The main branch of the Terrebonne Parish Library System is located at 151 Civic Ctr. Dr. in Houma, Louisiana. It is open Monday through Thursday from 9am to 9pm, Friday and Saturday from 9am to 6pm, and Sunday from 2 pm to 6 pm. While there are a number of branches around the parish, the major extensions are the North Branch and the East Branch. 

The genealogy collection is located at the main branch on Civic Center Drive. The Genealogy & Local History Room is located on the second floor.  As you exit the elevator or stairs, the room is ahead to the left.  There are also a number of tables in the room, some with computers.  Note: the computers do have a built-in time limit that will log you off after one hour of use.

The microfilm viewing room has one overhead viewer and several viewer/printers.  It also has an open book scanner that makes copies of books placed face-up on its scanning bed. The latest equipment is a microfilm scanner that will scan microfilm so that you can save it to your flash drive.

A photocopier will be located against the wall between the microfilm and vertical file cabinets.

Terrebonne Parish Library Website

Genealogical Materials at the Terrebonne Parish Library, Main Branch
 
BOOKS
   There are literally hundreds of books in the genealogy section. Of course, the largest single category covers south Louisiana, Cajun, and Acadian genealogy. There are also books on other locations and fields of genealogy. Although most books are for library use only, there are duplicate sets of some books that can be checked out. Some of the key resources include:

South Louisiana Records by Rev. Donald Hebert
Southwest Louisiana Records by Rev. Donald Hebert
Baton Rouge Diocese Church Records
New Orleans Diocese Sacramental Records
Indices for Louisiana (and certain other states) Censuses
Published censuses of Terrebonne from 1840 to 1910 (excluding 1890, of course)
Indices of obituaries from Terrebonne & Lafourche papers by TGS
South Louisiana Vital Family Records (7 volumes) by TGS
Cemeteries of Terrebonne Parish (3 volumes) by TGS
A 6 volume Acadian work by Bona Arsenault
A 7 volume Acadian work by Adrien Bergeron
 
 
PERIODICALS
     The library gets most of the south Louisiana genealogical publications. Back issues of periodicals, especially south Louisiana material, are available.   A number of other genealogical periodicals are also in the collection.

MICROFILM
     Census records for all extant censuses are available. The soundex is available for the censuses of 1880, 1900, and 1910. Microfilm copies of old newspaper issues are also available.  A microfilm printer is available at 25 cents a copy.  

COMPUTERS
     There will be several computers in the Genealogy Room (and many more in other areas of the library.  They are all connected to the internet and have a one hour limit on usage. 
     The collection of CD-ROMs is up to about 60 now, and more are being purchased.  As a staff person about using them.  

Online Libraries

 • Louisiana State Library
 • Baton Rouge Community College
 • Bossier Parish Community College
 • Delgado Community College
 • Louisiana State University
 • Louisiana State University at Alexandria
 • Louisiana State University at Eunice
 • Louisiana State University Law School
 • Louisiana State University - Other Libraries
 • Louisiana State University at Shreveport
 • Louisiana Tech University  • McNeese State University
 • Nicholls State University
 • Northeast Louisiana University
 • Northwestern State University
 • Nunez Community College
 • Southeastern Louisiana University
 • Southern University at Baton Rouge
 • Southern University Law Center
 • Southern University at New Orleans
 • Southern University at Shreveport/Bossier
 • University of New Orleans