It's now 2021, however, the reality is that unfortunately not all of Ohio's townships have websites. Thus, those without websites cause more difficulties for someone seeking to get an answer to questions like "What is your contact information? "Do you have information about your township's cemeteries"?
Many of Ohio's townships are quite small and lack the funds to set up and maintain a website. The Ohio Township Association does not mandate them to have one.
We can still learn more about Ohio's townships through other sources. A good one for learning more about Ohio's townships can be found on the Ohio History Connection's website.
Wikipedia is another resource for history about Ohio's townships.
We have to keep in mind that many Ohio counties have townships with the same name as townships in other Ohio counties. A good Ohio map showing counties and their townships can be of great help.
A go-to book entitled: "Ohio Her Counties Townships & Her Towns" by Joan Colbert Gioe published by the "Researchers" has been an invaluable source for me when looking up townships in a county. Learning their borders and where they are geographically located in a county is important. Some cemeteries, as we know, straddle two townships.
A wonderful video of Beech Grove Cemetery is included. So is the link to search for gravesite locations.
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Know your townships!
Know the counties your townships of interest or concern are located in and any historical information you can find about them.
Learn where their cemeteries are located. Learn if the trustees are currently maintaining those cemeteries as they should be.
Learn if your townships of interest have a website where so much can be learned about the area where your ancestors once lived and perhaps died and were buried in.
Please share your knowledge with those who also have interests or concerns about those township cemeteries!
