Genealogy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Rose, Redd, and Claiborne family papers
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2024-0075
Dates:
c.1771-2007
Thomas H. Brown Funeral Home ledger and photograph
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-16474
Content Description
This collection contains the manuscript ledger book, "Record of Deaths" kept by Thomas H. Brown's Funeral Home, 301 Gill Street, Petersburg, Virginia. This book detailed the funerals of approximately 500 African Americans during the last years of the Great Depression. The volume opens with a twenty-four page alphabetical index, listing the names of the deceased persons with the number of the page for further information about their funerals. Entries for each funeral appear in chronological...
Dates:
1935 - 1941