Sunday, June 30

Save Our Cemeteries Conference

A day celebrating and learning about cemeteries, history and much more.

By Save Our Cemeteries

Date and time

Sunday, June 30 · 9:30am - 4:30pm CDT

Location

5100 Pontchartrain Blvd

New Orleans, LA 70124

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Agenda

Untitled agenda

9:30 AM

Registration Check-In -- Coffee and light pastries

10:00 AM - 10:55 AM

Genealogy Beyond Name Gathering: Sources, Information, Evidence

Jari C. Honora

Jari C. Honora, a Certified Genealogist®, is a New Orleans native and proud Louisiana Creole with roots dating back more than two centuries along Bayou Lafourche and the German-Acadian Coast. He is ...

11:00 AM

The Impact of Irish Immigration on New Orleans Cemeteries

Chief Judge James F. McKay III

Chief Judge McKay is widely recognized for preserving Irish culture in America. He has been serving as Honorary Consul of Ireland in Louisiana since 2010. Additionally, he served as the National Pres...

12:00 PM

Tomb Restoration and Preservation

Michele Stanard Duhon

Michelle Stanard Duhon graduated with a Bachelor's degree in History and Art History from the University of Georgia, and then received her Master's of Science in Historic Preservation from the Univer...

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Why is a Jazz Funeral not a Jazz Funeral?

John McCusker

John McCusker has worked as a photojournalist in New Orleans for three decades. He was part of the Times-Picayune team awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of Hurricane Kat...

2:30 PM - 3:25 PM

Italian Benevolent Society Tombs in New Orleans

Chris Caravella

Chris Caravella is a retired computer systems analyst and has been an avid genealogist for the past 30 years. He is president of the Congregazione di San Bartolomeo Apostolo, an Italian benevolent s...

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Interview with a Gravedigger

Sally Asher Interviewing Nick Black

Sally Asher is a New Orleans-based author and photographer and President of Save Our Cemeteries. She has two master’s degrees from Tulane University in English and Liberal Arts (with a concentration ...

About this event

7 hours

Join Save Our Cemeteries on Sunday, June 30th at Lakelawn Metairie Cemetery for an all-day conference on everything cemeteries! Learn how to research your genealogy. Discover the influence the Irish have had on New Orleans’ cemeteries. Understand how to properly clean and preserve your tomb. Comprehend the true history of Jazz Funerals in New Orleans. Find out about two of our most famous Italian society tombs. And unearth the secrets of a New Orleans gravedigger.

Doors at 9:30AM. Light pastries will be available.

All lectures will be approximately 45 minutes, with 10 minutes for questions and a five-minute break.

Lunch is included.

10AM to 10:55AM: Jari Honora: “Genealogy Beyond Name Gathering: Sources, Information, Evidence”

11AM to 11:55AM: James McKay III: “The Impact of Irish Immigration on New Orleans Cemeteries.”

12PM to 12:55PM: Michelle Duhon: “Tomb Restoration and Preservation.”

1PM to 1:30PM: Lunch

1:30PM to 2:25PM: John McCusker: “Why is a Jazz Funeral not a Jazz Funeral?”

2:30PM to 3:25PM: Chris Caravella: “Italian Benevolent Society Tombs in New Orleans.”

3:30PM to 4:25PM Sally Asher & Nick Black:” Interview with a Gravedigger.”

Organized by

Save Our Cemeteries

Save Our Cemeteries is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and protection of the historic cemeteries of New Orleans through restoration, education, and advocacy.