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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.
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Sunday, July 5, 2015
St. Peter's Cemetery 177 years old
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| Photo Vicky Branton - Onellion’s attention to detail led to discovery of a picture online of the original marker he and Roland tried to piece together. No one knows how it got in this condition. |
If you would like to contribute to the history of St. Peter's Cemetery, please contact officials below.
St. Peter’s Catholic Church Cemetery
PO Box 12507 New Iberia, LA 70562
Cemetery Manager: Brad Ste. Marie (337) 577-7985
Maintenance Supervisor: Roland Theriot (337) 519-7544
St. Peter’s Church Office: (337) 369-3816
Vicky Branton's story in the Daily Iberian July 1st, "Resting in Pieces" was a welcome read. A few volunteers have come forward with a project to re-record the burials at St. Peter's Cemetery among a spattering of ideas to keep the history of Louisiana alive. The project began about two years ago to update & re-verify the 10,633 recorded burials of the church.
"A cemetery might be the resting place of the dead, but the living are responsible for its perpetual care."
"The laws have tied up the restoration process and forced the people involved to research descendants. Descendants permission and funding is needed to help with the much needed historical repair of the tombs. That is of particular interest to DeCourt who said patching old mortar with modern techniques or using the wrong kind of paint can do more damage when the purpose was to repair and protect the tombs for posterity."
The current budget of $8,000 allows for simple maintenance but does not allow for historical repair, perpetual care or preservation.
You may read what other states are doing to care for historical cemeteries here.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Oakland Cemetery Shreveport - Volunteers Needed
From Oakland Cemetery News
Volunteers Needed Posted May 26, 2015
SPAR helps to maintain Oakland cemetery. For more information, call 318-673-7751.With much of the infrastructure now in place, we are now turning to gainfully utilize the talents of the Friends of Oakland Cemetery. The organization is up and running, and we are looking for volunteers. Specifically, we need help in the form of monument inventory and restoration; advertising and public relations; tour guides; website development; tour documentation, design and implementation; events planning and operation; family history documentation; civic event speakers, re-enactors, and more. You can do as much or little as your time will allow. Please use the form on page 2 to indicate that you would like to help us. We need your help to restore and preserve this grand old cemetery! We promise a rewarding experience!
Oakland Cemetery Preservation Society (OCPS) P.O. Box 52131 Shreveport LA 71135
Oakland Cemetery Spring 2015 Newsletter
Monday, May 25, 2015
Carville Historic District, National Leprosarium Cemetery - Iberville
Carville Historic District, National Leprosarium Cemetery - Iberville Parish
This site was the national hospital for Hansen's disease in late 19th/early 20th century. Artifacts may be associated with slave quarters of Indian Camp Plantation that was taken over by the Leprosarium.
The Carville Collection in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library key word search: Carville / leprosarium / leprosy
Sister Zoe's Funeral - the only Sister known to be interred with patients.
"This historic image depicted a funeral on the grounds of the Carville, Louisiana Leprosarium, in honor of Sister Zoe, the only member of the Sisters of Charity who'd wanted to be buried in the same cemetery amongst those for whom she'd cared while they were patients at the facility. This graveyard was located on the grounds of the hospital."
"Between 1894 and 1922, there were 125 patient deaths, all of whom were buried on the grounds of the leprosarium. The hospital was a self-contained compound with its own storehouse, laundry, food-processing facilities, patient treatment centers, recreational facilities, and cemetery."
"Patients of the U.S. Marine Hospital in Carville, Louisiana produced a set of 35 mm slides around 1950 from which this image was derived. In 2002, a patient’s son donated the set, the only one known in existence, to the museum."
National Hansen's Disease Museum Collections
This site was the national hospital for Hansen's disease in late 19th/early 20th century. Artifacts may be associated with slave quarters of Indian Camp Plantation that was taken over by the Leprosarium.
The Carville Collection in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library key word search: Carville / leprosarium / leprosy
Sister Zoe's Funeral - the only Sister known to be interred with patients.
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| All Images from CDC |
"This historic image depicted a funeral on the grounds of the Carville, Louisiana Leprosarium, in honor of Sister Zoe, the only member of the Sisters of Charity who'd wanted to be buried in the same cemetery amongst those for whom she'd cared while they were patients at the facility. This graveyard was located on the grounds of the hospital."
"Between 1894 and 1922, there were 125 patient deaths, all of whom were buried on the grounds of the leprosarium. The hospital was a self-contained compound with its own storehouse, laundry, food-processing facilities, patient treatment centers, recreational facilities, and cemetery."
"Patients of the U.S. Marine Hospital in Carville, Louisiana produced a set of 35 mm slides around 1950 from which this image was derived. In 2002, a patient’s son donated the set, the only one known in existence, to the museum."
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| This historic image depicted a the grave site commemorating the passing of the former Carville, Louisiana Leprosarium Head Nurse, Sister Zoe, the only member of the Sisters of Charity to have been buried in the cemetery. It was her request that she be buried amongst the patients whom she'd treated while they were at the hospital. . The hospital was a self-contained compound with its own power plant, storehouse, patient treatment centers, which included a dental office, food-processing facilities, i.e., a cafeteria, and its own cemetery |
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Bayou Coastal Louisiana Cemetery Project
Update on the Bayou Coastal Louisiana Cemetery Project
The Louisiana State Archives will showcase the work of the Bayou Coastal Cemeteries Project with an exhibit running through the end of March. To date, 137 cemeteries have been documented.
The Louisiana State Archives is located at 3851 Essen Lane in Baton Rouge. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For more information about the project, contact Schexnayder at jsche15@lsu.edu, or 225-578-6448.
Sources:
The Louisiana State Archives will showcase the work of the Bayou Coastal Cemeteries Project with an exhibit running through the end of March. To date, 137 cemeteries have been documented.
The Louisiana State Archives is located at 3851 Essen Lane in Baton Rouge. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For more information about the project, contact Schexnayder at jsche15@lsu.edu, or 225-578-6448.
Sources:
- Effort aims to map disappearing cemeteries March 5, 2012 - Houma Today, By Nikki Buskey Staff Writer
- Louisiana Sea Grant
Summary from project website Accessed March 31, 2012
Objectives
Our objective is to survey and record specifics of endangered cemeteries within the Louisiana state-defined coastal zone. Through this survey, we hope to show loss of state's cultural heritage as coastal erosion and sea level rise continue to affect Louisiana's coastline.
Methodology
We will begin by accessing data/resources already in place to minimize research to be done. This can be accomplished through resources such as USGS data, state topographic maps, Google Earth, etc. Then we will visit cemetery sites to record GIS location, size, population density, proximity to Gulf and historical persons buried within. Cemeteries will be prioritized in terms of most endangered. Our initial survey work will begin in Grand Isle, Louisiana - a threatened coastal site. This visit will be used to determine time required to record site data, and to determine the number of sites to be visited within the funding time limit.
Rationale
The preliminary reason for the project is to note the heightened need of preservation. By protecting the physical setting, the cultural heritage is protected as well. It is also to show connection of the living to the dead. There is a loss of culture as people are forced to move inland - cemeteries are no longer cared for and left abandoned. The project will foster the idea that although physical structure may not be able to be permanently saved, the culture can be saved through documentation. Lastly, the survey work will be used to define magnitude of project and as a preliminary step toward a larger grant application.
Results
A GIS map is in creation for future access and use by local, parish and state entities. Two cemeteries recorded are not in the correct location on Google Maps. A list will be submitted to Google near the end of the project to ask for and highlight the need for correction.
Benefits
Significant Accomplishments
Twenty-two cemeteries were recorded between July 2011 and January 2012. Of those cemeteries, 2 are partially submerged due to erosion, and 3 flood daily with the incoming tide. Four cemeteries are in severe disrepair due to storm surge damage post Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. All cemeteries recorded have been inundated by a combination of one or more of the hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike. A working partnership has been formed with DMORT to share data from cemeteries they have mapped, and to possibly help identify individuals located in FEMA replacement caskets as the research is carried out.
CONTACT Schexnayder, J. jsche15@lsu.edu
Manhein, M.
Maurice Wolcott
Louisiana Sea Grant
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Abandoned Pet Cemetery in Louisiana
Dobard Family Cemetery - Jesuit Bend Plaquemines Parish
An effort to transcribe and map Dobard Family Cemetery
http://dobardcemetery.blogspot.com/
Looking for local sources to identify unknown burials.
Also noted on FAG with photographs from 2010 of signage by Kim and Virginia Vaught of Belle Chase Louisiana.
La-Cemeteries.com photograph May 2014 ? by Karen Anglada.
Album on Facebook by Katherine Bennett.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1609081219322426.1073741842.100006616894167&type=1
Cemetery Map
http://dobardcemetery.blogspot.com/2012/11/map-of-cemetery.html
Friday, January 30, 2015
Change is inevitable. And alot has changed since 2007. Wikispaces has closed its free accounts and opted to accept only PAID accounts. The information from the Louisiana Cemetery Preservation wiki has been downloaded and it is in storage -- waiting for a fresh face! Until the website(s) can be updated and all information about the new URL is updated, you can still email me louisianacemeteries@yahoo.com or louisianagenealogyblogs@gmail.com information or post to the facebook wall -- more louisianacemeteries.angelfire.com
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Volentine-Sibley Cemetery - ABANDONED NEGLECTED - East Baton Rouge Parish - Central, LA
Nick Foley authored an abandoned cemetery report from East Baton Rouge Parish where David Cain had found an private abandoned cemetery Central, LA. His article appears WAFB June 9, 2014 about an abandoned neglected historical cemetery on North Flannery Road near Sugar Land Park in the northern part of East Baton Rouge Parish. Central, LA. I do not know the cemetery name and therefore, without specific mapping information, property ownership, I cannot verify if the cemetery is listed with USGS in EBR Parish. View the video here:
http://www.wafb.com/story/25725460/abandoned-and-neglected-cemeteries-generate-concern
Has this cemetery been documented by the State of Louisiana abandoned / neglected cemeteries? archaeology@crt.la.gov
http://www.crt.state.la.us/cultural-development/archaeology/cemeteries-burials/index
It was said that the last burial was in the 1970's but there are very early 1800's headstones at this cemetery gathering from the video footage.
If anything is done, headstone photographs should be taken before they are lost and destroyed.
Who is the landowner? Is it possible that the landowner does not know the cemetery exists at all?
Maybe someone from the City, Parish, or State archaeology department can contact the landowner, local library, historical/ genealogical society for background information on the cemetery and future plans on upkeep.
It is important to get photographs of each individual headstone and make note of depressions.
From the video by Byron Thomas the surnames appear: GARRISON, SIBLEY, YOUNG, LONG
Photographs of headstones, Cemetery Signage, Fencing, Maintenance, Headstone documentation, transcriptions, plot map, landowner history, genealogy are a part of local Louisiana history and are disappearing.
Many thanks to Nick Foley and Mr. Cain for bringing awareness about this cemetery.
You can view location and earlier photographs of a few cemetery headstones at Volentine - Sibley cemetery in East Baton Rouge Parish here .
Monday, February 4, 2013
Cemetery Damage Old City Cemetery Monroe, Louisiana
KNOE 8 News; KNOE-TV; KNOE.com |
The Friends of Old City Cemetery is a group of people dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Old City Cemetery in Monroe,LA located on DeSiard Street. The society meets the second Friday of each month at 5:30 in the Joseph Bennett McGuire Genealogy Room of the Ouachita Parish Public Library.
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| Photo Credit: Terry D. Ford |
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| Photo credit: Marlon D. Ebey , Facebook |
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| Photo credit: Marlon D. Ebey, Facebook |
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| Photo Credit: Terry D. Ford, Facebook |
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
English Turn Cemetery?
None of the photos at Find A Grave appear like this one. Is this English Turn Cemetery?
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=67460
Springhill Cemetery Lecompte Rapides Parish
From the LAGenWeb archives c. 1992
"From Alexandria, take US Hwy. 71 south and turn right on LA Hwy. 112 (at the caution light in Lecompte). Continue through Lecompte, and turn left just BEFORE Linzay and Red Hill Cemeteries (about .3 mile). Springhill Cemetery is about 1/3 mile up this dirt road. The cemetery is very large, situated on a hill, and is well maintained as far as grounds are concerned. Many vaults and slabs are broken or sunken in the ground; several depressions are visible as most unmarked burials once had slabs of concrete or brick vaults."
- Submitted by Jane Parker McManus URL
A YouTube video was uploaded in July 2012 that show a few graves at this cemetery.
"From Alexandria, take US Hwy. 71 south and turn right on LA Hwy. 112 (at the caution light in Lecompte). Continue through Lecompte, and turn left just BEFORE Linzay and Red Hill Cemeteries (about .3 mile). Springhill Cemetery is about 1/3 mile up this dirt road. The cemetery is very large, situated on a hill, and is well maintained as far as grounds are concerned. Many vaults and slabs are broken or sunken in the ground; several depressions are visible as most unmarked burials once had slabs of concrete or brick vaults."
"Some graves in the rear of the burial ground have slid downhill toward a ravine that leads to the bayou."
- Submitted by Jane Parker McManus URL
A YouTube video was uploaded in July 2012 that show a few graves at this cemetery.
Cook Family Cemetery Shreveport Caddo Parish
Unmarked burials are at this site per genealogy research conducted by JoAnn Cook Anderson that include: 6 children and Jessie Cook Sr, and Minnie Cook Laenger. The last communication with LA DEPT of ARCHAEOLOGY in October 2012 indicated that they were UNSUCCESSFUL in contacting the landowner, Lee A. Jeter, Sr., Executive Director, Fuller Center for Housing NWLA, Building Homes, Building Lives, 318-221-7474.
Is there new construction slated to begin January 23, 2013 at or near the Cook Family Cemetery? - Caddo Parish abt. 2213 Freewater Street, Shreveport, LA.
First recorded by LA DEPT OF ARCHAEOLOGY 2010 - 1883 --- James Cook bought two acres from Charles Allemand in section 5, township 17, range 13, Caddo Parish 1890 --- James Cook received 10 acres of land as his inheritance from his father, Thomas Cook. This land is the NE ¼ of the SW ¼ of the NW ¼ of section 5, township 17, Range 13, Caddo Parish 1892 --- James Cook bought one acre of land from George Cole in the NE corner of Lot 9, Cook’s subdivision, which was in the NW ¼ of Section 5, Township 17, Range 13.
Monday, October 29, 2012
White Lattier Abandoned Cemetery - Caddo Parish
UPDATE: To help clear brush from White-Lattier Cemetery and look for lost
tombstones, call Jeff Girard at (318) 357-5471 or Gary Joiner at (318)
222-6112.
There is a LAGenWeb transcription of this Shreveport area cemetery. Recent photographs can be viewed at La-cemeteries.com . The LA Dept of Archaeology was contacted for further information. The last burial appears to be in 1916. There is at least one headstone that appears to have been broken, but fixed. The cemetery is noted to have quite a bit of leaf clutter. It is not known at this time who is the current landowner. http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/caddo/cemeteries/whitelatt.txt LA Gen Web 1999 La-cemeteries.com by Martin Gautier http://www.la-cemeteries.com/Maps/Caddo/Pics/White-LattierCemetery-CA157/CA157Pics1.htm
There is a LAGenWeb transcription of this Shreveport area cemetery. Recent photographs can be viewed at La-cemeteries.com . The LA Dept of Archaeology was contacted for further information. The last burial appears to be in 1916. There is at least one headstone that appears to have been broken, but fixed. The cemetery is noted to have quite a bit of leaf clutter. It is not known at this time who is the current landowner. http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/caddo/cemeteries/whitelatt.txt LA Gen Web 1999 La-cemeteries.com by Martin Gautier http://www.la-cemeteries.com/Maps/Caddo/Pics/White-LattierCemetery-CA157/CA157Pics1.htm
Holly Oak Clean Up Project - Rapides Parish
Photographs have been submitted for the clean up project started by Gloria Abraham in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
You may view photographs on Facebook here.
If anyone is interested in assisting to organize a clean up and volunteering in Pineville, Louisiana.
Please like this facebook page https://www.facebook.com/thehollyoakrestorationproject?ref=stream
and contact: gabraham1967@facebook.com or louisianacemeteries@yahoo.com
If anyone is interested in assisting to organize a clean up and volunteering in Pineville, Louisiana.
Please like this facebook page https://www.facebook.com/thehollyoakrestorationproject?ref=stream
and contact: gabraham1967@facebook.com or louisianacemeteries@yahoo.com
URL changes
Update: X10hosting is no longer hosting the community. New URL http://louisianacemeteries.100webspace.net Due to spam the wiki has been closed. Feel free to continue to email requests, however, unless an email is sent directly to louisianacemeteries@yahoo.com I will NOT be able to respond.
There have been a few changes, although, not of my own undertaking with the web hosting for Louisiana Cemetery Preservation. The URL is now http://louisianacemeteries.x10host.com/index2/ . Our free webhosting x10hosting.com, needed to change the URL on October 1, 2012. Links need to be updated at the free Angelfire hosted website. Please be patient. It appears that the Facebook community has also experienced a few URL changes. I have submitted a support ticket to Facebook for the issues and hopefully this will be resolved soon. You may always count on the wiki. This website has been very reliable since November 2007. http://louisianacemeteries.wikispaces.com .
There have been a few changes, although, not of my own undertaking with the web hosting for Louisiana Cemetery Preservation. The URL is now http://louisianacemeteries.x10host.com/index2/ . Our free webhosting x10hosting.com, needed to change the URL on October 1, 2012. Links need to be updated at the free Angelfire hosted website. Please be patient. It appears that the Facebook community has also experienced a few URL changes. I have submitted a support ticket to Facebook for the issues and hopefully this will be resolved soon. You may always count on the wiki. This website has been very reliable since November 2007. http://louisianacemeteries.wikispaces.com .
Monday, May 14, 2012
Old Whitehall Cemetery Dyksville Claiborne Parish
Photo Mark Bauer Flickr 2011 October
Old White Hall - Find A Grave
Some have indicated that there are over 100 burials at this cemetery, however, only a few headstones remain.
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