Louisiana, Orleans Parish, State Museum Historical Center, Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains gravestone inscriptions for cemeteries in Orleans parish. The records range from 1805-1944. Records will be added if more become available.


 * Charity Hospital Cemetery records, 1847
 * Girod Street Cemetery records, 1817-1930
 * Greenwood - Cypress Grove Cemeteries records, 1840-1880
 * Hebrew Cemetery at Canal and N. Anthony Streets records, 1846-1933
 * Hebrew Cemetery at Frenchmen and Gentilly Streets records, 1866-1880
 * Hebrew Cemetery at Jackson and Saratoga Streets records, 1834-1919
 * Hebrew Cemetery at Joseph and Garfield Streets records, 1856-1930
 * Hebrew Cemetery at Gentilly and Elysian Fields Streets records, 1866-1880
 * Holt Cemetery records, 1876-1879
 * Lafayette Cemetery records, 1844-1933


 * Masonic Lodge Cemetery record, 1868-1944
 * Odd Fellow's Rest Cemetery records, 1849-1880
 * Protestant Cemetery records, 1847
 * St. Bernard Cemetery record, 1850-1868
 * St. John's Cemetery record, 1867-1880
 * St. Joseph's Cemetery records, 1805-1930
 * St. Louis Cemeteries nos. 1, 2, and 3 records, 1770-1935
 * St. Patrick Cemetery records, 1847-1935
 * St. Roch No. 2 Cemetery records, 1890-1935
 * St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery records, 1847-1935

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Greenwood - Cypress Grove Cemeteries records, 1840-1880
 * Hebrew Cemetery at Joseph and Garfield Streets records, 1856-1930
 * Masonic Lodge Cemetery record, 1868-1944
 * St. Louis Cemeteries nos. 1, 2, and 3 records, 1770-1935
 * St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery records, 1847-1935
 * St. Patrick Cemetery records, 1847-1935
 * St. Roch No. 2 Cemetery records, 1890-1935

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954
 * Louisiana, New Orleans, Interment Registers, 1836-1972
 * Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970
 * Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960

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