Family & Local History Virtual Programs
Watch recorded virtual programs led by Genealogy and Special Collections staff, like 100 Years of Local Women's Suffrage, Pandemics & Epidemics in Louisiana and more.
Historic Hasley: Secrets from the Grave
Historic Hasley Cemetery Tour
Click on the link above to access the Historic Hasley: Secrets from the Grave website. The Ouachita Parish Public Library received a Rebirth grant in the fall of 2020 to create this virtual self-guided tour of West Monroe's Hasley Cemetery. Funds were part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan and were provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Union Pacific Foundation and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Print copies of the brochure are available at all library branches. The tour provides information on the cemetery, the earliest known gravesites, monument composition and care and videos with biographical information on a few of the men and women buried there who contributed to Ouachita Parish History.
Ouachita Parish Public Library 100th Anniversary
Ouachita Parish Public Library Anniversary Video
Researching the History of Your House
Suggestions to help get started with basic research into the history of your Ouachita Parish house
How to Search the Louisiana Digital Library
Skills such as faceted search, boolean operators and browsing by institution are covered in this LDL YouTube channel tutorial
Ancestry.Com Learning Center
Tips and tricks from the experts at Ancestry.com
Newspapers.com Help Center
Getting started with newspapers.com
Genealogy Blog
Read articles about local history, how to research your family history and more.