I am trying to find out more info on Anne Margaretha Mandler 22y died 23 May 1840 pg 517 vol 8 Can anyone tell me which cemeteries were in existance at that time? She was German. Where would she have been buried? Colleen **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851)

Colleen, I found this list on the Web once. I can't vouch for its accuracy without a good bit of checking, but it should get you started. What religion was the person? By 1840, there were Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish cemeteries. c. 1721 First cemetery built at St. Peter and Burgundy in the Quarter 1789 St. Louis #1, Basin and Conti Streets 1822 Girod St. Cemetery -- First Protestant Cemetery (deconsecrated and torn down in 1957) 1823 St. Louis #2, Conti St. and Claiborne Ave. 1827 Mortuary Chapel of St. Anthony, Conti and N. Rampart (now Our Lady of Guadalupe Church) 1828 First Jewish cemetery at Jackson and Saratoga 1832 Lafayette #1, Washington and Prytania 1840 Cypress Grove, Canal St. and City Park Avenue 1841 St. Patrick Numbers 1,2,3, 4900 Canal (#1), City Park Ave. & Bienville (#2), lake side of City Park & Bienville (#3) 1844 St. Vincent de Paul, Piety St. 1846 Dispersed of Judah, 4900 block Canal St. 1847 Charity Hospital Cemetery, 4800 block Canal 1849 Odd Fellows Rest, Canal St. and City Park Avenue (across from Cypress Grove) 1849 Carrollton (Green St.), at the block of Birch, Adams, Hickory, Lowerline 1852 Greenwood, Canal & City Park (on the lake side) 1854 St. Joseph #1, Washington and S. Liberty 1854 St. Louis #3 1858 Temmeme Derech, 4800 block Canal 1859 St. Vincent, Soniat St. 1860 Hebrew Rest, Elysian Fields near Gentilly 1865 Masonic Cemetery, Bienville and City Park Ave. 1867 Valence St. Cemetery (Valence and Saratoga) 1867 St. John Lutheran, 4800 block Canal 1872 Metairie Cemetery, Pontchartrain Blvd., and Metairie Rd. 1874 St. Roch #1 and #2, St. Roch Avenue 1879 Holt Cemetery, near City Park Avenue 1920s Mount Olivet, Norman Mayer near Gentilly Blvd. Norm --- CFitzp@aol.com wrote: > I am trying to find out more info on > Anne Margaretha Mandler > 22y died > 23 May 1840 > pg 517 vol 8 > > Can anyone tell me which cemeteries were in > existance at that time? She was > German. Where would she have been buried? . . . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

Will this help... New Orleans Cemeteries -- A Chronology c. 1721 First cemetery built at St. Peter and Burgundy in the Quarter. 1789 St. Louis #1, Basin and Conti Streets 1822 Girod St. Cemetery -- First Protestant Cemetery (de-consecrated and torn down in 1957) 1823 St. Louis #2, Conti St. and Claiborne Ave. 1827 Mortuary Chapel of St. Anthony, Conti and N. Rampart (now Our Lady of Guadalupe Church) 1828 First Jewish cemetery at Jackson and Saratoga 1832 Lafayette #1, Washington and Prytania 1840 Cypress Grove, Canal St. and City Park Avenue