Favorite Websites

LIBRARIES/ARCHIVES

• Shreve Memorial Library
• Genealogy Library - Shreveport Broadmoor Branch
• Bossier Parish Historical Center
• LSU Noel Library
• State Library of Louisiana - Genealogy
• NSU Watson/Cammie G. Henry Research
• East Baton Rouge Library
• Dallas Library - Genealogy Section
• Clayton Library Center (Houston)
• Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives
• Columbia County Library
• Louisiana State Archives
• Louisiana Archives and Manuscript Association
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
• Masonic Grand Lodge of Louisiana
• WorldCat
• U. S. State Archives Online
• Arkansas State Library
• Prescott Memorial Library (Louisiana Tech University)
• Alexandria Historical and Genealogical Library  

COURTHOUSES

• Caddo Parish Clerk
• Bossier Parish Clerk

MUSEUMS / EXHIBITS

• Dorcheat Historical Association & Museum (Minden)
• Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum (Homer)
• Louisiana's 'Heroes and Heritage Trail' Museums
• Harrison County (TX) Historical Museum (Marshall, TX)
• Southern University Museum of Art—Shreveport
• Union Museum of History and Art (Farmerville)
• Spring Street Historical Museum (Shreveport)
• National Hansen's Disease Museum (Leprosy)
• Mansfield Historic Site
• Naranjo Museum of Natural History (Lufkin, TX)
• North Louisiana Military Museum (Ruston)

CEMETERIES

• Louisiana Cemeteries
• Find A Grave
• Village of Overton and Overton Cemetery
• Arkansas Gravestones
• Arkansas Cemetery Laws
• Louisiana Cemetery Laws
• Texas Cemeteries Association

TOOLS AND TIPS FOR WRITING PROJECTS

• Sarah (Sally) Hamer (Coach, Editor, Speaker)

HELPFUL GENEALOGY SITES

• US GenWeb Project
• GenForum
• Rootsweb Home Page
• Ancestry Home Page
• Cyndi's List
• LDS Family Search
• Bibliography for Genealogy and History
• Bureau of Land Management Office
• ArchiveGrid
• Charts and Forms
• One Step Webpages by Steve Morse
• Ancestor Stuff (Books, CDs, etc)
• Ancestor Hunt (online City Directories)
• United States Online Historical Newspapers
• Genealogy Tool Box
• GenealogyInTime
• DNA Testing Guides
• Know Your DNA
• Beginner's Guide to Genealogy

AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH

• Red River Sankofa Project
• Afro-Louisiana History & Genealogy
• Freedmens's Bureau
• African American Heritage
• Black Genealogy
• Enoch Pratt Free Library

MILITARY / CIVIL WAR SITES

• Civil War Traveler/Louisiana
• Louisiana Civil War Map of Battles
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors
• Military Units of Louisiana
• Red River Campaign
• 27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry (Participated in Red River Campaign)
• Friends of Mansfield Battlefield
• Facebook - Mansfield State Historic Site/Museum
• Battlefields of the Civil War

ARK-LA-TEX HISTORY

• Lake Bistineau History
• History of Caddo Lake
• Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture

TIMELINES / MIGRATION / MAP SITES

• Animated Atlas
• A Map of Early Western Migration Trails
• Timelines
• Historic American Roads and Migration Trails
• Maps of U. S. and States
• Colonial America

AREA GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Arkansas Genealogical Society
• Ark-La Partners in Genealogy (Currently no website):
  Meets 4^th Tuesday at 6pm at the Springhill Branch/Mack Library, 1000 S Arkansas Street
• Cass County Genealogical Society (Atlanta, TX)
• Clayton Library Friends
• Le Comite' des Archives de La Louisiane, Inc. (Baton Rouge)
• Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society (Baton Rouge)
• The Natchitoches Genealogical and Historical Association (Natchitoches)
• Northeast Louisiana Genealogical Historical Society
• San Angelo Genealogical and Historical Society
• Texarkana USA Genealogical Society (Texarkana)
• Union County Genealogical Society
• Winn Genealogical and Historical Association (Winfield)
• List of Louisiana Genealogy Societies
• List of Arkansas Historical/Genealogy Societies
• Mississippi Genealogy & History Network
• Texas State Library & Archives Commission
• Mississippi Genealogical Society
• Central Louisiana Genealogical Society