Ascension Parish Civil Records
Collection 351
Ascension Parish Civil Records, 1770–1930
Microfilm: 6 reels (35mm)
This collection contains microfilm copies of civil records from Ascension Parish from the 18th and 19th centuries.
The records were filmed in 1971 by the Southwestern Archives and Manuscripts Collection for the Center for Louisiana Studies as an extension of the Colonial Louisiana Records Collection. That collection was transferred to the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscript Collection in 2013.
Inventory:
| 1. |
Original Acts [Note: for Book A: Inventories and Sales (Judice Records), 1770-1787, and Book B: Inventories and Sales (Judice Records), 1788- ?, pp. 1-500, see Collection 357, St. James Parish Records, reel 3] |
| Reel 1 |
Book B. Inventories and Sales (Judice Records), 1788- ?, pp. 500 to end Book C-D: Last Wills and Testaments (Judice Records), 1770-1787 Book F: Croquer’s Acts, 1798-1800, pp. 1-156 |
| Reel 2 |
Book F: Croquer’s Acts, 1798-1800, pp. 157 to end Book G: Croquer’s Acts, 1800 Book H: Jones, Cantrelle, Landry, 1798 Book I: Jones, Cantrelle, Landry, 1805, pp. 1-441 |
| Reel 3 |
Book I: Jones, Cantrelle, Landry, 1805, pp. 441-end Book J: Turner’s Acts, 1808 Book K: Turner’s Acts, 1811 Book L-M-N: Original Acts, 1811 Book O: Inventories and Sales (Carlier), 1811, pp. 1-93 |
| Reel 4 #1 | Book O: Inventories and Sales (Carlier), 1811, pp. 94 to end |
| Reel 5 | Book W-X-Y-Z: Inventories and Sales (Carlier) |
| 2. | Marriage Contracts, 1767-1809 |
| Reel 4 #2 | Book Q: Marriage Contracts, 1767-1809 |
| Reel 4 #3 | Book R, S, T, U, Marriage Contracts, 1809 |
| Reel 4 #4 | Volume 1: Marriage Records, 1859-1870 |
| 3. | Miscellaneous |
| Reel 6 |
Naturalization Books, 1857-1930 Book of Wills A-B-C, 1808-1916 Police Jury Minutes, 1837-1856 Vendor Index to Conveyances A-K, 1770-1862 General Index to Marriages A-K Vendee Index to Conveyances A-K, 1170-1862 Index to Letters of Administration, Executorship, Curatorship and Tutorship, 1815-1827 |