About this Service

This service only issues certified copies of microfilmed birth certificates for births that occurred in Louisiana between 1819–1925. The database also contains birth records for births that occurred in Orleans parish as early as 1790; however, microfilmed birth certificates may not be available for many of these older records. For example, searching for a birth that occurred in Orleans parish between 1790–1819 may produce results taken from the official Orleans parish birth index, but individual birth certificates for this period do not exist in the archives. We regret that we cannot issue certified copies of birth certificates for births that occurred in Orleans parish during this period.

Birth records for all other parishes were not required by law until 1918. Some records are available prior to this date, but they are not comprehensive for all parishes.

For more information about obtaining copies of Louisiana birth certificates for births that occurred less than 100 years ago, visit the Vital Records Registry.

Instructions

Click Basic Search to search for records by the child’s name, mother’s maiden name, or the father’s name. To search using other criteria, click Advanced Search.

You can search by the birth child’s first and last name, mother’s first and maiden name, or the father’s first and last name (at the time these records were created, a child’s last name was always recorded as the father’s last name). You can also search using partial names. For example, to search for a birth record for John Doe, you can enter the name in any of the following formats:

  • Doe, John
  • John Doe
  • Doe

To search using dates or other criteria, click Advanced Search.

Results will appear at the bottom of the page as you type. By default, results are sorted alphabetically by the birth child’s last name and are displayed in ascending order. You can sort the results on a different field by clicking the field heading you want to use at the top of the results grid. Click the field heading again to display the sorted results in descending order.

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