United States, 39.76, -98.5United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981886/2019Over 3300 funeral programs documenting the funeral services of Georgia residents, primarily from the Atlanta, Georgia area. Most of the programs are from services held during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. A majority of the programs are from churches in the Atlanta, Georgia area, with a few programs from other states such as South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York, among others. The programs typically contain a photograph of the deceased, an obituary, a list of surviving relatives, and the order of service. The collection provides extensive genealogical information about the deceased, including birth and death dates, maiden names, names of relatives, past residences, and place of burial. Alongside this genealogical information, the obituaries provide a rich source of local history.The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.application/pdfenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/African American men--History--20th centuryAfrican American women--History--20th centuryAfrican Americans--Funeral customs and rites--History--20th centuryFuneral rites and ceremonies--History--20th centuryFuneral service--History--20th centuryMourning customs--History--20th centuryAfrican American men--History--19th centuryAfrican American women--History--19th centuryAfrican Americans--Funeral customs and rites--History--19th centuryFuneral rites and ceremonies--History--19th centuryFuneral service--History--19th centuryMourning customs--History--19th centuryAfrican Americans--GenealogyAtlanta funeral programs collectionText