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
Found in:
Special Collections