East Carroll Parish, Louisiana Resources
| Blogs |
| Blogs |
People of East Carroll Parish
Biographies on notable people in the area.
East Carroll Parish Genealogy
Genealogical finds for the area.
Biographies on notable people in the area.
East Carroll Parish Genealogy
Genealogical finds for the area.
| Books |
"A Place to Remember" by Georgia Payne Durham Pinkson (1976)
Gives a great general history of the parish, from it's inception to 1976. Available for purchase online at Claitor's Bookstore in Baton Rouge, LA *Search for Stock Number PPLACE*"
Witness to the Truth: My Struggle For Human Rights In Louisiana" by John H. Scott with Cleo Scott Brown (2003)
Presents the history of East Carroll Parish from an African American perspective, along with the story of African American voting rights violations and triumphs. Available for purchase online at the Atlas Family aStore. (Amazon.com). Preview available on Google Books
Gives a great general history of the parish, from it's inception to 1976. Available for purchase online at Claitor's Bookstore in Baton Rouge, LA *Search for Stock Number PPLACE*"
Witness to the Truth: My Struggle For Human Rights In Louisiana" by John H. Scott with Cleo Scott Brown (2003)
Presents the history of East Carroll Parish from an African American perspective, along with the story of African American voting rights violations and triumphs. Available for purchase online at the Atlas Family aStore. (Amazon.com). Preview available on Google Books
| General Websites |
Louisiana State Land Office - Historical Documents - Contains old survey/plat maps of the parish before the Civil War and after. Also contains tax payment information.
Northeast Louisiana Economic Alliance
Selected Obituaries - US Gen Web
by Rick Jervis, USA Today, August 4, 2009
The Poorest Place in America
by Jack E. White, Time Magazine, August 15, 1994
Northeast Louisiana Economic Alliance
Selected Obituaries - US Gen Web
| Media |
East Carroll Parish Banner Democrat
313 Lake Street, Lake Providence, LA 71254
No website available. Runs weekly and will send subscriptions out of state
313 Lake Street, Lake Providence, LA 71254
No website available. Runs weekly and will send subscriptions out of state
Flickr Search - Lake Providence, LA Photos
Library of Congress Prints and Photos Online Catalog
Features photographs of the area, most from the late 1930's and early 1940's
Outdoor Baptisms Dwindling Features photographs of the area, most from the late 1930's and early 1940's
by Rick Jervis, USA Today, August 4, 2009
The Poorest Place in America
by Jack E. White, Time Magazine, August 15, 1994
Resources We Use to Conduct Research
- County and State Public Records On Site and Online (Some Require Subscription Fees)
On site records are essential for anyone conducting research. There is absolutely no way to retrieve everything online. In addition, there is something to be said about touching the pages that your ancestors signed to enact a transaction, marriage, etc.
A large number of counties across the United States are accessible online and provide deed/conveyance indexes and records as well as marriage license information. This is a great way to track down living people. Search for Clerk, Clerk Recorder, County Court, Superior Court, etc. records for a particular county or state. Examples: State of Minnesota Court Records, Cook County, IL Clerk of the Circuit Clerk, Shelby County, TN Registrar of Deeds (Includes statewide records for Tennessee)
- Ancestry.Com (Subscription required)
Great all around genealogy research site for multiple locations in the United States. Outside of the census and vital records information, the local newspaper collection for the United States. Lots of hidden gems here especially for items after the 1930 US Census.
- FamilySearch (Some portions of the site require a subscription and/or account at Fold3.Com)
By far, the best free site currently available to researchers. A number of vital records and census records are posted at this site.
- GenealogyBank.Com (Subscription required)
Wonderful for trying to find obituaries in most major newspaper markets in the United States. This site also contains a number of historical newspapers.
- Family History Center/Family History Library
By far, the best library made available to the public, all over the world. Locate the nearest Family History Center to your home and use the Library Catalog to find microfilm for your family. Or, take a trip to Salt Lake City and have over 2 million rolls of microfilm and thousands of books at your disposal.
- Google Books
Another great tool to use for online research. Books that are no longer under copyright, and also do not have indexes, are fully searchable and made available here. For examples of the types of things that we've found, please see this post and this post.
- Google Search
When using quotation marks around a search term, or the + or the - sign, a number of interesting things can be found. For more on search syntax, view this link.
- Google News Archive
This search has been useful when trying to locate the archives of newspapers that have been indexed (using OCR technology) by Google. A number of sites require a fee to actually view the articles.
