The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society & Black Mecca Museum is home to an archive and research room that visitors and researchers alike can access. We do however strongly suggest you book an appointment in order to view and use our archives. You can book via email to ckblackhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
We will do our best to accommodate drop ins for research, however it is not always possible.
Please also be sure to refer to our hours of operation on our home page.
_{Note: we are located inside the WISH Centre however we are a separate business and have different operating hours . Their staff and volunteers do not have access to our archives.}

Below you will find a list of the SURNAMES we have in our family genealogy section of our archives. The vast majority of these family names hail from the area’s Black Community. There will be the odd surname included that may have ties to the area’s Black Communities, ties to the historical society and/or may have involvement in racism in the area.

Please note information in these sections may range from just one single page to three binders. No family is the same. What might be found in the family sections include: Family Trees, Newspaper Clippings, Census Records, Obituaries, Photographs, etc.

SURNAME	CALL NUMBER
ABBOTT	1000
AINSE	1001
ALEXANDER	1002
ALEXANDER (LINCOLN)	1003
ALLEN	1004
ALLIETT	1471
ANDERSON	1005
ANDERSON (OSBORNE PERRY)	1006
ANDREWS	1007
ARAY	1008
ATTWOOD	1009
BAILEY	1010
BALDWIN	1477
BALL	1011
BANKS	1012
BANNISTER	1013
BAQUAQUA	1475
BARNES	1014
BATES	1015
BAYLIS	1016
BAYNARD	1017
BEDFORD	1018
BELFORD	1019
BELL	1020
BELL (JAMES MADISON)	1021
BEST	1022
BETHUNE	1023
BIBB	1024
BINGA	1025
BISSELL	1026
BLACK	1027
BLACKBURN	1028
BLACKWELL	1029
BLAIR	1030
BLENCOWE	1468
BLUE	1031
BLYDEN	1032
BOHLES	1033
BOLTON	1034
BOND	1035
BOOKER	1036
BORDEN	1037
BOSWELL	1038
BOWIE	1039
BOWLES	1040
BOWLEY	1041
BOYD	1042
BRADBY	1043
BRADFORD	1044
BRADLEY	1045
BRAITHWAITE	1046
BRANT	1047
BRANTFORD	1048
BRANTON	1049
BRAXTON	1050
BRITTON	1051
BROADBENT	1052
BROOKS	1053
BROWN	1055
BROWN (JOHN)	1054
BROWNING	1056
BULGER	1476
BURCH	1057
BUREY	1058
BURGEE	1059
BURKE	1060
BURNETT	1061
BURNS	1062
BUTLER	1063
CAMPBELL	1064
CARLSEN	1472
CARR	1065
CARRINGTON	1066
CARTER	1067
CARVER	1068
CASEY	1069
CHAMBERS	1070
CHANDLER	1071
CHANT	1072
CHARITY	1073
CHARLES	1074
CHASE	1075
CHATTERS	1076
CHAVIS/CHAVOUS	1077
CHEATHAM	1078
CHESNEY	1079
CHILDS	1080
CHRISTY	1081
CLARK	1082
CLARKE	1083
CLIFFORD	1084
CLINANSMITH	1085
COCKFIELD	1086
COCKING	1087
COLEMAN	1088
COLLIER	1473
COLLINS	1089
COOK	1090
COOKE	1091
COOPER	1092
CORSEY	1093
COTTON	1094
COX	1095
CRAWFORD	1096
CRESS	1097
CREW	1098
CROMELL	1099
CROMWELL	1100
CROSBY	1101
CROSS	1102
CROSSWHITE	1103
CURRIE	1104
CUSTARD	1105
CUZZENS	1106
DAVIS	1107
DAY	1108
DEBAPTISTE	1109
DEFORREST	1110
DELANY	1111
DEMAREST	1474
DENNIS	1112
DETT	1113
DIGGINS	1114
DISNEY	1115
DIXON	1116
DOLMAN	1467
DORSEY	1117
DOUGLASS	1118
DOUGLASS (FREDERICK)	1119
DOWNES	1120
DRAKE	1121
DUBOIS	1122
DUCKETT	1123
DUDLEY	1124
DUNBAR	1125
DUNGY	1126
DUNLOP	1127
DUTTON	1128
DYKE	1129
EASTON	1130
EDDY	1131
EDINBORO	1132
EDMONDS	1133
EDWARDS	1134
ELLIS	1135
ELLSWORTH	1136
EMMANUEL	1137
ENOS	1138
ERICKSON	1139
EVANS	1140
FABING	1141
FARRELL/FERRELL	1142
FELLOWS	1143
FERGUSON	1144
FIELDER	1145
FLOWERS	1146
FLOYD	1147
FORD	1148
FOSTER	1149
FOUNTAINE	1150
FOWLER	1151
FRANCIS	1152
FREEMAN	1153
GAMBLE	1154
GAMBRIEL	1155
GANT	1156
GARRELL	1157
GIBSON	1158
GILES	1159
GITTENS	1160
GIVENS	1161
GOINS	1162
GOODWIN	1163
GORDON	1164
GORMAN	1165
GRANT	1166
GRAYER	1167
GREEN	1168
GRIFFIN	1169
GRIFFITH	1465
GRINAGE	1170
GRIZZLE	1171
GROSSE	1172
GUEST	1173
HACKLEY	1174
HALL	1175
HAMLETT	1176
HAMMOND	1177
HANDSOR	1178
HANSON	1179
HARDING	1180
HARDY	1181
HARRIS	1182
HARRIS (ELIZA)	1183
HARRISON	1184
HARVEY	1185
HATCHETT	1186
HATTER	1187
HAUSPIE	1188
HAWKINS	1189
HENDERSON	1190
HENRY	1191
HIGHGATE	1192
HILL	1193
HINDS	1194
HODGE	1195
HOLDEN	1196
HOLLENSWORTH	1197
HOLMES	1198
HOLTON	1199
HOOPER	1200
HOSEY	1201
HOSTEN	1202
HOWARD	1203
HOWELL	1204
HUBBARD	1205
HUGHES	1206
HUNT	1207
HUNTON	1208
HURST	1209
HUTCHISON	1210
HYERS	1211
JACKSON	1212
JACOBS	1213
JAMIESON	1214
JEFFERSON	1215
JEFFREYS	1216
JENKINS	1217
JENNER	1218
JOHNSON	1219
JOHNSON (JENNIE)	1220
JOHNSTON	1221
JONES	1222
JUDAH	1223
KEATON	1224
KENNEDY	1225
KERSEY	1226
KIRBY	1227
KLEBORN	1228
KNIGHT	1229
KNOX	1230
LADD	1231
LAFFERTY	1232
LAMBERT	1233
LAMBKIN	1234
LAND	1235
LANE	1236
LANGFORD	1237
LANGSTON	1238
LARWILL	1239
LATTING	1240
LAWSON	1241
LEE	1242
LESTER	1243
LEVERE	1244
LEVI	1245
LEWIS	1246
LIGHTFOOT	1247
LINDO	1248
LIST	1249
LITTLE	1250
LLOYD	1251
LUCAS	1252
LUNDY	1253
LYBERTUS	1254
LYNN	1255
LYONS	1256
MACPHERSON	1257
MALONE	1258
MARSHALL	1259
MARTIN	1260
MASON	1261
MATTHEWS	1262
MCCART	1263
MCCATHERN	1264
MCCORKINDALE	1470
MCCORKLE	1265
MCCURDY	1266
MCGILL	1267
MCGRUDER	1268
MCKACKRAN	1269
MCPHERSON	1270
MIDDLETON	1271
MILLBEN/MILBURN	1272
MILLER	1273
MITCHELL	1274
MONROE	1275
MONTGOMERY	1276
MOONEY	1277
MOORE	1278
MOREY	1279
MORGAN	1280
MORRIS	1281
MORTON	1282
MOSES	1283
MULDER	1284
MURPHY	1285
MURRAY	1286
MURROW	1287
MYERS	1288
NAZREY	1289
NEEDHAM	1290
NEVILLES	1291
NEWBY	1292
NEWMAN	1293
NOLAN	1294
O’BANYOUN	1296
O’NEAL	1299
OATES	1295
OLBEY	1297
OLIVER	1298
OVERSTREET	1300
OVERTON	1301
OWENS	1302
PALMER	1303
PARIS	1304
PARKER	1305
PARTRIDGE	1306
PATTERSON	1307
PAYNE	1308
PEAKERS	1309
PEOPLES	1310
PERRY	1311
PETERS	1312
PHARES	1313
PHILLIPS	1314
PIERCE	1315
PIERPOINT	1316
PIGGOT	1317
PITCHFORD	1318
PITT	1319
PLEASANT	1478
PLUMMER	1320
POINDEXTER	1321
POINTS	1322
PONCE	1323
POOLE	1324
POPE	1325
PORTER	1326
POTTER	1327
PRICE	1328
PRINCE	1329
PRISBY	1330
PRYOR	1331
QUICK	1332
QUINN	1333
RAGLAN	1334
RAMSEY	1335
RANN/RHAN	1336
RAPIER	1337
RAWLINS	1338
REDDING	1339
REED	1340
REEVES	1341
REILLEY	1342
RENNALLS	1343
RICH	1345
RICHARDS	1346
RICHARDSON	1347
RICHEY	1348
RICKMAN/RYCKMAN	1349
RIDDLE	1350
RIDER	1351
RILEY	1352
ROBBINS	1353
ROBERSON	1354
ROBINSON	1355
ROBINSON (GWENDOLYN)	1356
ROBSON	1357
ROCK	1358
RODGERS	1359
ROFICK	1360
ROLLS	1361
ROPER	1362
ROSS	1363
ROUSE	1364
ROY	1365
RUE/RHUE	1344
RUSSELL	1366
SABBATH	1367
SAMSON	1368
SARGENT	1369
SCIPIO	1370
SCOTT	1371
SEAY	1372
SEEVERS	1373
SEGEE	1374
SELBY	1375
SHADD	1376
SHADD (MARY ANN)	1377
SHEPHERD	1380
SHERWOOD	1381
SHORTS	1382
SHREVE	1378
SHREVE (ARTIS)	1379
SIMMONS	1383
SIMONS	1384
SIMPSON	1385
SIMS	1386
SMITH	1387
SNEED	1388
SNIVELY	1389
SNOOKS	1390
SNOWDEN	1391
SOLOMON	1392
SPARKS	1393
SPENCER	1394
STANTON	1395
STARKS	1396
STEELE	1397
STEVENS	1398
STEWARD	1399
STEWART	1400
STIRLING	1401
STONE	1402
STREET	1403
STRINGER	1404
STRODDER	1405
TABRON	1406
TALBERT	1481
TALBOT	1407
TANNER	1408
TATSU	1409
TAYLOR	1410
TECUMSEH	1411
TERRELL	1412
TEWKESBURY	1413
THOMAS	1414
THOMPSON	1415
THURMAN	1416
TIMBERLAKE	1417
TIMBERS	1418
TOYER	1419
TRAVIS	1420
TRUSTY	1421
TRUTH (SOJOURNER)	1422
TUBMAN (HARRIET)	1423
TURNER	1424
TYSON	1425
VANDENBOGAERDE	1466
VANDUSEN	1426
VANDYKE	1427
VANSTONE	1428
VANT	1429
VAUGHN	1430
VENABLES	1431
VINCENT	1432
WADE	1433
WAINER	1434
WAKABAYASHI	1479
WAKAYAMA	1435
WALKER	1436
WALLACE	1437
WALLER	1438
WALLS	1439
WARD	1440
WARE (JOHN)	1441
WARNOCK	1480
WATERFORD	1442
WATSON	1443
WATTS	1444
WAYNOR	1445
WEAVER	1446
WEBB	1447
WEES	1448
WELLS	1469
WESLEY	1449
WHEELER	1450
WHIPPER	1451
WHITE	1452
WILCOX	1453
WILLIAMS	1454
WILLIAMSON	1455
WILMORE	1456
WILSON	1457
WILSON (HIRAM)	1458
WOODS	1459
WOODSON	1460
WRIGHT	1461
WRIGHT (EDDIE)	1462
YOUNG	1463
ZEBBS	1464