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African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina

African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina

African American Historic Cemeteries of Portsmouth Virginia

African American Historic Cemeteries of Portsmouth Virginia

Portsmouth, Virginia: Genealogy of African American Cemeteries

Portsmouth, Virginia: Genealogy of African American Cemeteries

Historic Oak Lawn Cemetery Foundation

Historic Oak Lawn Cemetery Foundation

African American Cemeteries of Norfolk, Virginia

African American Cemeteries of Norfolk, Virginia

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Researching the family of Q. T. Shelton. Q.T. Shelton, Sr., whose gravestone is on the right, is the 11,000th interment in my Evergreen Cemetery database. #africanamerican #historiccemeteries #richmond #virginia #rva #blackhistory #preservation #genealogy #evergreencemeteryrva #thisplacematters

Paying attention to the details... #africanamerican #cemetery #historic #preservation #virginia #historiccemeteries #gravestone #genealogy #thisplacematters

Gravestone of Chaney Ruffin, d. 1908, Age 110 years #africanamerican #historic #preservation #historiccemeteries #thisplacematters #nc #northcarolina #gravestone #blackhistory #genealogy #cemetery

Gravestone of Miss Sophronie Dunston, of Kittrell, Vance County, NC. Geer Cemetery, Durham, NC, March 4, 2013. #africanamerican #historic #preservation #durham #nc #historiccemeteries #thisplacematters #gravestone #cemetery #geercemetery

Gravestone of Susan Jones (d. 1916). Through genealogical research, I located Susan's death record in early 2015 at the Library of Virginia. Although her gravestone is currently broken, it's great to finally "meet" her in person! Evergreen Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia #evergreencemeteryrva #africanamerican #historic #preservation #gravestone #genealogy #familyhistory #rva #virginia #cemetery #blackhistory365 #thisplacematters

Hidden history #africanamerican #historiccemeteries #evergreencemeteryrva #richmond #rva #gravestone #preservation #thisplacematters #virginia

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