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Cemeteries

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Police and Public Buildings records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-TA
Scope and Contents

Records include:

  • Correspondence, Incoming and Outgoing
  • Records of the City Pound
  • Records of the Indigent Insane
  • Reports from Parish Prison and Police Jail
  • Permits
  • Financial Records
  • Occupants of Stalls in Public Markets

Dates: 1882-1910
Found in: City Archives

Division of Cemeteries records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-LM
Scope and Contents

Records of the Municipal Cemeteries of New Orleans, administered by the city. These include internment records, death certificates, and other associated records depending on the cemetery. Cemeteries include are:

  • Bayou St. John Cemetery
  • Lafayette Cemetery
  • Jefferson City/ Valence Street Cemetery
  • Carrollton Cemetery
  • St. MAry's Cemetery
  • Locust Grove Cemetery
  • Holt Cemetery

Dates: 1835-1958
Found in: City Archives

Non-Municipal Cemetery Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cemetery
Scope and Contents

Records of Cemeteries owned and operated by religious or private entities. Information regarding Catholic Cemeteries can also be located at the New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries Office.

Dates: 1840 - 1960