HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Many Black people depend on historical documents to learn about their family history. We take a look at the role Black-owned newspapers played in preserving that history.

A funeral is underway for Fletcher Merkel, the 8-year-old boy killed in the Aug. 27 mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic ...

Funeral programs can be a treasure trove of family history, providing a wealth of information about the deceased that is often not recorded elsewhere, according to the Middle Peninsula ...

St. Francisville native Sally Allen Jones was born in 1916 just 51 years after African Americans gained their freedom and 49 years before the Voting Rights Act guaranteed her right to vote. History ...

What's been called the largest collection of African American funeral programs in the Southwest began with the donation of two dozen pamphlets in the summer of 2005 to the Texana-Genealogy Department ...

Many paid their final respects to Waltham Police Officer Paul Tracey during his funeral Friday, who died Dec. 6 in a crash while working a police detail. “Paul Tracey died a hero not because of how he ...

Dear Savvy Senior: Can you provide any tips on how to write an obituary? My dad, who has terminal cancer, has asked me to write his obituary, which will be published in the funeral program and run in ...