{"id":254,"date":"2009-07-16T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogybank.com\/?p=254"},"modified":"2024-08-15T10:16:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T14:16:33","slug":"african-american-funeral-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/african-american-funeral-program.html","title":{"rendered":"African American Funeral Program Collection Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;\"><strong>Hat&#8217;s off to the: <a href=\"https:\/\/arcpls.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Central Georgia Regional Library<\/a>. They have put their African American Funeral Program Collection online.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/s1600-h\/martin-funeral.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359174998085917122\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 261px; cursor: hand; height: 400px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/s400\/martin-funeral.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">This impressive collection has more than 1,000 funeral programs from the greater Augusta, Georgia area. They date from 1933 to 2008, with the bulk of the collection starting from 1960 to 2008.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 130%;\">According to the website: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><em>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.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><em>The African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library is a project of the <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><em>Digital Library of Georgia<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><em> in association with the <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><em>East Central Georgia Regional Library<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><em> as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><em>Institute of Museum and Library Services<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><em> through the <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><em>Georgia Public Library Service<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><em>, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hat&#8217;s off to the: East Central Georgia Regional Library. They have put their African American Funeral Program Collection online. This impressive collection has more than 1,000 funeral programs from the greater Augusta, Georgia area. They date from 1933 to 2008, with the bulk of the collection starting from 1960 to 2008. 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