Cook Family Cemetery Shreveport Caddo Parish

Cook Family Cemetery Shreveport Caddo Parish, a photo by louisianacemeteries on Flickr.

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.

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

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

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 .

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.

Carrollton Cemetery New Orleans

IMG_3466, a photo by New Orleans Lady on Flickr.

Photo by New Orleans Lady April 1, 2012

New Orleans 1882 Cemeteries and Internments

Jewell's digest of the city ordinances:
together with the constitutional provisions, acts of the General Assembly and decisions of the courts relative to the government of the City of New Orleans (Google eBook), New Orleans, Louisiana, L. Graham & Son, 1882