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SWLA Genealogical & Historical Library Collection

Calcasieu Parish Public Library Resources

 

Microfilm Collection
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About Us

The Southwest Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Library is located on the first floor and to the left of the main entrance to the Carnegie Memorial Library, located at the intersection of Pujo (a one-way street from east to west) and Bilbo Streets, in historic downtown Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Operating hours are 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. The contact phone number is 337-721-7110.

The Library is in compliance with the American's with Disabilities Act. One parking space is available next door to the Library in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church on Pujo Street.
Other library patrons will find one-hour parking available along Bilbo Street on the west side of the library, unlimited parallel parking along Pujo Street (where the curb is painted white), and in the lot at the southeast corner of Pujo and Bilbo Streets. A kitchen area with vending machines, refrigerator, and icemaker is available for use by patrons.

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library system's library catalog is is available on-line in all library branches as well as through this website.
The website also includes a Genealogy Resource Line to the Genealogy Library's holding of microfilm and compiled genealogies as well as links to other interesting genealogy-related websites.

Collection
The Genealogy Library's collection offers a treasure of material to the genealogical researcher in the form of books, periodicals, microfilm, compiled family records and electronic databases. It contains records on most of the American states with special emphasis on Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, as well as those stated to the north along the Mississippi River, Canada, and Acadia.

The collection contains a limited amount of information on British genealogy and patriotic organizations' lineage books.
Examples of the types of materials are cemetery and church records, parish courthouse records, military records, compiled family histories, parish histories and land records. Indexes are available for obituary notices that appeared in local newspapers, as well as marriages and some births. How-to Books are available to assist the beginning and experienced researcher.

Library earns ‘Family Search Center’ title

The Southwest Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Library has been designated as a “Family Search Center” by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The designation allows the library access to records from the Family Search collection by means of interlibrary loan.

The Family History Library catalog lists microfilms available at the Salt Lake Distribution Center.

The shipping and handling charge per reel is $5.50, which is paid at the time of order. Patrons will have a loan period of 30 days; it can be renewed for another 30 days for $5.50.
The resources include local court and state records, family books and world records.

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