May

New Orleans Graveyard Rabbits

By Tess

Just a brief programming note…

I was honored to be accepted as the new New Orleans Graveyard Rabbit, the Rabbits being

(an) association dedicated to the academic promotion of the historical importance of cemeteries, grave markers, and the family history to be learned from a study of burial customs, burying grounds, and tombstones; and the social promotion of the study of cemeteries, the preservation of cemeteries, and the transcription of genealogical/historical information written in cemeteries.

One of their members reached out to me on Facebook, and for now I have a sub-domain set up on my other blog but will likely move it out to its own URL soon.

I’m not going to cross post everything graveyard related here, soNOLAGR will carry more detailed info on cemetery/burial traditions from here on out.

There are already a few things that are over there that haven’t appeared on NoteworthyInNola, so if that’s the kinda thing that floats your boat, or maybe you’d like to know just what the hell this is about: