Tombstone Index
Microfilm of index cards containing information taken from cemetery tombstones (and, in some cases, from the cemetery records themselves) in New Orleans cemeteries, compiled by the WPA in the 1930s. The original index is housed at the Historical Center of the Louisiana State Museum. The cards include some or all of the following information: name of deceased, parents, birth and death dates, and the location of the grave or tomb. Not all Cemeteries in New Orleans are represented in the Tombstone Index. Available on microfilm in the City Archives, call number: mf GS36 266-308.
The tombstone index has been digitized and is available to view on FamilySearch.
The following cemeteries are included in the index:
- Fireman’s-Cypress Grove #1
- Girod
- Greenwood
- Cypress Grove #2
- Hebrew Cemetery at Canal and N. Anthony (Dispersed of Judah)
- Hebrew Cemetery at Canal and S. Anthony (Gates of Prayer #2)
- Hebrew Cemetery at Frenchman and Gentilly (Hebrew Rest #2)
- Hebrew Cemetery at Joseph and Garfield (Gates of Prayer #1)
- Hebrew Cemetery at Gentilly and Elysian Fields (Hebrew Rest #1)
- Hebrew Cemetery at Jackson and Saratoga (Gates of Mercy)
- Holt
- Lafayette
- Masonic Lodge
- Odd Fellows Rest
- Protestant (Girod St.)
- St. John’s
- St. Joseph
- St. Louis #1
- St. Louis #2
- St. Louis #3
- Charity Hospital
- St. Patrick
- St. Roch #2
- St. Vincent de Paul
- St. Bernard Cemetery (St. Bernard Parish)
