Occupying an area of 816 sq mi, St. Martin Parish was established in the year 1868 and was named in the honor of the St. Martin. A population of around 52K with an admixture of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with 17K households and 12.9K families are based at this place. St. Martinville is the Parish seat while Breaux Bridge is the largest city of this Parish.

Unlike the past, today online research has made it possible for the native residents to choose the St. Martin County record directory as a way to retrieve some essential records needed immediately over the net. One can find meticulous information regarding last will and estate data, wedding, ancestral SSN, death reports, property estimation, immigration details, civil court facts, war essentials, war veterans service, census, birth, separation verdict information and the likes which, therefore, assists to trace out lineal roots and depicts the genuine portrait of the vital and genealogical statistics of the ancestral and present life.