North Carolina Cemeteries: Documentation and Research

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Type: 
Symposium
Date: 
November 1, 2021
Location: 
North Carolina, United States
Subject Fields: 
African American History / Studies, Archival Science, Archaeology, Local History

Celebrate All Saints Day by learning about cemetery archaeology and genealogy with this virtual program!

A panel of archaeologists and a genealogist will discuss identification, documentation guidelines, and research resources and challenges.

A keynote will follow: Gone and Nearly Forgotten: Reclaiming African American Heritage in Rural Southern Cemeteries. Professor Charles Ewen of East Carolina University will provide comments and discuss his current project, a 400-grave cemetery in Ayden, N.C. and ways ECU has partnered with communities for twenty years to investigate African American cemeteries.

Contact Info: 

Christine Botta, Administrator, Friends of the Archives of N.C.