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

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  • New Orleans' cities of the dead have unique interment practices. I explain how the NOLA cemeteries work and how we can get so many people in a city block. This video is a short clip from a virtual tour of the Garden District.

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  • @catherinemay9997
    @catherinemay9997 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @feletilui1647
    @feletilui1647 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent presentation

  • @banderson207133
    @banderson207133 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  ปีที่แล้ว

      You are so welcome

  • @janetslicer3637
    @janetslicer3637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Any time! Thank you for watching :D

  • @dm607
    @dm607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @moniquealvarado-arellano1204
    @moniquealvarado-arellano1204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So much education in the history! Good video!

  • @joannescholl7216
    @joannescholl7216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @lisaknell1809
    @lisaknell1809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @lpdeadwax6627
    @lpdeadwax6627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is really a thorough bit of work. Thank you

  • @dinadepoala8064
    @dinadepoala8064 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome! Thank you!

  • @inwardk
    @inwardk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi South Africa! Thank you for watching.

  • @roseinwinter1
    @roseinwinter1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @CATNAPREAL1188
    @CATNAPREAL1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are so welcome! And, thank you.

  • @deniseroe5891
    @deniseroe5891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @Liz_678
    @Liz_678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great to hear! Thank you!

  • @gradybradley10
    @gradybradley10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @michaelhuff2365
    @michaelhuff2365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  ปีที่แล้ว

      I appreciate that!

  • @dianemac3768
    @dianemac3768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome! Thank you!

  • @lynntucker8179
    @lynntucker8179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for all the info I learn a lot.

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad to help, thank you!

  • @tammyz7689
    @tammyz7689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Really enjoyed. Thank you.

  • @goddessgia9869
    @goddessgia9869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you. Appreciate you for this.

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are so welcome and thank you

  • @brianrla
    @brianrla 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thank you for the awesome video!

  • @carahaney76
    @carahaney76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @IrishAnnie
    @IrishAnnie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are so welcome!

  • @moniquealvarado-arellano1204
    @moniquealvarado-arellano1204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some much education! Good
    Video!

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching!

  • @patrickdempsey9886
    @patrickdempsey9886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ironnads7975
      @ironnads7975 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @daniburke9452
      @daniburke9452 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ironnads7975 why would u waste ur time commenting this?

  • @teresathetreasurehunter
    @teresathetreasurehunter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good job 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
    Very interesting.

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! 😃 I am happy you liked it.

  • @guitarbassamp4823
    @guitarbassamp4823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @watkins007
    @watkins007 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved this so much.

  • @danluton2723
    @danluton2723 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching. I am happy you enjoyed it.

  • @joycesuggs2496
    @joycesuggs2496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting, thanks

  • @710MaryJane
    @710MaryJane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @710MaryJane
      @710MaryJane 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@uniquenola - Yes, that too.

  • @SaraHarrell-ov1yq
    @SaraHarrell-ov1yq 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video really enjoyed your knowledge

  • @Ponzotopia
    @Ponzotopia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @alanaweaver8942
    @alanaweaver8942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @IrishAnnie
    @IrishAnnie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please come! And, thank you!

  • @tanizingaro1548
    @tanizingaro1548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very interesting thank you

    • @texasbecky1
      @texasbecky1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very welcome!

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @ScottyPLane
    @ScottyPLane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @NancyRutland
    @NancyRutland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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

  • @kellywoodley4963
    @kellywoodley4963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know the feeling! Now I live here :D

    • @R.Oates7902
      @R.Oates7902 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Goals

  • @wilmongipson9480
    @wilmongipson9480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope. Only the people you leave behind.

  • @daniburke9452
    @daniburke9452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video 👍

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @ernestmchugh3132
    @ernestmchugh3132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Drifting away and going out with a bang!

  • @sfernando04
    @sfernando04 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Are the coping tombs reusable?

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
    @dmmchugh3714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @arthurgearheard4701
    @arthurgearheard4701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @renauldorobertson8991
    @renauldorobertson8991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did she just say the Americans are moving in?

    • @tanyamravik3253
      @tanyamravik3253 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @clevelandantwine8985
    @clevelandantwine8985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There can cemeteries are very spooky

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @nola3058
    @nola3058 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @johnleonard6878
    @johnleonard6878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @youngnurse9994
    @youngnurse9994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow !
    Lol !

  • @donalddorsey6271
    @donalddorsey6271 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You burry people they float away !

    • @uniquenola
      @uniquenola  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @arthurgearheard4701 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The city's below sea level!

  • @kmgreves
    @kmgreves ปีที่แล้ว +3

    excellent video thank you for sharing