The Zuber Cemetery, located in Rome, Georgia, USA is the final resting place of many Black Americans who lived during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Many of those buried at the Zuber Cemetery were slaves or former slaves with limited financial means, so families typically could not afford expensive gravestones. Instead, many of the graves at the cemetery were marked by perennial plants placed by loved ones; plants include Narcissus pseudonarcissus, Yucca filamentosa, and Iris sp. In this project, we are creating a map of the cemetery to further understand how flowering perennial plants were used as ornamental grave markers and to provide a historical record for families whose ancestors are buried at the site. We are mapping the cemetery by surveying known graves and groups of flowering plants, which may represent the locations of graves. In addition, we are collecting demographic information from the existing headstones at the site, such as names and dates of life, to analyze the average age at time of death and to identify family clusters in the cemetery. This project is allowing us to further understand historical uses for perennial plants and document the underrepresented history of Rome, GA. We are providing a valuable resource for site management and for descendants of those buried there. The Zuber Cemetery is not the only historical cemetery in northwest Georgia, and there is potential for future projects to bring more awareness to the community about historical uses for plants and otherwise unprotected family histories.