Louisiana historic newspapers: 68,804 free digitised pages
Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Louisiana in Chronicling America, counted on 2026-10-06. The pages are free to read and searchable by name; an obituary or a marriage notice here is often the only record of a date before civil registration.
Titles with the most digitised pages
| Newspaper | Years | Pages online |
|---|---|---|
| The Opelousas Courier (Opelousas, La.) | 1852–1910 | 3,996 |
| New Orleans Daily Crescent ([New Orleans, La.]) | 1851–1866 | 3,339 |
| The Bossier Banner (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) | 1859–1952 | 2,955 |
| New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, La) | 1867–1878 | 2,518 |
| The Colfax Chronicle (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) | 1877–1981 | 2,354 |
| The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel and Journal of the 8th Senatorial District (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) | 1875–1898 | 2,292 |
| St. Tammany Farmer (Covington, La.) | 2,274 | |
| Le Meschacébé ([Lucy] La.) | 1853–1942 | 1,974 |
| The Meridional (Abbeville, La.) | 1856–1906 | 1,868 |
| The Weekly Messenger (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) | 1886–1948 | 1,766 |
Counties
- Orleans 12,791 pages
- Saint Landry 7,272 pages
- Lafourche 3,254 pages
- Bossier 2,955 pages
- Calcasieu 2,935 pages
- East Baton Rouge 2,914 pages
- Iberia 2,623 pages
- Caddo 2,480 pages
- Grant 2,399 pages
- Saint Mary 2,379 pages
Cities
- New Orleans 12,791 pages
- Opelousas 7,378 pages
- Thibodaux 3,254 pages
- Bellevue 2,955 pages
- Benton 2,955 pages
- Baton Rouge 2,914 pages
- New Iberia 2,623 pages
- Shreveport 2,480 pages
- Colfax 2,399 pages
- Abbeville 2,312 pages
By decade
- 1800 to 1809 1 pages
- 1810 to 1819 2 pages
- 1820 to 1829 2 pages
- 1830 to 1839 421 pages
- 1840 to 1849 1,516 pages
- 1850 to 1859 7,706 pages
- 1860 to 1869 6,999 pages
- 1870 to 1879 12,170 pages
- 1880 to 1889 9,508 pages
- 1890 to 1899 7,846 pages
- 1900 to 1909 8,267 pages
- 1910 to 1919 11,485 pages
- 1920 to 1929 3,150 pages
- 1930 to 1939 34 pages
- 1940 to 1949 30 pages
- 1950 to 1959 24 pages
- 1960 to 1969 20 pages
Languages
- English 68,470 pages
- French 20,528 pages
- Spanish 143 pages
Ethnic press: French, African American, Latin American, Welsh
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