Reburials and Rediscoveries
The issue of urban development having impinged on cemeteries is one that will not soon go away. There are likely at least 8000 individuals interred at the St. Peter site, and possibly more, representing all segments of New Orleans Colonial society. And there are many more cemeteries that have been built over in the city. This 1967 newspaper article mentions human remains disturbed at a cemetery at Canal and Claiborne, in a block now covered with buildings and pavements. Any development on such blocks has the potential to uncover more human remains; most importantly, these should be treated with dignity and respect.