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| {{TOC left}}[[Image:Mount Zion African American Cemetery Georgetown DC.jpg|thumb|right|400px|<center>Mt. Zion Cemetery, Georgetown DC</center>]]Cemetery records often give more information than church burial records and may include the deceased’s name, age, date of death or burial, birth year or date of birth, and sometimes marriage information. They may also provide clues about an ancestor’s military service, religion, occupation, place of residence at time of death, or membership in an organization. Cemetery records are especially helpful for identifying ancestors who were not recorded in other records, such as children who died young or women.  
| {{TOC left}}[[Image:Mount Zion African American Cemetery Georgetown DC.jpg|thumb|right|400px|<center>Mt. Zion Cemetery, Georgetown DC</center>]]Cemetery records often give more information than church burial records and may include the deceased’s name, age, date of death or burial, birth year or date of birth, and sometimes marriage information. They may also provide clues about an ancestor’s military service, religion, occupation, place of residence at time of death, or membership in an organization. Cemetery records are especially helpful for identifying ancestors who were not recorded in other records, such as children who died young or women.  
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African-American cemeteries are not landscaped as Euro-American cemeteries are. They have depressions or mounds and no attempt is made to make grass grow over the graves nor to create special vegetation. Trees are native, not specially planted, and are neither encouraged nor discouraged. Rather than the park-like setting with formal landscaping often found in Euro-American cemeteries, the African-American cemetery does not attempt to romanticize death nor create an artificial landscape.  
African-American cemeteries are not landscaped as Euro-American cemeteries are. They have depressions or mounds and no attempt is made to make grass grow over the graves nor to create special vegetation. Trees are native, not specially planted, and are neither encouraged nor discouraged. Rather than the park-like setting with formal landscaping often found in Euro-American cemeteries, the African-American cemetery does not attempt to romanticize death nor create an artificial landscape.  


Family plots do not traditionally exist in African-American cemeteries and placement of graves seems rather random. You will see many indentations and mounds that do not have markers. The markers may have disappeared over time or graves may never have been marked. While black cemeteries may appear to be neglected, this is often not the case at all, but is a reflection of a philosophy of death and burial.  
Family plots do not traditionally exist in African-American cemeteries and placement of graves seems rather random. You will see many indentations and mounds that do not have markers. The markers may have disappeared over time or graves may never have been marked. While black cemeteries may appear to be neglected, this is often not the case at all, but is a reflection of a philosophy of death and burial.
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=== Cemeterry Records Contents  ===
=== Cemetery Records Contents  ===


Most African American cemetery records were created after 1865. They may contain:  
Most African American cemetery records were created after 1865. They may contain:  
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*Occupational information (such as military service)  
*Occupational information (such as military service)  
*Religion  
*Religion  
*Associations joines (such as a school fraternity, etc.)  
*Associations joins (such as a school fraternity, etc.)  
*Parents' names (rarely)
*Parents' names (rarely)


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*[https://www.facebook.com/portsmouthvablackcemeteries/ African American Cemeteries of Portsmouth, Virginia]. A group of descendants and concerned citizens of the African American Cemeteries of Portsmouth: The Mt. Calvary Cemetery Complex (est 1879), Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (est 1912), Grove Baptist cemetery (est 1840), and Olive Branch cemetery.<br>  
*[https://www.facebook.com/portsmouthvablackcemeteries/ African American Cemeteries of Portsmouth, Virginia]. A group of descendants and concerned citizens of the African American Cemeteries of Portsmouth: The Mt. Calvary Cemetery Complex (est 1879), Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (est 1912), Grove Baptist cemetery (est 1840), and Olive Branch cemetery.<br>  
*[http://www.aacemeteriesva.org African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina]. A community for the advocacy and preservation of cemeteries for persons of African descent in Tidewater VA and NC. Other areas include Maryland &amp; Georgia. '''Virginia counties covered include''':&nbsp; Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Currituck (NC), Dinwiddie, Essex, Fairfax, Gates (NC), Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Prince George, Prince William, Richmond, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Westmoreland, York. '''Virginia independent cities covered include:''' Alexandria, Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Hopewell, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Richmond, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg. '''North Carolina counties include''': Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Craven, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Durham, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Hertford, New Hanover, Orange, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Washington. '''Georgia counties include''': Athens-Clarke, Bartow, Clayton, Cobb, and Fulton.'''Maryland counties include''': Anne Arundel, City of Baltimore, Montgomery, Talbot, and Washington. <br>
*[http://www.aacemeteriesva.org African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina]. A community for the advocacy and preservation of cemeteries for persons of African descent in Tidewater VA and NC. Other areas include Maryland &amp; Georgia. '''Virginia counties covered include''':&nbsp; Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Currituck (NC), Dinwiddie, Essex, Fairfax, Gates (NC), Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Prince George, Prince William, Richmond, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Westmoreland, York. '''Virginia independent cities covered include:''' Alexandria, Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Hopewell, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Richmond, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg. '''North Carolina counties include''': Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Craven, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Durham, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Hertford, New Hanover, Orange, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Washington. '''Georgia counties include''': Athens-Clarke, Bartow, Clayton, Cobb, and Fulton.'''Maryland counties include''': Anne Arundel, City of Baltimore, Montgomery, Talbot, and Washington.<br>


=== Burial Database of Enslaved African Americans  ===
=== Burial Database of Enslaved African Americans  ===


[http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/enewsroom/inside_fordham/october_15_2012/news/fordham_to_launch_bu_89384.asp Sandra Arnold], is the foundedr and principal developer of the [http://www.vanishinghistory.org/ Buiral Database Project of Enslaved African Americans].&nbsp; The project is housed in&nbsp; the Department of African and African American Studies at Fordham University, a Jesuit University of New York.&nbsp; The project woks to document and memorialize burial sites of the enslaved, many had been abandoned and undocumented.  
[http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/enewsroom/inside_fordham/october_15_2012/news/fordham_to_launch_bu_89384.asp Sandra Arnold], is the foundedr and principal developer of the [http://www.vanishinghistory.org/ Burial Database Project of Enslaved African Americans]. The project is housed in the Department of African and African American Studies at Fordham University, a Jesuit University of New York. The project woks to document and memorialize burial sites of the enslaved, many had been abandoned and undocumented.  


=== FamilySearch Catalog  ===
=== FamilySearch Catalog  ===
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To find cemetery addresses or phone numbers only, see:  
To find cemetery addresses or phone numbers only, see:  


Cemeteries of the United States: A Guide to Contact Informaiton for U.S. Cemeteries and Their Records, 1994. (FHL book 973 V34ce.) This book:  
Cemeteries of the United States: A Guide to Contact Information for U.S. Cemeteries and Their Records, 1994. (FHL book 973 V34ce.) This book:  


*Lists over 22,000 U.S. cemeteries (operating and inactive)  
*Lists over 22,000 U.S. cemeteries (operating and inactive)  
*Gives:<br>o Location or mailing address<br>o Phone and fax numbers<br>o Clerks' contact information<br>o Years of operation<br>o Religious and other affiliations<br>* Alphabetical by state, county, and cemetery name
*Gives:<br>* Location or mailing address<br>* Phone and fax numbers<br>* Clerks' contact information<br>* Years of operation<br>* Religious and other affiliations<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;* Alphabetical by state, county, and cemetery name.


=== Websites  ===
=== Websites  ===
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