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The office of Archives and Records is not accepting any new Genealogy research requests at this time. We will resume accepting new requests on November 9, 2026. Thank you for your patience as we process our outstanding requests.
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Office of Archives and Records
The Office of Archives and Records serves as the official repository for the records of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. This office is responsible for developing and monitoring an efficient records-management program for identifying, collecting, describing, protecting, and making available the historical records of the archdiocese.
The present Archdiocese of New Orleans includes eight civil parishes in the greater New Orleans area: Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John, St. Tammany, and Washington. -
Holdings
The Office of Archives and Records holds approximately 6,000 cubic feet of boxed archival material (administrative files, property files, organizational files, parish visitation reports, institutional histories, photograph collections); 528 bound volumes of primary-source material (funeral expenses, pulpit announcements, diaries, scrapbooks, minute books); and approximately 1,500 sacramental registers. Archives also holds secondary-source material, such as newspapers and parish histories.
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Contact information
Archdiocese of New Orleans
Office of Archives and Records
7887 Walmsley Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70125-3496
[email protected]
Phone: 504-861-6241
Fax: 504-861-6202