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Genealogy resources.

Location and Hours

Main Library at Goodwood

7711 Goodwood Blvd.

Baton Rouge, LA 70806

 

Monday -Thursday: 

9:00am - 8:45pm

Friday - Saturday

9:00am - 5:45pm    

Sunday:

2pm - 8:45 pm

 

Featured database

The Advocate Obituary Project indexes obituaries appearing in the State Times or Morning Advocate.  Years covered to date:  1952-91. To use these files: Save the file(s) to the Computer's Desktop and then Open them for optimal viewing.

Historical Documents in the Baton Rouge Room Archive

Genealogy Brown Bag

Join a community of genealogy researchers just like you for a discussion on genealogy, research and history. 

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025

      12 p.m. - 1 p.m. at the Main Library at Goodwood, Conference Rm. 2B.

No registration required

Bring your knowledge, bring your questions and bring your lunch!!!

Special Collections Policies

The Paper Trail: Uncovering Ancestors in Non-Digital Records

COMING THIS SUMMER!

Saturday, July 26, 2025

The Paper Trail: Uncovering Ancestors in Non-Digital Records

Join the Genealogy Staff from Special Collections at Main Library

for a special event to help you learn what's available in archival records.

Speakers include:

Ann Boltin, Chancellor and Archivist & Records Manager, Diocese of Baton Rouge

Bill Stafford, Reference Services Supervisor, Louisiana State Archives

Dan Lewis, Collections Management Supervisor, Louisiana State Archives

Jari Honora, Family Historian at the Williams Research Center of the Historic New Orleans Collection

MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!!

About This Guide

 

This Guide is to assist the beginning Genealogist. It includes links to our online databases and digital resources, as well as printable family pedigree forms, how-to guides and genealogy class PowerPoint presentations. Join us for a class or one of our special events to learn more about genealogy research.

Our Genealogy Brown Bag lunch, the third Friday of most months, features a guest speaker and discussions with other researchers like you.

Check out the Calendar of Events and Classes for more information.

About the Collection

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library Genealogy Collection focuses on southern states and includes:

Microfilm: Slave papers, legal records, city directories, plantation records, church records, & passenger records.

 

Print Resources: Books, newsletters, magazines, local histories, family genealogies, & vertical files.

Online Resources: Advocate Historical Archive; Ancestry.com Library edition; HeritageQuest; Fold3; FamilySearch; and, many more. 

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library Genealogy Collection is close to other holdings such as the Louisiana State Archives, the Baton Rouge FamilySearch Center, the LSU Library and the Archives at the Clerk of Court. Altogether, we provide a vast array of genealogical treasure just waiting to be discovered.