Lafayette Cemeteries and The Way We Bury Our Dead in New Orleans

[@catherinemay9997]

This is one of the most informative videos I've ever seen! Thank you!

[@janetslicer3637]

Thank you for that great education! I had no idea some of those "burials" worked like that!

[@uniquenola]

Any time! Thank you for watching :D

[@banderson207133]

Wow, very informative and I love your energy. Thank you!

[@uniquenola]

You are so welcome

[@dm607]

I cannot thank you enough for this very informative video. Have been wondering for years, and asking other posters, how your cemeteries work with multiple bodies in the same vault. Now I finally know, yay! Cheers from Australia.

[@uniquenola]

You are welcome :D I am happy I can inform you.

[@mokc816]

So much education in the history! Good video!

[@uniquenola]

Thank you!

[@lpdeadwax6627]

This is really a thorough bit of work. Thank you

[@joannescholl7216]

How very interesting, thank you. I enjoyed listening to your depth of knowledge on the subject, great video.

[@feletilui1647]

Excellent presentation

[@lisaknell1809]

Thanks for sharing! I love learning about historic cemeteries and burial customs. Very interesting!

[@uniquenola]

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@dinadepoala8064]

From Maine, u .s. a. Thank you , I’m going to watch it again.

[@uniquenola]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@inwardk]

Thank you for this interesting episode. Greetings from South Africa.

[@uniquenola]

Hi South Africa! Thank you for watching.

[@deniseroe5891]

I love NOLA. Been a few times and have family on the Gulf coast. Loved walking St Louis Cemeteries. There is a special vibe in Louisiana and especially NOLA.

[@uniquenola]

Totally agree!

[@CATNAPREAL1188]

I Love Learning ! I completely enjoyed your informative video ! So Much knowledge in such a short time. Thank You So Very Much. I found this So Very Very Interesting & You are Well Versed in the subject. Thank You Again. Sincerely.

[@uniquenola]

You are so welcome! And, thank you.

[@roseinwinter1]

Very interesting video. I learned so much in so little time! Thanks so much!

[@uniquenola]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@goddessgia9869]

Thank you. Appreciate you for this.

[@uniquenola]

You are so welcome and thank you

[@lynntucker8179]

Thank you for all the info I learn a lot.

[@uniquenola]

Glad to help, thank you!

[@gradybradley10]

Thanks for posting. Very knowledgeable and interesting to watch. Great job Monic. I hope I spelled your name right.

[@uniquenola]

Thank you very much and my name is spelled Monique :D

[@tammyz7689]

Really enjoyed. Thank you.

[@uniquenola]

So glad!

[@Liz_678]

Excellent! Thanks for this video. You answered many questions I had

[@uniquenola]

Great to hear! Thank you!

[@mokc816]

Some much education! Good Video!

[@uniquenola]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaelhuff2365]

Love this! You know your sh*t and very fun to listen to. Thanks for this watch.

[@uniquenola]

I appreciate that!

[@dianemac3768]

Loved this video.... so glad I came across it.... and will check out your channel..... thank you for your knowledge and history lesson

[@uniquenola]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@brianrla]

thank you for the awesome video!

[@watkins007]

Loved this so much.

[@joycesuggs2496]

Very interesting, thanks

[@patrickdempsey9886]

Learned a lot you are brilliant at this no holes bared attitude excuse the pun you would be a great lecturer in college and have your subject well researched 10/10 God bless

[@uniquenola]

Thank you, that is very nice. I love learning about the cemeteries here and especially the people interned in them.

[@Ih8liarsandusers]

Sounds, and looks like you need to go to school to learn how to write a legible sentence.

[@daniburke9452]

@@Ih8liarsandusers why would u waste ur time commenting this?

[@guitarbassamp4823]

I'm from the UK and find this very interesting !

[@uniquenola]

Thank you!

[@IrishAnnie]

That was so informative! We are going at the end of August and this explains so much. Thank you so much!

[@uniquenola]

You are so welcome!

[@carahaney76]

Thank you for posting this video I enjoyed it very much .

[@uniquenola]

Thank you too! I am happy you enjoyed it so much.

[@danluton2723]

very cool. thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@uniquenola]

Thanks for watching. I am happy you enjoyed it.

[@teresathetreasurehunter]

Good job 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Very interesting.

[@uniquenola]

Thank you! 😃 I am happy you liked it.

[@tanizingaro1548]

Very interesting thank you

[@texasbecky1]

Thank you for the excellent information. I went to NOLA for the first time about 11 years ago and absolutely fell in love with the city. I try to go every year on a girl’s trip with friends and we always say we are going to do the cemetery tour and always run out of time. I feel like I just got to go on a “mini tour” We are coming in April. Do you recommend the tours or is it best to just go ourselves?

[@uniquenola]

Very welcome!

[@uniquenola]

The cemeteries that everyone wants to see are basically closed to the public right now. Which is sad :( A couple of companies are doing St Louis Number 3 right now though.

[@Ponzotopia]

Great video

[@uniquenola]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@alanaweaver8942]

Did they place the same family members in the same oven vaults if they died a year or more apart?

[@uniquenola]

If they didn't have room in their vault or tomb for new death, you could rent someone else's. Some people bought multiple vaults for this purpose. They could make a little money renting out their vaults. Even Marie Laveau had a wall vault she would rent out.

[@SaraHarrell-ov1yq]

Great video really enjoyed your knowledge

[@ScottyPLane]

Why are D.O.B, D.O.D, and the person's name not inscribed, or listed on the tomb? If I remember correctly from walking through a N.O. cemetery years ago, I didn't see a whole lot of names. I could be wrong. Thanks, and a great little video. ,

[@uniquenola]

Since the family owns the tombs they are responsible for what goes on the tomb. Plaques are totally the responsibility of the tomb owners. Many the marble wears away (sugaring), and marble doesn't do well in New Orleans. That's why you will see newer plaques made of granite. Sometimes there are extra names on a tomb that are not in the tomb or names left off. Because of the family did not have the money to have the name and dates inscribed. Dates are another thing. Each number would cost money too! And some did not want you to know how old they were even after they died. The big society tombs do not have any names on them because of the number of people in the tomb. Not enough space for etching the names. The Italian Society tomb in St Louis 1 has over 1k people in it at one point. Big tombs you will see a number large on the vault and they will have a record book of who went into what vault.

[@710MaryJane]

I enjoyed your presentation. Why have I been interested in cemeteries and death, is beyond me, perhaps because deep down I know it’s part of life and inevitable.

[@uniquenola]

I have always loved cemeteries. I think you are right but, I see it as history of the people in them.

[@710MaryJane]

@@uniquenola - Yes, that too.

[@kellywoodley4963]

I'm in the U.K. I've always wanted to go New Orleans.

[@uniquenola]

I know the feeling! Now I live here :D

[@R.Oates7902]

Goals

[@IrishAnnie]

We missed our trip to NOLA this year because of the Hurricane. But, next year!!!!

[@uniquenola]

Please come! And, thank you!

[@NancyRutland]

I thought there were some coffins floating after Katrina. Was that maybe in Mississippi then? You’re a great, believable !! Tour guide. I always want to know the truth, not hype. I live a few blocks from Lafayette cemetery. When are they gona reopen? I just read this morning they’re gonna dig up magnolia trees I guess because of their roots and I hate that but I understand it but I didn’t know magnolia roots were that intrusive. The ones in front of my house between the sidewalk and the street and they cracked it a bit but not a lot. I don’t know how to find the answers to these unless you come back to them and most the time I can’t remember where I ask questions but do you ever give like 101 tours of the city? I live here and there’s a lot of don’t care to find out about because I already know, but it would be nice to have a personal tour someone that you could just ask different things

[@uniquenola]

Any coffins floating after the levees' failures after Katrina would be because of the coffins coming out of the tombs. Not because they came out of the ground. The city is going to reopen Lafayette Cemetery soon (In the New Orleans speed) But limit it to tours only and schedule times. Their plan for opening isn't feasible because they want to limit the tours to 7 people. The costs of running a tour won't be covered by that amount. So we will see what happens. They have been saying they were going to remove the trees for years. I see it like the way they fill our potholes. I personally don't give tours barley anymore. We have 18 wonderful tour guides that I swear know everything! We do private tours but, we have small group tours of only 15 people. Which makes them more personal and guides get to answer more questions. As a tour guide, my favorite thing is answering questions because you never know what you will end up talking about :D

[@daniburke9452]

Great video 👍

[@uniquenola]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ernestmchugh3132]

Drifting away and going out with a bang!

[@uniquenola]

Huh?

[@wilmongipson9480]

This is amazing 👍❤️ history I guess it doesn't make a difference when your dead

[@uniquenola]

Nope. Only the people you leave behind.

[@sfernando04]

Are the coping tombs reusable?

[@uniquenola]

Yes, Coping Tombs are reusable. They bury on one side and then the next time on the other side. They can fill though. That is when you will see cement covering the top of them.

[@dmmchugh3714]

Fascinating info, but....no one cremates?

[@uniquenola]

Yes they do and often. The ashes are put directly into the caveau under the tomb.

[@clevelandantwine8985]

There can cemeteries are very spooky

[@uniquenola]

I do not think cemeteries are spooky and I do not think anyone haunts cemeteries in New Orleans. I wouldn't hang out in a cemetery haunting it. I would mess with people on Bourbon St.

[@arthurgearheard4701]

Well, that's not surprising! The city's below sea level!

[@kmgreves]

excellent video thank you for sharing

[@uniquenola]

Thank you too

[@renauldorobertson8991]

Did she just say the Americans are moving in?

[@tanyamravik3253]

That was when France sold the Louisiana Territory to the new country of the United States.😢 😊

[@youngnurse9994]

Wow ! Lol !

[@johnleonard6878]

I think cemeteries take up valuable space-forever. The departed should be placed in space outer space that is

[@nola3058]

"Above ground burials" is an oxymoron, think about it! 🪦 ⚰️

[@donalddorsey6271]

You burry people they float away !

[@uniquenola]

Total misconception. Has been said so many times, and it isn't true. By the time a coffin would come up to the top, it would of been destroyed by the moisture. Bones would leach to the top like they do sometimes at Holt Cemetery but never a whole coffin. Mind you family tombs have been knocked over by water and coffins were released. But no body has popped out of a grave whole.

[@arthurgearheard4701]

The city's below sea level!