Reference Sites for New Orleans Research
& Family Primary Source Documentation

Archdiocese of New Orleans, Archdiocesan Archivist
1100 Chartres Street in the French Quarter, three blocks from Jackson Square
Telephone: (504)529-2651, Fax: (504)529-3075
e-mail: archives@archdiocese-no.org,
Web Address http://www.archdiocese-no.org/archives/

The Archdiocesan Archivist has published multiple volumes of Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. All are available for purchase and may be ordered. The reference books are also available at the New Orleans Public Library.

New Orleans Archdiocesan Cemeteries
Suite 500
1000 Howard Avenue
New Orleans, La. 70113
Telephone: 504.596.3050, Fax: 504.596.3055

For questions relating to specific tombs, lots, ownership, Perpetual Care, etc.

The Historic New Orleans Collection
533 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Telephone: 504-523-4662, Fax: 504-598-7108
Web Address: http://www.hnoc.org

The Williams Research Center of The Historic New Orleans Collection, composed of curatorial, manuscripts, and library collections, is housed in a restored police and court building at 410 Chartres Street.

The Survey of Historic New Orleans Cemeteries, a project sponsored by the Collection in conjunction with Save Our Cemeteries, is housed at the Collection. This survey includes inscriptions, photographs, general descriptions, and condition reports of tombs in nine historic New Orleans cemeteries: St. Louis I & II, Lafayette I & II, St. Joseph I & II, Cypress Grove, Odd Fellows Rest, and Greenwood. (from on-line description) Their manuscript collections include personal and legal papers of families and organizations. Also available in microfilm are New Orleans newspapers from 1803 to the present.

The Louisiana State Museum
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/lsm4.htm

The original source for the George François Mugnier and Samuel T. Blessing photographs of the cemeteries.

LSU digital library
http://www.lsu.edu/diglib

Here one can view much of the Louisiana State Museum Photograph collection, including the George François Mugnier and Samuel T. Blessing photographs of the cemeteries.

New Orleans Public Library
219 Loyola Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70112-2044
Telephone: 504-529-READ
Web Address http://www.nutrias.org

Microfilms of the Tombstone Index by the WPA in the 1930s, (New Orleans cemeteries-[GS36 266-308]. The original index is at the Historical Center of the Louisiana State Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave.

Also available at the library is the multi-volume set of the Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Cross-references maiden and married surnames, combination names & significant surname variations. LouR 929.3 W894s [Ask at the reference desk]

The Preservation Resource Center
Leeds-Davis Building
923 Tchoupitoulas Street
New Orleans, LA
Web Address: http://www.prcno.org

The Preservation Resource Center is a private non-profit organization that promotes the preservation of New Orleans architecture and neighborhoods.

Save Our Cemeteries, Inc.
P.O. Box 58105
New Orleans, Louisiana 70158-8105:
E-mail: soc@saveourcemeteries.org
Phone: 504-525-3377, Fax: 504-525-6677
1-888-721-7493 (Toll Free)
Web Address: http://www.saveourcemeteries.org

Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting the historic cemeteries of New Orleans. Activities of the organization include cemetery cleanups, grounds maintenance, cemetery security, community outreach, educational programs and tomb restoration.

Creoles of Color - Online genealogy resources.
http://www.gensdecouleur.com/genealogylinks.html

Fred Hatfield's searchable site:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/1248/

A SOC volunteer. On this site, the Lafayette Cemetery can be searched by name.

Tulane School of Architecture
Preservation Studies
Web Address: http://www2.tulane.edu/academics_sch_arch.cfm
Address for the measured drawings of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 tombs:
http://www.tulane.edu/~tsahome/page1.html

Measured drawings and research on selected tombs at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1

Tulane Special Collections
(Architectural, Manuscripts, Louisiana History, Jazz and more)
Jones Hall
Tulane University Libraries
New Orleans LA 70118 USA
Telephone: 504-865-5699, Fax: 504-865-5761
Web Address: http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/

Architectural plans, maps, cemetery documentation and hundreds of collections of family papers within the Manuscripts Department.

Vieux Carré Commission
334 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130.
Telephone: (504) 528-3950; Fax: (504) 528-3945
Web Address: http://www.new-orleans.la.us/cnoweb/vcc/

Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
Office of Cultural Development
Web Address: http://www.crt.state.la.us/crt/ocd/hp/ocdhp.htm