Say what you will about those individuals that have gone before us. "People
should not be forgotten, they mattered," to someone who really truly loved them.
Death is a constant in the world. Those who are born into the world shall
eventually die. The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) says that
"Despite the best efforts of modern medicine, the pharmaceutical industry and how rich or famous
an individual may be, people will begin to die at some
point."
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) state that "due to the
existence of slavery, genealogical research techniques before and after the
Civil War may be very different and difficult to accomplish due to a lack of
poor record keeping concerning African-Americans." With the increasing desire of
individuals who want to find their roots back to Africa and beyond, the outlook
for new websites concerning genealogical/family history research has many
opportunities.
"One day you will become an ancestor. One day your descendent(s) will look for
your life’s history. What will they find? How difficult will it be for them to
track you down? If you have ever been frustrated trying to find vital records
for an ancestor then you understand just how important it is to preserve your
own information. More importantly what do you know about your ancestors? What
are their stories? What tales have you left untold?" Tom Underhill, President of
Creative Continuum Design.
Middle Passage Research Group strives to be the premier collector of funeral
programs and other death documentation concerning the descendents of
African-American slavery. Our collection is based on the fact that all cultures
began in Africa, which science has proven with the discovery of the bones of
Lucy. Therefore, no one shall be excluded from the documentation we have
gathered.