Louisiana Cemetery Records – Orleans to Plaquemines Parishes

Cladstone Church of God and Cemetery

Louisiana Cemetery records are listed by parish then name of cemetery within the Louisiana parish. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Orleans Parish New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries, Louisiana New Orleans is located on the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana. The Archdiocese of New Orleans has made a burial records database available on its website. The records cover burials in seven cemeteries: St. Charles, St. Joseph, St. Louis, St. Mary, St. Patrick, St. Roch, and St. Vincent de Paul. The database … Read more

Slave Narrative of Charley Williams

Person Interviewed: Charley Williams Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Date of Birth: Jan. 11, 1843 Age: 94 Iffen I could see better out’n my old eyes, and I had me something to work with and de feebleness in my back and head would let me ‘lone, I would have me plenty to eat in de kitchen all de time, and plenty tobaccy in my pipe, too, bless God! And dey wouldn’t be no rain trickling through de holes in de roof, and no planks all fell out’n de flo’ on de gallery neither, ’cause dis one old nigger knows everything about making … Read more