Lafourche Parish took its name from Marquis de la Fayette. The Parish was established in the year 1823. It covers an area of 270 sq mi. More than 0.19 million people with enriched racial makeup including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others reside in the region. The parish accommodates 72K households and 48K family units. Lafayette is the parish seat and the largest city.

The Lafourche Parish Index is intended a gigantic collection of information that can be extremely effective for the all round research. The Parish records repository is an impressive storehouse of multiple records including census, naturalization and immigration details, birth, nuptials, separation verdicts and death news, civil war data, ancestral SSNs along with war veterans history, real estate deeds, probates and court records and lots more. So, begin your search and procure information at the earliest.