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This special section of The Olden Times features an index of old newspaper articles about Louisiana and Louisiana families. They can be a valuable resource for genealogical and historical research.
You'll find old news articles, obituaries, birth & marriage announcements, ads and more. To search for a specific name, see the links above to either the Search Page or the Index of Names.
Note: The Index of Names is always your best bet for finding a specific name!
Each of these was scanned from an original issue of an old newspaper in my personal collection. They appear in the order in which they were added to this website.
William HENDERSON Seeks Runaway Slave Lewis, Milligan's Bend, Louisiana, 1855
Murder in Plaquemines Parish, 1845 WADSWORTH, CARSON
Deadly Tornado Strike DEJEANS Plantation, St. Landry Parish, 1863
Steamer Ingomar to Provide Packet Service, 1855 GREENLAW, LAVALLETTE, MORRIS
Electro-Magnetic Portraits by W, H. HUTCHINGS, New Orleans, 1847
KIRBY - STEER Marriage at Shreveport, 1914
Shreveport Society News 1914 Now indexed!
Surnames include the following: HALEY, MAYER, WILLIAMS, BRINKMAN, HARDY, HALFF, FARMER, QUINN, McMAHON, SCHULER, McGUIRE, PRICE, PENNINGTON, JORDAN, WOMACK, PATILLO, LE ROSEN, BUVENS, STEERE KIRBY, WALKER, LARRIMORE, WATSON, HOLT, FRANTZ, WEBB, DURBER, SLIGHTERFrancois DUFFRAY, Colored, Murders Wife, Commits Suicide, New Orleans, 1874
Did Captain DISNEY Pick up a Fugitive? 1853
Explosion of the Oriole, 1876 Now indexed!
Surnames include: BOYER, WASHINGTON, WILLIAMS, JACKSON, OPRY, SHARP, KOUNTZIE, GROUERS, FREMOULET, STABERIAL, CRAWFORDH. BONNABEL Sells Selenite, Europe's #1 Choice in Hair Dye, 1847
Doctor Marries Girl he Rescued From Rape (by her Father), New Iberia, 1885 HEUCKEL, BURGMULLER
KERN Shoots McELROY Dead Over Political Argument, 1872
1907 Vintage Postcard: Canal Street, New Orleans BROWNING
Runaway Louisiana Slave Found in Victoria, Texas, 1851 RICE, WHEELER, Tom
Oysterman Frank HENRY Falls to his Death, St. Tammany Parish, 1893 HEINTZ
Capt. George WHITE (Formerly of the Washington Regiment) Calls for Volunteers, New Orleans, 1847
Steamer Eclipse Bound for Mississippi Towns, Capt. BROADWELL, 1856
Kentwood Lodges Elect Officers, Tangipahoa Parish, 1914
Now indexed!News from Crowley, Acadia Parish, 1914 Now indexed!
LASTRAPES Estate to be Sold, Opelousas, 1895 GILLESPIE, BURR, LYONS, LEWIS, GARLAND, LASTRAPES, WILLIAMS, JOURBERT
Another editor gets a beating.... Stocking Up, 1895
OFFUTT Estate Administrator's Notice, St. Landry Parish, 1895 SPLANE, THOMPSON
Movement of 13th, 3rd and 16th Regiments; Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1873 ROGERS, HOLMES
Railroad Officials Meet in Louisiana, 1914. Now indexed!