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Cemetery Records

Below are the cemeteries of Orleans Parish. If I have left any out, please let me know.

Ahavas Scholeum Cemetery (aka Congregation Agudath Anshe Sfard Cemetery, Agudath Achim Anshe Sfard Cemetery), 1895, New Orleans
All Saints Mausoleum, 1986, New Orleans
Bayou Bridge Cemetery, New Orleans
Bayou St. John Cemetery (Historical), 1835, New Orleans
Beth Israel Cemetery 2 (aka Jewish Burial Rites Society), 1936, New Orleans
Beth Israel Cemetery 3 (aka New Beth Israel Cemetery), 1990, New Orleans
Carrollton Cemetery 1 (aka Green Street Cemetery), 1849, New Orleans, suburban
Carrollton Cemetery 2 (aka St. Mary Cemetery, New Orleans
Charity Hospital Cemetery, 1848, New Orleans, Potter's field
Chevra Thilim Cemetery, New Orleans
Chevra Thilim Memorial Park Cemetery, 1973, New Orleans
Christ Church Cathedral Columbarium, New Orleans
City Indigent Cemetery, New Orleans
Columbarium of St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church, New Orleans
Cypress Grove Cemetery, 1840, New Orleans, Benevolent Associations
Cypress Grove Cemetery(#2), New Orleans
Dispersed of Judah Cemetery, 1846, New Orleans, Jewish
Eureka Lodge Cemetery, Algiers
Firemens Cemetery, Gretna
Firemens Cemetery (Greenwood), New Orleans
Fort Saint John Burial Ground, New Orleans
Freedmen's Cemetery, 1867, New Orleans, African American, defunct
Gates of Mercy, Historical, 1828, New Orleans, defunct
Gates of Prayer, 1846, New Orleans, Jewish, Name changed from Temmeme Derech Cemetery in 1939
Gates of Prayer (aka Joseph Street Cemetery, aka Arabella Cemetery), 1853, New Orleans
Girod Street Cemetery, New Orleans, established in 1822, Prodestant
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Many benevolent associations are here
Hebrew Rest Cemetery 1, 1860, New Orleans, Jewish
Hebrew Rest Cemetery 2, 1896, New Orleans, Jewish
Hebrew Rest Cemetery 3, New Orleans, Jewish
Holt Cemetery (aka Indigent Cemetery), 1879, New Orleans, Potter's field
Hope Mausoleum (see St. John Cemetery), New Orleans
Howard Cemetery (fyi 3 of 9 memorials are also in Metairie Cemetery), New Orleans
Hughes Cemetery, Algiers
Jewish Cemetery, New Orleans
Lafayette Cemetery #1, 1833, New Orleans, non-demoninational
Lafayette Cemetery #2, 1847, New Orleans, Beneolent Associations
Lake Lawn Park Cemetery & Mausoleum, New Orleans
Lincoln Cemetery, Historical, New Orleans
Locust Grove Cemetery 1, Historical, 1859, New Orleans, Potter's field, defunct
Locust Grove Cemetery 2, Historical, 1877, New Orleans, built nearby in 1877, Both closed in 1879 and subsequently demolished
Masonic Cemetery 1, 1865, New Orleans, Fraternal Society, not restricted to Freemasons
Masonic Cemetery 2, New Orleans
McDonoghville Cemetery, Gretna
Metairie Cemetery, 1872, New Orleans [located in New Orleans, not Metairie]
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, New Orleans, 1920, African American
Odd Fellows Rest, 1849, New Orleans, Beneolent Associations
Olive Branch Cemetery, Algiers
Oliver Cemetery, Gretna
Our Lady of Holy Cross Mausoleum, Algiers
Plymouth Rock Baptist Cemetery (aka Little Rock Cemetery), New Orleans
Resthaven Memorial Park, New Orleans
Soldier's Cemetery, New Orleans
St. Alphonsus Cemetery (In the church floor), New Orleans
St. Anthony Gardens, New Orleans
St. Augustine Memorial, New Orleans
St. Bartholomew Cemetery, New Orleans, Roman Catholic (West Bank)
St. Clare Monastery Mausoleum, New Orleans
St. John Cemetery (see Hope Mausoleum), New Orleans
St. Joseph Cemetery, New Orleans
St. Joseph Cemetery #1, 1854, New Orleans, Roman Catholic
St. Joseph Cemetery #2, 1873, New Orleans, Roman Catholic, Sisters of Notre Dame for German immigrants, Has a functioning chapel
St. Louis Cathedral (aka Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France), New Orleans
St. Louis Cemetery #1, 1789, New Orleans, established in 1789, Roman Catholic
St. Louis Cemetery #2, 1823, New Orleans, established in 1823, Roman Catholic
St. Louis Cemetery #3, 1854, New Orleans, Roman Catholic
St. Mary Cemetery, Algiers, began as Roman Catholic, became non-denominational in 1921
St. Mark Baptist Cemetery , Algiers
St. Patrick Cemetery #1, 1841, New Orleans, all three are irish Catholic
St. Patrick Cemetery #2, 1841, New Orleans
St. Patrick Cemetery #3, 1841, New Orleans
St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, New Orleans
St. Paul's Columbarium, New Orleans
St. Peter Cemetery, Historical, New Orleans, established in the 1700's
St. Roch Cemetery #1, 1874, New Orleans, Originally for German immigrants, Many victims of yellow fever epidemics
St. Roch Cemetery #2, 1874, New Orleans
St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery #1, New Orleans Soniat St., Roman Catholic
St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery #2, New Orleans Soniat St.
St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery #1 (Map), 1844, New Orleans Louisa St.
St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery #2 (Map), 1844, New Orleans Piety St.
St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery #3 (Map), 1844, New Orleans Louisa St.
St. Vincent de Paul Mausoleum (for the cemetery above), New Orleans
Tememe Derech Cemetery, 1864, New Orleans, Jewish, Name changed from Temmeme Derech Cemetery in 1939
Trinity Episcopal Columbarium, New Orleans
Ursuline Mausoleum, New Orleans
Valence Cemetery, 1867, New Orleans
Wall Boulevard Cemetery, New Orleans
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 1939, New Orleans
Young Friends of Charity Cemetery (aka Friends of Charity Cemetery)



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