Tami, The cemetery closest to 121 Jackson Avenue in 1869 was probably Lafayette No. 1. Lafayette No. 2 was not much farther away. However, I would say that by 1869, people were not necessarily interred close to where they lived. The many cemeteries west of today’s City Park on the Metairie ridge were already in business and people from various parts of the city were interred there. You can check Fred Hatfield’s site for Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 here: http://lafayettecemetery1.com/ Remember, however, that his list only has names that were inscribed on tombs and vaults, which represents only a small fraction of the number of people interred there. I have found that the best place to find someone is the WPA index created in the 1930s, which in most cases, indexed a combination of tomb inscriptions that were extant in the 1930s and then existing cemetery records. The WPA index included the interment records of both Lafayette No. 1 and No. 2. The WPA index is available on microfilm at the Louisiana Division of the NOPL. The original card file is at the former U. S. Mint under the care of the Louisiana State Museum. You can read about the WPA index here: http://nutrias.org/guides/genguide/burialrecords.htm#tombstone and here: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/cemeteries/info/00000022.txt Norm --- On Sat, 11/6/10, Tami Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > Could someone please help me with what cemeteries > would be around in 1869 around 121 Jackson Ave. in New > Orleans? . . .

Hi, Norm I had a Monaghan family, Irish immigrants, who arrived in N.O. in March 1849. I believe several of them died about 1850. Is there a likely place of burial for that time? Thanks.

Have you checked "Findagrave.com" ? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathleen Deao Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Cemeteries around Jackson Ave in 1869 Hi, Norm I had a Monaghan family, Irish immigrants, who arrived in N.O. in March 1849. I believe several of them died about 1850. Is there a likely place of burial for that time? Thanks. ------------------------------- 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

Thanks Norm. The Metairie Ridge area that's the area around Cypress Grove & Greenwood Cemeteries? On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Norm Hellmers <[email protected]>wrote: > Tami, > > The cemetery closest to 121 Jackson Avenue in 1869 was probably Lafayette > No. 1. Lafayette No. 2 was not much farther away. > > However, I would say that by 1869, people were not necessarily interred > close to where they lived. The many cemeteries west of today’s City Park on > the Metairie ridge were already in business and people from various parts of > the city were interred there. > > You can check Fred Hatfield’s site for Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 here: > http://lafayettecemetery1.com/ > Remember, however, that his list only has names that were inscribed on > tombs and vaults, which represents only a small fraction of the number of > people interred there. > > I have found that the best place to find someone is the WPA index created > in the 1930s, which in most cases, indexed a combination of tomb > inscriptions that were extant in the 1930s and then existing cemetery > records. The WPA index included the interment records of both Lafayette No. > 1 and No. 2. > > The WPA index is available on microfilm at the Louisiana Division of the > NOPL. The original card file is at the former U. S. Mint under the care of > the Louisiana State Museum. You can read about the WPA index here: > http://nutrias.org/guides/genguide/burialrecords.htm#tombstone > and here: > http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/cemeteries/info/00000022.txt > > Norm > > --- On Sat, 11/6/10, Tami Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Could someone please help me with what cemeteries > > would be around in 1869 around 121 Jackson Ave. in New > > Orleans? > . . . > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- Many thanks. Tami Johnston New Orleans, Louisiana, USA www.johnstonfamily.tribalpages.com www.arnoultfamily.tribalpages.com

Tami, Yes. There are many cemeteries in that general area: Cypress Grove (Firemen’s) Greenwood Metairie and Lake Lawn St. Patrick, Nos. 1-3 Odd Fellows Rest Masonic Holt Charity Hospital And nearby, St. John (Hope Mausoleum) Norm --- On Wed, 11/10/10, Tami Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: . . . > The Metairie Ridge area > that's the area around Cypress Grove & > Greenwood Cemeteries?