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East Feliciana Parish (La.). Police Jury. W.P.A. collection. Historical Records Survey transcriptions of Louisiana police jury records. East Feliciana Parish, 1818-1940.

Title: W.P.A. collection. Historical Records Survey transcriptions of Louisiana police jury records. East Feliciana Parish, 1818-1940.

This collection consists of microfilm of transcriptions of police jury meeting minutes for East Feliciana Parish between 1818 and 1940. The records document government functions such as elections, road building, public health, law enforcement, parish budgets and taxes, the development of education for blacks and whites, the battle to control yellow fever, livestock maintenance, transportation, flood control, and levee building. They concern topics such as citizen participation in and expectations of government, settlement of the state's rural areas and changes in land ownership, local ordinances governing slavery and local attitudes about it, as well as the changing status of African Americans after emancipation. The records also contain genealogical information useful in identifying ancestors' places of residence, death dates, and role in their communities. The transcriptions were made between around 1939 and 1942 as part of the Louisiana Historical Records Survey, administered through Louisiana State University.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft.

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