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Louisiana is a federal-land state. Lands were generally acquired from the foreign sovereigns of Spain and France, from the U.S. government, or from other individuals. The papers of several federal land offices are now in the Louisiana State Land Office, Box 44124, Baton Rouge, LA 70804. Obtain patents from the BLM Eastern States Office, which also has copies of the tract books and township plats. Federal patents are indexed in the GLO Automated Records System, from which a CD-ROM of Louisiana land patents is available. The National Archives has the land entry case files for most federal lands in Louisiana, and a card index to Louisiana patentees to 30 June 1908 (excluding private land claims) is also available there.

The Spanish Louisiana Cabildo judicial records (1769–1804) at the Louisiana Historical Center in New Orleans are on microfilm and are rich in land transactions. The Historical Records Survey (HRS) transcribed the records from the District of Baton Rouge in Spanish West Florida. They are indexed in Stanley Clisby Arthur, Index to the Archives of Spanish West Florida, 1782–1810 (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1975). The National Archives also has the HRS typescripts of the "Archives of the Spanish Government of West Florida, 1789 to 1816," available on microfilm. The HRS issued A Survey of Federal Archives in Louisiana: Land Claims and Other Documents (Baton Rouge: Historical Records Survey, 1940). The private land claims (reclaiming of lands held prior to U.S. possession) to 1837 are in the American State Papers, Public Lands as indexed in McMullin's Grassroots of America. See also Frances P. Burns, "The Spanish Land Laws of Louisiana," Louisiana Historical Quarterly 11 (1928): 557–81 and Harry L. Coles, Jr., "The Confirmation of Foreign Land Titles in Louisiana," Louisiana Historical Quarterly 38 (1955): 1–22.

Land transactions between individuals are recorded in each individual parish, Louisiana's equivalent of counties. For further information on land record research, see:

Hone, E. Wade. Land and Property Research in the United States. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1997.

Eastern States Office
Bureau of Land Management
7450 Boston Blvd.
Springfield, VA 22153
Tel: (703) 440-1600
FAX: (703) 440-1599

Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
P. O. Box 82060
Baton Rouge, LA., 70884-2060

Acadia Parish
Acadia Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 1342
Crowley, LA 70527-1342
Telephone: (337) 783-3107

Allen Parish
Allen Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box G
Oberlin, LA 70655-2007
Telephone: (337) 639-2803

Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 192
Donaldsonville, LA 70346-0192
Telephone: (225) 473-9866

Assumption Parish
Assumption Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 249
Napoleonville, LA 70390
Telephone: (985) 369-7435

Avoyelles Parish
Avoyelles Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 196, Courthouse
Marksville, LA 71351
Telephone: (318) 253-7523

Beauregard Parish
Beauregard Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 310
De Ridder, LA 70634-0310
Telephone: (377) 463-7019

Bienville Parish
Bienville Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 746
Arcadia, LA 71001
Telephone: (318) 263-2123

Bossier Parish
Bossier Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 430, Courthouse
Benton, LA 71006-0430
Telephone: (318) 965-2336

Caddo Parish
Caddo Parish Clerk of Court
501 Texas St., Room 103
Shreveport, LA 71101
Telephone: (318) 226-6780

Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court
3235 Kirkman Rd.
Lake Charles, LA 70602
Telephone: (337) 478-6020

Caldwell Parish
Caldwell Parish Clerk of Court
Courthouse
Columbia, LA 71418
Telephone: (318) 649-2681

Cameron Parish
Cameron Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 549
Cameron, LA 70631
Telephone: (337) 775-5316

Catahoula Parish
Catahoula Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 198
Harrisonburg, LA 71340-0198
Telephone: (318) 744-5497

Claiborne Parish
Claiborne Parish Clerk of Court
Courthouse
Homer, LA 71040
Telephone: (318) 927-2222

Concordia Parish
Concordia Parish Clerk of Court
Courthouse
Vidalia, LA 71373
Telephone: (318) 336-4204

De Soto Parish
De Soto Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 1206
Mansfield, LA 71052
Telephone: (318) 872-3110

East Baton Rouge Parish
East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court
222 Saint Louis St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Telephone: (225) 389-3950

East Carroll Parish
East Carroll Parish Clerk of Court
400 1st St.
Lake Providence, LA 71254-2616
Telephone: (318) 559-2256

East Feliciana Parish
East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Drawer 599
Clinton, LA 70722
Telephone: (225) 683-5145

Evangeline Parish
Evangeline Parish Clerk
P.O. Drawer 347, Courthouse building
Ville Platte, LA 70586
Telephone: (337) 363-5651

Franklin Parish
Franklin Parish Clerk of Court
210 Main St.
Winnsboro, LA 71295-2708
Telephone: (318) 435-9429

Grant Parish
Grant Parish Clerk
Courthouse
Colfax, LA 71417
Telephone: (318) 627-9907

Iberia Parish
Iberia Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 12010
New Iberia, LA 70562-2010
Telephone: (337) 365-7282

Iberville Parish
Iberville Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 423
Plaquemine, LA 70765
Telephone: (225) 687-5160

Jackson Parish
Jackson Parish Clerk of Court
500 East Courthouse Avenue
Jonesboro, LA 71251
Telephone: (318) 259-2424

Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 1409
Jennings, LA 70546
Telephone: (337) 824-1160

Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court
200 Derbigny Street
3rd floor Main Courthouse
Gretna, LA 70054-0010
Telephone: (504) 364-2900

Lafayette Parish
Lafayette Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 4508
Lafayette, LA 70502-4508
Telephone: (337) 233-0150

Lafourche Parish
Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Drawer 5548, Courthouse
Thibodaux, LA 70302
Telephone: (985) 447-4841

LaSalle Parish
LaSalle Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 1372
Jena, LA 71342-1372
Telephone: (318) 992-2101

Lincoln Parish
Lincoln Parish Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 979
Ruston, LA 71273-0979
Telephone: (318) 251-3663

Livingston Parish
Livingston Parish Clerk of Court
20180 Iowa Street
Livingston, LA 70754
Telephone: (225) 686-2266

Madison Parish
Madison Parish Clerk
100 North City Street
Tallulah, LA 71282
Telephone: (318) 574-0655

Morehouse Parish
Morehouse Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 509
Bastrop, LA 71220-0509
Telephone: (318) 281-3343

Natchitoches Parish
Natchitoches Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 799
Natchitoches, LA 71458-0799
Telephone: (318) 352-8152

Orleans Parish
Orleans Parish Clerk
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112-2114
Telephone: (504) 592-5152

Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish Clerk
300 St. John Street
Monroe, LA 71201-7326
Telephone: (318) 362-3340

Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines Parish Clerk
Courthouse
Point a la Hache, LA 70082
Telephone: (985) 333-4343

Point Coupee
Point Coupee Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 86
New Roads, LA 70760
Telephone: (225) 638-9596

Rapides Parish
Rapides Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 952
Alexandria, LA 71309-0952
Telephone: (318) 473-8153

Red River Parish
Red River Parish Clerk
615 East Carrol
Coushatta, LA 71019-8731
Telephone: (318) 932-6741

Richland Parish
Richland Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 119
Rayville, LA 71269
Telephone: (318) 728-4171

Sabine Parish
Sabine Parish Clerk
400 Court Street
Many, LA 71449
Telephone: (318) 256-6223

St. Bernard Parish
St. Bernard Parish Clerk
8201 West Judge Perez Drive
Chalmette, LA 70043-1611
Telephone: (504) 277-6371

Saint Charles Parish
Saint Charles Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 302
Hahnville, LA 70057-0302
Telephone: (985) 783-6632

Saint Helena Parish
Saint Helena Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 308
Greensburg, LA 70441-0308
Telephone: (225) 222-4514

Saint James Parish
Saint James Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 63, Courthouse
Convent, LA 70723
Telephone: (504) 562-7431

St. John the Baptist Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 38
Edgard, LA 70049
Telephone: (985) 497-3331

Saint Landry Parish
Saint Landry Parish Clerk
Court & Landry Sts.
Opelousas, LA 70570
Telephone: (318) 942-5606

Saint Martin Parish
Saint Martin Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 9
Saint Martinville, LA 70582-0009
Telephone: (337) 394-6417

Saint Mary Parish
Saint Mary Parish Clerk
P.O. Drawer 1231
Franklin, LA 70538
Telephone: (337) 828-4100, ext. 200

Saint Tammany Parish
Saint Tammany Parish Clerk
510 East Boston
Covington, LA 70433-2945
Telephone: (225) 898-2430

Tangipahoa Parish
Tangipahoa Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 215
Amite, LA 70422
Telephone: (985) 748-4146

Tensas Parish
Tensas Parish Clerk
Courthouse Square
P.O. Box 78
Saint Joseph, LA 71366
Telephone: (318) 766-3921

Terrebonne Parish
Terrebonne Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 1569
Houma, LA 70361-1569
Telephone: (985) 872-0466

Union Parish
Union Parish Clerk
Courthouse Building
100 E. Bayou St., Suite 105
Farmerville, LA 71241
Telephone: (318) 368-3055

Vermilion Parish
Vermilion Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 790
Abbeville, LA 70511-0790
Telephone: (337) 898-4310

Vernon Parish
Vernon Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 40
Leesville, LA 71496-0040
Telephone: (318) 238-1384

Washington Parish
Washington Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 607
Franklinton, LA 70438-0607
Telephone: (985) 839-4663

Webster Parish
Webster Parish Clerk
410 Main Street
Minden, LA 71055-3325
Telephone: (318) 371-0366

West Baton Rouge Parish
West Baton Rouge Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 107
Port Allen, LA 70767
Telephone: (225) 383-0378

West Carroll Parish
West Carroll Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 630
Oak Grove, LA 71263-0630
Telephone: (318) 428-3281

West Feliciana Parish
West Feliciana Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 1921
Saint Francisville, LA 70775
Telephone: (225) 635-3864

Winn Parish
Winn Parish Clerk
P.O. Box 951
Winnfield, LA 71483-0951
Telephone: (318) 628-9515