MONROE, La. (KNOE) – The Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation (LTHP) has launched a new public database that’s dedicated to increasing awareness of historic grave sites.
The Louisiana Register of Historic Cemeteries program has a list of approximately 8,500 cemeteries and relies on the public to provide more information on the age, size, boundary, and condition of burial grounds. Those who use the database will also be able to share information about cemeteries that aren’t shown on the map.
“We want this site to be a tool for the public to use for education and preservation of historic cemeteries around our state,” said LTHP Executive Director Brian Davis. “We work in all 64 parishes and see historic cemeteries in all conditions from well-manicured, to abandoned to endangered. Cemeteries from cities to the coast and the information they tell about a community are under threat from erosion, storms and subsidence, like those in Leeville, in lower Lafourche Parish.”…