Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

Dedicated to cemetery preservation in the great state of Ohio


"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Cemetery Preservation Work Sessions at the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield Resume - Tuesday, July 12, 2016 - Starting at 8:00a.m.


From Scott Andersen:

"Planning to work at the Old Burying Ground, Greenfield, Ohio, on the 12th of July. 

That's a weekday, so we'll see how many can actually attend. It will be an early start, about 0800."




Click HERE to access the website of the Greenfield Historical Society's "Past Events" Page where you can view information and photographs from all of the previous Old Burying Ground preservation work sessions, and also the Sheep Pen Cemetery Workshop that was held on June 25, 2016. 

James Kelley (1833 - 1858) - Find A Grave Memorial


Take a look at the improvement in the gravestone after just one cleaning of D/2 Biological Solution and being re-set in its base!

Top Photograph courtesy of Scott Andersen

 Photograph below from 2010 - Linda Ellis