Information Resources

These historic burial grounds are a memorial park, serving as a place to promote unity, appreciation, and to educate: to remember and preserve the heritage, contributions, and sacrifices these founders of Georgetown made during their lifetimes; and provide insight to their families and the community in which they lived during a time of deep segregation.

These resources provide information, photo galleries, and external references related to the history of the cemeteries, the lives of the persons for whom this sanctuary is their final resting place, and the Georgetown community. 

Also provided is a variety of general information resources about historic cemetery preservation.  

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Index of Resources  ('click' on entries to navigate to detailed information)

Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society Cemeteries History

• Old Methodist Burying Ground - 1975, Paul E. Sluby

• 1879 Dumbarton & Mount Zion Churches Burial Ground Lease Agreement

• 2008 Historic American Landscapes Survey (and history)

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Burial Records

• Mount Zion Methodist Church death and burial records

• The Methodist Burying Ground, Burial Records and Map - 1975, Paul E. Sluby

• The Methodist Burying Ground, Burial Records - 1975 Paul E. Sluby with further research annotations

• 1975 FUBS monuments and headstones locations

• Interred - With Known Military Service

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Cemetery Surveys 

• District "Colored Cemeteries Survey"

• 1919 Survey of Cemeteries and Adjoining Georgetown

• 1960 District of Columbia Survey of Cemeteries

• 1975 FUBS monuments and headstones locations

• 2008 NPS GIS Overlay of 1975 Gravestones Location for Return Survey

• 2008 Historic American Landscapes Survey (and history)

• 2018 Headstones, Monuments, Artifacts Inventory

• Property maps

• Grounds penetrating magnometer scan

• Trees and Foliage Survey Plat and Index 

"I never would have guessed..."

• Cemetery Symbols and Inscriptions

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Place Holder - Resources To Be Developed

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Interred Individual's

• Profiles

• Press Obituaries 

Photographs and Videos

• Cemetery photos

• Monuments, headstones and artifacts photos

• Cemetery Events Photos

  • McKinley Tech Day of Service June 2019​

• Overview of the Cemeteries video

• Cemetery events videos

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Cemetery Preservation

• Monuments, headstones, artifacts

• Grounds

• Invasive plant species

• Tree canopy

• Groundwater management

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"I never would have guessed..."

• Repurposed military cemetery surplus headstones

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Other Valuable Records and Information Links

• History of Georgetown / Black Georgetown

• 1784 Georgetown Residents Directory

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