Black Cemeteries · A public collection by kinkofa
Find where your people rest.
Black cemeteries are proof. Names, dates, burial grounds, family plots — what's recorded here belongs to descendants. Search what's known. Add what you know.
Contribution as care
Tending to graves is a tradition. So is passing down what you know. When you add a name, a photo, a date, a correction — you're doing what Black families have always done: making sure nobody gets forgotten.
How it works
Start with a name
Start with a name — or a place, a county, a surname you've been chasing. Follow it to where they rest.
Explore burial places
Browse historically Black cemeteries — church yards, family plots, community grounds, places that predate the county records that ignored them.
Add what you know
A name, a date, a photo, something you heard at the reunion. Every detail is a door for the next person looking.
Still Growing
This collection is growing.
Every name added, every memory attached, every correction reviewed makes it easier for the next person to find their people. What is known is held here with care. What is missing is an invitation.
Map as memory
Explore the collection on the map
Part of kinkofa
For many families, the search starts here — with a name on a stone, a plot in a churchyard, proof that someone was here. kinkofa helps you carry that story forward.