New Orleans Catholic Churches and Cemeteries Funeral and Burial records dating before 1900 located in the Archives of the Archdiocese of New Orleans
The ability to trace your family history though Catholic records is a valuable resource that perpetuates faith being passed from one generation to the next.
Genealogy Resources
For us to begin researching your request, you will need to have dates of birth, dates of marriage, dates of death, and church the sacrament took place at, if church is unknown you must provide ward or address at time of sacrament (you only need the dates pertaining to the record you are looking for). We recommend you use the provided links to find the information I mentioned that is needed to locate records.
Check here for birth, marriage and death dates. If it is a marriage record you are seeking, you should order the marriage record from the state first. If the priest is listed, it will help us determine in which church the marriage took place at.
https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/Pages/OnlinePublicVitalRecordsIndex.aspx
Helpful in figuring out marriage date and place
http://nutrias.org/inv/jpmarrindex/jpmarrindex.htm
Helpful for finding death date and possible burial location
http://nutrias.org/~nopl/obits/obits.htm
http://nutrias.org/guides/genguide/burialrecords.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/
https://nolacatholiccemeteries.org/maps
Historic New Orleans Collection Survey of Historic New Orleans Cemeteries
You should check census records and city directories to locate addresses of the people whose records you are requesting.
https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa/la/orleans
This is an overall guide to genealogical resources for the above listed records and additional information. http://archives.nolalibrary.org/~nopl/guides/genguide/gguide4.htm
Identifying Your Catholic Ancestors | Fall 2020 Genealogy Series
Please note certain funerals and burials records are missing due to gaps in recordkeeping.
Church | Funerals/Burials |
St. Louis Cathedral | 1772 – 1843; 1908 - 1936 |
St. Louis Cathedral Funeral Expenses | 1843 - 1871 |
Royal Military Hospital | 1789 - 1796 |
St. Vincent De Paul | 1878 - 1936 |
St. Mary | 1843 – 1844; 1915 - 1973 |
St. Alphonsus | 1845 – 1882; 1889 - 1915 |
St. Stephen | 1851 - 2008 |
St. Maurice | 1852 - 2007 |
Immaculate Conception | 1856 – 1857; 1887 - 1930 |
St. Henry | 1856 - 2008 |
Holy Name of Mary (Algiers) | 1859 - 1872 |
Mater Dolorosa | 1870 - 1915 |
St. Anthony Chapel | 1873 - 1915 |
Our Lady of Good Counsel | 1887 - 1989 |
St. Joseph | 1889 - 1909 |
Sacred Heart of Jesus | 1889 - 1913 |
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart | 1889 - 1917 |
Sts. Peter and Paul | 1889 - 1947 |
St. Theresa of Avila | 1889 - 1938 |
St. Boniface | 1890 - 1921 |
St. Michael | 1890 - 1966 |
St. Ann | 1894 - 1970 |
St. Katherine | 1895 - 1916 |
St. Cecilia | 1897 - 1939 |
St. Francis of Assisi | 1899 - 1913 |
Cemetery | Funerals/Burials |
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 | 1833 – 1841, 1857 - 1973 |
St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 | 1840 – 1851, 1857 - 1956 |
St. Patrick Cemetery | 1847 - 1958 |
St. Joseph Cemetery | 1855 - 1972 |
St. Roch Cemeteries | 1882 - 1904 |
The Office of Archives and Records provides in-house research services for all genealogical records requests. There is a $15 fee per request. Click the link below to submit a form.
Genealogical research request