Louisiana Obituaries

The Jefferson Parish Library already contains over seventy thousand Louisiana death notices as it has registered the obituaries from 1972 through 1978 from the local paper, the Times-Picayune. It is regularly updated for the years following so that it grows ever more complete toward the present day’s publications, with the goal of becoming a full searchable database.

Local newspapers have strong roots to the community and are invaluable resources when searching for information on specific deaths. The Alexandria Daily Town Talk covers news for Alexandria, Pineville, and Central Louisiana. Obituaries contained in the Town Talk have detailed biographical information, funeral details, and room to leave tributes or comments.

The Courier features news from Houma and Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The Courier publishes obituaries for residents of the area, which appear on their Houma Today site. On the left is a list of recently archived obituaries. For older notice, a search box is located on the top of the page.

Residents of Lafourche Parish and Thibodaux in Louisiana are served by the Courier’s sister paper, the Daily Comet. Obituaries are published online through the Courier’s electronic version, Houma Today. In the center of the page are the current day’s obituaries. To the left is a list of recently archived obituaries.

The Daily Iberian is the website to go to for those who are looking for news from New Iberia, Louisiana. The site makes it easy to gain access to obituaries, which are about people who used to live in the area or who did at the time of death, by providing a tab link at the very top of every page.

With a very French name, the L’Observateur brings a touch of the Creole heritage to its pages for those who live in southern Louisiana. Readers of the site can access obituaries on the page easily by clicking on the obituaries tab which resides at the very top of the page under the title of the site.

St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana has been graced with newspapers from the St. Tammany News for many years, and the online site offers much news and information for the area as well. Readers who are looking for obituaries can access them by clicking on the obituary tab at the very top of the page.