How to submit a cemetery report
If you have found a cemetery that is NOT listed with the Louisiana Cemetery Board as an ACTIVE cemetery and that contains graves 50 years of age or older, and is unkept, abandoned or neglected or otherwise UNKNOWN, a report should be filed with the Regional Louisiana Dept. of Archaeology, the Louisiana Attorney General, and the local Sheriffs office. You may find a list of contacts here. Recent updates to Louisiana cemetery law require reporting within 72 hours.
If the cemetery is ACTIVE and is accepting burials, then it falls under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Cemetery Board. The Louisiana Cemetery Board can be contacted online, in addition to the local police, Sheriff, and Louisiana Attorney Generals office.
The online form for submission through Louisiana Cemetery Preservation website can be found here or you may send an email to louisianacemeteries@yahoo.com
Please answer as many of the following questions as possible when making a submission via email:
Cemetery Name
Parish
Driving directions
Condition description
Earliest record
Your name, address, email
Organization
Todays date
Alternate cemetery name
GIS GPS Location
Does the cemetery have a sign?
Is the cemetery access road public or private?
Are burial records available?
Source of burial records:
Source of photo:
Approximate number of internments
Overall condition of markers
Most common surnames found
Other comments
See examples: Saving Graves Louisiana Archived Reports.
http://louisianacemeteries.x10hosting.com/index/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=35:cemetery-reports&Itemid=62&layout=default
*updated links to include current cemetery reports in Louisiana and archived Saving Graves Louisiana cemetery reports.
Welcome !
This blog is for those who are interested in genealogy, history, preservation, transcriptions, photographs, and cemetery law in Louisiana. It is intended as a place of public collaboration for the preservation of our state cemeteries.
Promoting awareness is the first step to preservation.
If you are interested in contributing to the blog please use the form here or email louisianacemeteries@yahoo.com for more information.
Thank you for visiting!
If you believe you have found an abandoned cemetery, please contact the
Division of Archaeology at 225-342-8170 or archaeology@crt.la.gov.
Promoting awareness is the first step to preservation.
If you are interested in contributing to the blog please use the form here or email louisianacemeteries@yahoo.com for more information.
Thank you for visiting!
Louisiana Cemetery Preservation
If you believe you have found an abandoned cemetery, please contact the
Division of Archaeology at 225-342-8170 or archaeology@crt.la.gov.
