St. James Parish Civil Records
Collection 357
St. James Civil Records, 1782–1819
Microfilm: 5 reels (35mm)
This collection contains civil records from St. James Parish from the 18th and 19th centuries. Series include Original Acts, 1782-1787 and 1810-1819, and Conveyance Records, 1808-1810. There are two copies of reels 1 and 2. Reel 3 also contains Ascension Parish Original Acts Book A: Inventories and Sales (Judice Records), 1770-1787, and Book B. Inventories and Sales (Judice Records), 1788- ?, pp. 1-500.
The records were filmed by the Center for Louisiana Studies in1971, as an extension of the Colonial Louisiana Records Collection. That collection was transferred to the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection in 2013.
Inventory:
1. | Original Acts | |
Reel 1 |
Spanish Grants, 1782-1785 Spanish Grants, 1786-1787 Acts, 1808 |
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2. | Conveyance Records | |
Reel 1 |
Conveyance Records 1, 1809 Conveyance Records 2, 1810: pp.1-328 |
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Reel 2 |
Conveyance Records 2, 1810: pp.329 to end Conveyance Records 3, 1811 Conveyance Records 4, 1812-1815 Conveyance Records 5, 1816-1817: to Act 194 |
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Reel 3 |
Conveyance Records 5, 1816-1817: Act 195 to end Conveyance Records 6, 1818-1819 |
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3. | Miscellaneous | |
Reel 3 | Some Successions from St. James Parish |