Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Permanent Record Books

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Frederick Douglass Memorial Park is an African American Cemetery in Staten Island, NY. It was founded in 1935 in response to the practice of racial segregation in cemeteries and is still an active cemetery today. The cemetery's permanent record books are a chronological listing of burials. They are organized in the form of spreadsheets, with the information in each row extending over two adjoining pages.

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Permanent Record Book 1

Frederick Douglass Memorial Park's permanent record books are a chronological listing of burials. They are organized in the form of spreadsheets, with information about a person extending over two adjoining pages. Permanent Record Book 1 covers June 10, 1935 to May 31, 1958.

508 pages: 6% complete (100% transcribed, 93% needs review)

Permanent Record Book 2

Frederick Douglass Memorial Park is an African American Cemetery located in Staten Island, NY. The cemetery was founded in 1935 as a response to segregation in cemeteries on the basis of race. The cemetery's permanent record books are a chronological listing of burials. They are organized in the...

506 pages: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 99% needs review)

Permanent Record Book 3.1

78 pages: 6% complete (100% transcribed, 94% needs review)

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