NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — For a lot of people, it's not too hard to trace back their family's roots to different countries and backgrounds. But that ease is not universal. Theresa Gordon took her ...

Dr. Valarie Richardson, Earl Richardson, Jr., and Alex Richardson, the owners of Richard Funeral Home are working with Dr. Antoinette Harrell, a respected historian and genealogist, to help preserve ...

St. Francisville native Sally Allen Jones was born in 1916 just 51 years after African Americans gained their freedom and 49 years before the Voting Rights Act guaranteed her right to vote. History ...

Funeral programs can be a treasure trove of family history, providing a wealth of information about the deceased that is often not recorded elsewhere, according to the Middle Peninsula ...

The Digital Library of Georgia recently added more than 3,000 African American funeral home programs from Atlanta and throughout the Southeast to its vast collection of online sources. The programs ...