In answer to Cate's question: yes, I do know the founders of the Dearly Departed Society, even though I only live in New Orleans part time. Lloyd Sensat is an artist and tour guide who has been "reenacting" Bernard de Marigny for years. Gene Cizek is an architectural historian and professor at Tulane. They live in "my" neighborhood, the Faubourg Marigny. Barbara Trevigne is an artist and educator who has been reenacting Marie Laveaux for years; Greg Osborn works at the Louisiana Division, NOPL, and is presumably descended from Apollinaire Perrault. I don't think this will be campy. I'm usually there for All Saints Day, but this year I'm going to miss it. Darn! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cate Schweitzer-Toepfer" <[email protected]> To: "Carolyn Long" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] November 1st Cemetery Security or Tours > This is extraordinary ... finally someone is memorializing the burial > traditions of early NO society. In Thibodaux and I believe in some of the > north shore communities, the cemeteries have be doing these reenactment > for some time. Hope it is reenacted authentically and not campy. Carolyn, > are you familiar with the founders (their names seem familiar to me, but I > can't put a finger on from where) and do you belong? > > I have, for a long time, wondered why there have not been any books or > even college thesis written on the subject of early burial practices, > especially since there is a mortuary science curriculum at Delgado with an > old cemetery practically on its campus and lots of others in close > proximity at the end of Canal St. Even thought of doing the project > myself at one time but after Katrina lots of things changed including > moving to Houma and/or maybe I got lazy or scared that "the other side of > the mud" was always closer than we think! ;-}

If anyone happens to be in the area of this tomb, I would dearly love to have a picture of my ggg-grandmother's tomb. I will pay any picture costs but am hoping for a few digital pictures. Thanks. Judy There is a burial vault for Adeline Cosse Brown in the Basin Street Wall Vaults of St. Louis 1 Cemetery Vault #18C. Judy Moisey Asay [email protected]   -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carolyn Long Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 8:37 PM To: Cate Schweitzer-Toepfer; [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] November 1st Cemetery Security or Tours In answer to Cate's question: yes, I do know the founders of the Dearly Departed Society, even though I only live in New Orleans part time. Lloyd Sensat is an artist and tour guide who has been "reenacting" Bernard de Marigny for years. Gene Cizek is an architectural historian and professor at Tulane. They live in "my" neighborhood, the Faubourg Marigny. Barbara Trevigne is an artist and educator who has been reenacting Marie Laveaux for years; Greg Osborn works at the Louisiana Division, NOPL, and is presumably descended from Apollinaire Perrault. I don't think this will be campy. I'm usually there for All Saints Day, but this year I'm going to miss it. Darn! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cate Schweitzer-Toepfer" <[email protected]> To: "Carolyn Long" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] November 1st Cemetery Security or Tours > This is extraordinary ... finally someone is memorializing the burial > traditions of early NO society. In Thibodaux and I believe in some of the > north shore communities, the cemeteries have be doing these reenactment > for some time. Hope it is reenacted authentically and not campy. Carolyn, > are you familiar with the founders (their names seem familiar to me, but I > can't put a finger on from where) and do you belong? > > I have, for a long time, wondered why there have not been any books or > even college thesis written on the subject of early burial practices, > especially since there is a mortuary science curriculum at Delgado with an > old cemetery practically on its campus and lots of others in close > proximity at the end of Canal St. Even thought of doing the project > myself at one time but after Katrina lots of things changed including > moving to Houma and/or maybe I got lazy or scared that "the other side of > the mud" was always closer than we think! ;-} ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message