African American Resources for Virginia: Difference between revisions

*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-African-American-Historic-Cemeteries-of-Portsmouth-VA/209707012436379?sk=wall The African American Historic Cemeteries of Portsmouth VA] on Facebook:  A friend's group of descendants and volunteers of the African American Cemeteries of Portsmouth: The Mt. Calvary Cemetery Complex (est 1879), Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (est 1912), Grove Baptist Church cemetery (est 1840), and Olive Branch Baptist Church cemetery.  

*[http://blackcemeteriesportsmouthva.org The African American Historic Cemeteries of Portsmouth Virginia] (web):&nbsp; A group of concerned citizens,&nbsp;descendants, and volunteers of the African American Cemeteries of Portsmouth:&nbsp; The Mt. Calvary Cemetery Complex (est. 1879), Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (est 1912), Grove Baptist Church Cemetery (est. 1840), and Olive Branch Baptist Church cemetery. <br>  

*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/African-American-Cemeteries-of-Hampton-Roads/126726900775531 African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia] on Facebook.&nbsp; A community forum for the African American cemeteries of Hampton Roads, Virginia.&nbsp; Included are burial sites located in Norfolk, Hampton, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News, and additional areas throughout the Tidewater region. Also includes cemetery news from around the United States, and listings in North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, and Georgia.<br>  

*[http://www.aacemeteriesva.org/ African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia] (web): A community forum for the African American and slave cemeteries in the Tidewater Region of Virginia. Counties include: Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Fairfax, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, King George, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Prince George, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Westmoreland, and York. Cities include: Alexandria, Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Hopewell, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Richmond, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg. There are also listings for counties in North Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland.<br>  

*[http://www.africanamericancemeteries.com/va/ African American Cemeteries Online] includes transcribed records from Accomack, Albemarle, Amherst, Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Halifax, Henrico, Page, Prince William, Russell, and Sussex county cemeteries.  

*[http://www.freedmenscemetery.org/index.shtml The Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery] includes information about African Americans buried in Freedmen's Cemetery in Alexandria.  

*[http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/cem/ African-American Cemeteries in Albemarle and Amherst Counties]. Project sponsored by the African American Genealogy Group of Charlottesville and Albemarle County.