African-American » Cemeteries & Funeral Homes

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• African American Cemeteries Online

• African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library

  The African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library online collection consists of over one thousand funeral programs ranging from 1933 to 2008 (with the bulk of the collection beginning in the 1960s) from the Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection. A majority of the programs are from churches in Augusta, Georgia, and the surrounding area, with a few outliers in other states such as New York and Florida. The programs typically contain a photograph of the deceased, an obituary, a list of surviving relatives, and the order of service. The collection provides extensive genealogical information about the deceased, including birth and death dates, maiden names, names of relatives, past residences, and place of burial. Alongside this genealogical information, the obituaries provide a rich source of local history about African Americans. Many of the people included in this collection were prominent in their communities, and many were involved locally in the struggle for civil rights.

• Colonial Slave Cemetery

  African American Burial Ground of Newport, Rhode Island.

• History of African-American Cemeteries

• Santa Fe's African American Graveyard Rabbit

  This blog is a member of the Association of Graveyard Rabbits.

• Symbolism - Symbols Associated with African American Graveyards

  From the South Carolina Department of Archives & History.

• The African American Historic Cemeteries of Portsmouth Virginia

  A friends group of descendants and volunteers of the African American Cemeteries of Portsmouth: The Mt. Calvary Cemetery Complex (est 1879), Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (est 1912), and Grove Baptist Church cemetery (est 1840).

• The Mount Giliead AME Cemetery

  African American AME Church cemetery located in Bucks County, Buckignham, PA.

• Volunteers for Freedom: Black Civil War Soldiers in Alexandria National Cemetery

  Arranged alphabetically by last name, the database includes information about the soldier's birth date, birthplace, condition/occupation at enlistment, date/place of enlistment, regiment/company, rank, date/place of discharge, post-military activities, and date of death/cause of death as reported by local historian Edward A. Miller, Jr. Wedding dates, names of wives, and names/birth dates of children are included when available. For many soldiers, details beyond the Notes column are available at the library.