>  MG> I heard a while ago that Barbara Hambly is working
 >  MG> on a series to be set in late 19th century New Orleans. ....
 >
 >  Hambly has a Master's in medieval history, so historical
 >  research does seem to be a love of hers.  Also has a black
 > belt in karate.  Her heroines may not be physically fit when
 > they enter an adventure, but they shape up real good.  As long
 > as she
 >  gets the weather and tombstones right, she'll get past
 > me.  (I've heard that flooding has played a part in the way
 > that burials are/were done.)
 
According to stuff I've read, the burials are done aboveground in New Orleans 
because the water table itself is just too high there. 
 You can't dig down deep enough to bury anybody without hitting water. 
 So there are mausoleums.  Presumably there are memorial stones as 
part of the mausoleums, but you shouldn't see tombstones per se.  
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