Orleans Parish, LAGenWeb
Our Families' Journeys Through Time
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)
Parish Coordinator: Marsha Holley
State Coordinator:
Marsha Holley
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