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In order to assist you in your genealogical research, we have compiled this document of holdings available from the Beauregard Parish Library, as well as information which we hope will help you continue your search after you leave this library.
These books are available for checkout to local patrons with a lending period of two weeks. If you are not a local patron, please contact your nearest public or academic library concerning InterLibrary Loan.
Due to the loss of newspapers on microfilm in the fire of 1991, the Beauregard Parish Library currently holds only issues of the Beauregard Daily News from September 1991 to the present.
Below is a list of libraries which carry back issues of the DeRidder Enterprise-Messenger, The DeRidder Enterprise, and the Beauregard Daily News.
If you are looking for newspapers other than the local paper, you will find a copy of the book The Louisiana Newspaper Project in the reference section of the library. This book lists holdings records for Louisiana newspapers retained on a permanent basis by Louisiana libraries and repositories.
Return to topThere are genealogy libraries in Louisiana that a family researcher may want to visit. These libraries can greatly supplement information found at the local level. Below is a listing of six such libraries including address and telephone numbers.
| Abstract | Brief statement of the main parts of a document |
| Administrator | The person legally authorized to manage an estate |
| Ancestor | A person from whom you are descended in a direct line |
| Archives | Place for the keeping of records |
| Banns | Public announcement, in church, of proposed marriage |
| Bounty Land | Land given to soldiers in place of monetary payment |
| Census | Periodic count of population by the government (In the US, the Census is taken every 10 years) |
| Christen | To baptize, or to name at baptism |
| Christian Name | First name, as opposed to the surname of a person |
| Codicil | An alteration or addition to a will, made at a later date |
| Collateral | Descended from the same ancestors, but in a different line |
| Cousin (removed) | A first cousin once removed is the child of a person's first cousin. A second cousin twice removed is the grandchild of a person's second cousin. |
| Deed | Legal document containing the record of a transfer of land |
| Descendent | A person directly descended, by blood, from an ancestor |
| Emigrant | One who leaves a country to settle in another place |
| Executor (-trix) | Person appointed in a will to administer an estate |
| Freemen | One who had attained his full rights as a citizen |
| Genealogy | The history, oral or written, of the descent of one person or family from an ancestor or ancestors |
| Hereditary Groups | Organizations whose memberships consist of descendants of a prominent person or group |
| Immigrant | One who enters and settles in a foreign country |
| Indenture | Agreement binding one person to work for another for a certain period of time (usually seven years) |
| Intestate | When a person dies without leaving a valid will |
| Inventory | Itemized account of the articles comprising an estate |
| Lineal | Being in direct line of descent or ancestry |
| Maiden Name | The name of a woman prior to her first marriage |
| Maternal | Relating to the mother |
| Obituary | Notice of the death of a person, usually in the newspaper |
| Parish | In Britain, a subdivision of county relating to both civil and ecclesiastical government |
| Paternal | Relating to the father |
| Pedigree | Written chart showing ancestry or line of descent |
| Probate | Act or process of proving a will |
| Progenitor | Ancestor in the direct line, usually first in this country |
| Quitclaim | A deed conveying the interest of a party, normally in the transfer of land ownership |
| Range | A row of townships, running vertically on the map, N to S |
| Relict | Widow or widower |
| Separatists | Groups that withdrew from the established church in England. Two of these groups were called Pilgrims (who settled in Plymouth) and the Puritans (who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony). |
| Surname | The family name or last name |