Friday, January 10, 2014

African American Funeral Program Collections



A question on the facebook page of the African American Genealogy & Slave Ancestry Research group (AAGSAR) prompted me to post this information that I complied as a reference source at the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library which houses the Buffalo African-American Funeral Program and Obituary Collection.

African American Funeral Program Collections
A Select List

The Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection of 3,000 programs spans more than thirty years (1933-2017) of African American funerals in the Augusta area.  (Online)



The collection consists of programs that date from 1935 to present day and depicts the African American community in Bexar County.  (Online)



The Black Archives Obituary and Funeral Program Collection documents the lives and deaths of black South Floridians, 1962—2010. (In-house)



The Kelly Bryant Funeral Program Collection, housed in the North Carolina Room, Durham County Library, Durham NC., is a collection of local newspaper obituaries and funeral service programs.



Brownsville/Haywood County 
Funeral Programs collected by individual residents and family members of Brownsville and Haywood Counties, Tennessee.



Maryland State Library Resource Center, Enoch Pratt Free Library
Funeral programs from the 1960s to the present. (On-site collection)



Index of Funeral Programs, 1800-1965
Compiled by the Indiana African American Genealogy Group, Indianapolis, IN
Hosted by the Allen County Public Library with obituaries from 1974-2010.  (Online)



Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society (MPAAGHS), Middle Peninsula/Northern Neck Funeral Programs Project
A collaboration with Family Search to produce a free searchable online database of funeral programs at FamilySearch.org.


The Chatham County Funeral Programs exhibit documents the lives and deaths of several generations of African American Chatham County residents.  (Online)



Geographic focus of the collection mostly Western Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma.  Name index.  (Online list)



Buffalo Genealogical Society of the African Diaspora
Buffalo African-American Funeral Program and Obituary Collection, volumes 1-2 indexes online
Copies of the microfilmed titles are housed at the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library, The Buffalo State College Archives and The Monroe Fordham Regional History Center,Buffalo State College (In-house collection)



Genea-Related 
A blog post with funeral programs; concentrating on the people who had lived, or had roots in Franklin County, NC.  


23 comments:

  1. Both you & the Funeral Programs compilation are AMAZING Sandra! What a blessing to be surrounded by the likes of such resourceful people! Many thanks!:)

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    1. Thanks Luckie. The joke between me & my mother is that information is my life.

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  2. Nice! Found one of my friend's grandfather's in the Brownsville TN collection!

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  3. What a great grouping of resources...thanks for sharing!

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  4. thank you for guiding us toward these resources!

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  5. Amazing! many thanks to you Sandra. I already see a found a connection to relatives for Brownsville,TN. My husband's ancestors are from there! This is Awesome!

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  6. Thank you so much for posting these. You are a gem and you put a whole new to the word collaboration. Thank you for compiling this list. I am going through them now.

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  7. What an awesome resource you are and the resources you have shared. Thank you so much!

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  8. This is great! Even though my database is much smaller, I'd love for you to add my site to your list. On my (side) blog, Genea-related, I have a link to a growing database, which lists the names of people for whom I have funeral programs in my possession. Currently, I have about 400 programs. I am slowly, but surely, adding them all to the database. Most of the people either lived, or had roots in Franklin County, NC, but there are a few others in the database from other areas. Please take a look! :)
    http://genea-related.blogspot.com/2013/12/names-added-to-nc-funeral-programs.html

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    1. Happy to add your database to the list. We must carry the touch and spread the word -- Genealogy junkies.

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  9. If you find anything on SC specifically Orangeburg that would be helpful. Thanks

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    1. I consider it an honor to share this information. Please feel free to pass it on and let me know of other sites I can add.

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  12. Sandra thanks for sharing this blog with me. This is a great list. If your list is still active please add the McGowan Funeral Home collection database by the Dallas African American Genealogy Interest Group to your archives. https://dallasgenealogy.org/local-records/mcgowan-funeral-home/

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