, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Louisiana, Orleans Court Records, 1822-1880, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Louisiana, Orleans Parish Second District Court Case Files, 1846-1880, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Louisiana, Orleans Parish Will Books, 1805-1920, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Minute Books, 1819-1846, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Notarial Records, 1731-1880, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Old Inventories of Estates, 1805-1877, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Parish Court Cases, 1813-1851, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Probate Cases, 1823-1845, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1807-1901, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Succession and Probate Records, 1805-1849, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Succession Index of the 1st-5th District Courts, 1838-1880, at FS
Orleans Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1846-1880; Index, 1846-1880, at FS
Ouachita Parish – Probate Records – Index of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, Probate Records, 1800-1870, at FS
Ouachita Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1809-1902, at FS
Plaquemines Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1794-1914, at FS
Plaquemines Parish – Probate Records – Record of Successions, 1814-1876; Index to Suits and Successions, 1868-1924, at FS
Pointe Coupee Parish – Probate Records – Land and Probate Records (original Acts) 1771-1839, 1862-1866 (many Years Missing), at FS
Rapides Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, Ca. 1864-1910, at FS
Red River Parish – Probate Records – Sucession Records, 1871-1905 ; Index to Succession Records, 1871-1958, at FS
Richland Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1869-1902, at FS
Sabine Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1841-1930, at FS
St. Bernard Parish – Probate Records – Book of Judicial Records and Book of Donations, 1877-1894, at FS
St. Charles Parish – Probate Records – Original Acts, Miscellaneous Court Records, 1741-1899, at FS
St. Charles Parish – Probate Records – Succession and Probate Records, Some Early Years Are Loose Papers, 1806-1899, at FS
St. Helena Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, 1804-1854, at FS
St. Helena Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1820-1906, at FS
St. James Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, Loose Papers in Folders, with Index, 1807-1964, at FS
St. John the Baptist Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, Not Arranged Chronologically, from Abt. 1813, at FS
St. John the Baptist Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, Probate Judgements, Oaths, and Appointments of Guardians and Administrators, 1813-1909, at FS
St. Landry Parish – Probate Records – Index to Successions, 1808-1971, at FS
St. Landry Parish – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Record, 1843-1889; Index, 1854-1900, at FS
St. Landry Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1889-1893, at FS
St. Landry Parish – Probate Records – St. Landry Probate Records, 1805-1810, at FS
St. Martin Parish – Probate Records – Conveyance Records, 1810-1886, at FS
St. Martin Parish – Probate Records – Estate Files from Attakapas County and Parish, La. and St. Martin Parish, La., at FS
St. Martin Parish – Probate Records – Original Acts Records from Attakapas Post, Attakapas Parish and St. Martin Parish, Louisiana : 1760-1815, at FS
St. Mary Parish – Probate Records – Flat Files of the Gonsoulin-Belle Isle Heirship Matter and Family Tree of Heirs in Suit 29, 145 of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana : State Mineral Boards Vs. Marie B. Abadie, Et Als. Franklin, Louisiana, at FS
St. Mary Parish – Probate Records – Original Estates, 1811-1902, Index to Successions, 1811-1971, at FS
St. Mary Parish – Probate Records – Original Records of the Probate Court, 1823-1849, at FS
St. Mary Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1832-1895, at FS
St. Tammany Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1811-1880, at FS
St. Tammany Parish – Probate Records – St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Successions, 1813-1951, at FS
St. Tammany Parish – Probate Records – Will Book C, 1880-1948, at FS
Tangipahoa Parish – Probate Records – Sucession Records, Settlements of Estates, 1877-1902, at FS
Tangipahoa Parish – Probate Records – Wills and Donation, Deeds of Gift, 1879-1911, at FS
Tensas Parish – Probate Records – Succession Record, 1843-1902, at FS
Tensas Parish – Probate Records – Wills and Donations, 1843-1951, at FS
Union Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1839-1900, at FS
Vermilion Parish – Probate Records – Civil and Probate Minutes of the 25th and 17th Judicial District Courts, 1885-1894, at FS
Vermilion Parish – Probate Records – Index to Probate Matters, 1885-1971, at FS
Vermilion Parish – Probate Records – Record of Successions, 1885-1891; Index to Successions, 1885-1960, at FS
Vernon Parish – Probate Records – Successions, 1871-1903; Successions Index, 1871-1971, at FS
Washington Parish – Probate Records – Succession Records, 1897-1905, at FS
Webster Parish – Probate Records – Index to Probate Records and Book of Wills, 1872-1952, at FS
Webster Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1871-1900, at FS
West Baton Rouge Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1777-1900 with Index, 1808-1935, at FS
West Baton Rouge Parish – Probate Records – Wills Records, 1846-1926, at FS
West Carroll Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1850-1900, at FS
West Feliciana Parish – Probate Records – Probate Records, Including Sales Book and Inventory Record, 1811-1914, at FS
Winn Parish – Probate Records – Successions, 1885-1903; Index to Successions, 1885-1962, at FS
Louisiana Probate Records online at the City level
Bastrop – Probate Records – Index of Probate Records, 1870-1900, Morehouse Parish, Bastrop, La, at FS
New Orleans – Probate Records – Proceedings Instituted by Francisco Blanche to Execute the Last Will and Testament of Luis Blondeau, 1799-1803, at FS
New Orleans – Probate Records – Records and Successions of the Estate of Gilberto Antonio De St. Maxent, 1784-1803, at FS
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