"Nationwide Gravesite Locator" - From the United States Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Memorial Day Activities - Lorain County, Ohio

From the website of the "MorningJournal" - May 27, 2010. 

Click on title for an alphabetical city-by-city listing of parades and services to be held in observance of Memorial Day 2010 in Lorain County, Ohio.

Memorial Day 2010 - Memorial Day Observances in Madison, Lake County, Ohio

Click on title for a listing of Memorial Day services being held at various cemeteries in and near Madison, Lake County, Ohio.

Memorial Day 2010 Schedule - Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries Association

Click on title for Memorial Day Mass Schedules at all of the Diocese of Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries.

Update on Adams Street Cemetery - Berea, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Click on title for story.

I am so thrilled to see our Cleveland "Plain Dealer" newspaper publish such a wonderful updated story about the ongoing restoration of the Adams Street Cemetery in Berea, Ohio.  The photos are great additions to the article as well.  It is very befitting to present the story of the efforts of these dedicated volunteers to help us honor all of the departed on Memorial Day 2010.

From the "Plain Dealer"

Listing of Memorial Day Events in Northeastern Ohio

Gustin (Gustine) Burials at the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio

My thanks to Mr. David H. Sweeney, Find A Grave contributor, for locating and submitting these three Gustin stone photographs - John, James and Sarah Gustin.  The surname was originally spelled as Gustine.

Zagorsky Family Wedding Photographs

Zagorsky Family Wedding Photographs

Winfield Scott Limes - Circa 1950s

Winfield Scott Limes - Circa 1950s

Woodmansee Sugar Valley Cemetery - Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio

Click on title to link to a great site about the Woodmansee Sugar Valley Cemetery located in Liberty Township, in Butler County, Ohio.

Monroe Street Cemetery - Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Click on title to read a great story about the Monroe Street Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio (featured on the website "Cleveland.com").  The story mentions that the first burial at Monroe Street Cemetery was 1818 and the most recent burial was 2006.  This means it can be considered an 'active' cemetery. 

Hopefully, a bright future will be on the horizon for Monroe Street Cemetery to receive the improvements it needs so people can once again visit and walk through its grounds.

"Clean up at Rowland Cemetery" - Canton, Stark County, Ohio - Saturday, May 22, 2010

Above is link to the map location for Rowland Cemetery

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Time: 8:00am - 12:00pm

Location: Canton OH

"As background, the Rowland Cemetery is a non-profit entity located in the SE end of Canton. The Cemetery is the final resting place of many of Canton's early families with names like Trump, Sherrick and Reifsnyder among the many others. The Cemetery covers virtually a city block and has a very meager endowment fund from which the interest is used to pay taxes, utilities, insurance and ground maintenance. That being said, interest rates are so low that the returns on our CD are insufficient to allow us to hire someone to cut the grass.

With Memorial Day rapidly approaching, we are calling on anyone who has a little free time to bring your mower, blower, rake or weed-eater and come on down. We had a large turnout from our friends at Anheuser-Busch a few years back and were able to clean up everything in 4 hours.

The clean-up has been scheduled for Saturday May 22, 2010 beginning at 8 AM. And will continue as long as needed.

Please check your schedule and RSVP if you can find the time to help out. I will be trying to get the word out through the radio/newspaper as well.

Thank you for caring.......and feel free to forward this as you deem necessary.

The NEOGS will be helping out throughout the season. We are also going to try and put as many headstones back on their bases. If anyone knows someone that could lend us a hand with the heavy headstones, we need something that is able to lift at least 5000 pounds. The picture I am using is one of the monument stones that we want to get uprighted. Also we are in need of a tree service that would like to donate its time.

To find the address of the cemetery go to google and type in Rowland Cemetery, Canton, OH and it will bring up mapquest with the location.

If anyone has questions or can help us with uprighting headstones please email me. haunthunter2000@gmail.com"

Butcher Cemetery - North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio - Tombstone Photographs taken in May, 2010

Tombstone photos taken in May, 2010 at the Butcher Cemetery in North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio

Robert L. Foster

Elizabeth Foster

Hannah Foster

Charles Foster

Melissa "Mell" (AKA Jose B.) Butcher Wagstaff

Longer shot view of the mostly sunken C. E. Evans stone (with flag) and the Amos / Emma K. Evans stone

C. E. Evans

Emma K. Evans

Elizabeth Bomer

William Snuffin

Elizabeth Allmendinger Seiter

My new picture frame with 'instant ancestors' !!!

On the back is a note: "Grandma" Seiter; Elizabeth Allmendinger Seiter who was born 8-28-1851 and died 3-12-1894. On May 26, 1871 she married Christian Seiter. There is an 'x' written in above the lady standing in the back at the far left; so I am assuming it is Elizabeth Allmendinger Seiter.

Click on title to link to a Rootsweb entry that seems to match this Seiter family.