There are twenty-three African American cemeteries in Harford County, Maryland. Some of the tombstones and grave markers were copied by various people at times since the 1960s and the information was filed with the Historical Society of Harford County; however, the author realized that these lists were incomplete and an update was needed. In 2018 the author visited these African American cemeteries and copied every tombstone and grave marker he could find. Interestingly, some of the markers copied previously were not found and others had been overlooked. Many of those interred did not have a tombstone and while some had temporary funeral home markers, others had handmade wooden crosses and even a few were handwritten on flat cement slabs. Many inscriptions included nicknames, Biblical quotes, poetic verses, photographs, images, and family relationships. Thousands were buried without any markers of any kind being placed on their graves. To compensate for this lack of information, the author conducted additional research and found more burials in some death certificates, some obituaries, some extant funeral home records, namely J. A. Pennington in Havre de Grace and E. G. Kurtz in Jarrettsville, and a few monuments made by the J. C. Taylor Marble Co. His efforts resulted in 6,854 burials being identified and collected for this book, which by no means contains all of the burials in the African American cemeteries in Harford County, Maryland, but it goes a long way in helping to identify many of the people who are buried here. This work has been compiled as a research tool to be used in assisting family history researchers in locating the graves and learning more about their departed ancestors. It is more than a listing of names and dates since most contain family relationships and biographical information, including civic and military service in many cases. It is arranged alphabetically, which precludes the need for a separate index, and at the end of each entry the name of the cemetery is indicated in brackets. Names that appear on the same tombstone or obelisk are noted within the text. Descriptions of the cemeteries are included in the Introduction. 2022, 81/2x11, paper, alphabetical, 442 pp

Typescript extract of genealogical data from tombstone inscriptions in the following cemeteries: Presbyterian Church at Churchville, Calvary Methodist Church, Watters Meeting House at Thomas Run, Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church, Mount Carmel Methodist Church at Emmorton, Episcopal Church at Churchville, Smith - Coale Private Cemetery, Smith's Chappel Methodist Church, and Cokesbury Methodist Church at Abington. Includes a black and white photograph of historic marker for Old Post Road established 1666 and Cokesbury College.

"This volume includes deaths between 1861 and 2003 from 65 cemeteries within Anne Arundel County. Information collected here covers individuals who lived in the northern portion of the county, Annapolitans who lived in the colonial capital, and those in the southern part of the county, It includes church cemeteries, commercial cemeteries, and private family cemeteries ... not all African-Americans will be included in this book as some burials were in cemeteries not recognized as strictly African-American."--Page i.

Recounting the struggles of African-American people to maintain some vestige of their African-American heritage through funeral rites and ownership of their burial grounds, these compelling stories provide background information on cemeteries in the U.S. and Canada--how and when they were founded, who is buried there and the ongoing battle to maintain possession of them. 100 photos.

A two volume set which provides researchers with more than 70,000 links to every conceivable genealogical resource on the Internet.