The W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps are a "work in progress" project - and they have been since 2013 when it started.
Working through each of Ohio's 88 counties - from A (Adams County) through W (Wyandot County) - in pursuit of the identity of the locations for these 1930s era cemetery plat maps, has been rewarding regardless of any frustrations that have transpired from some setbacks.
Learning if these maps are accessible to the public via a trip to the Recorder's Office of a county seat (where they were originally deposited), or that they are more easily accessible by clicking on an internet link offered by a county Recorder or from a G.I.S. website, remains the goal. Navigating G.I.S. websites to find these maps may not be fast or easy for everyone. It depends on one's familiarity and skill with using the program.
Thankfully, yes the Internet has provided tremendous opportunities for us to utilize these maps. Furthermore, to discover the companion individual veteran burial cards, and seek the cemetery surveys created decades ago by unemployed folks whose lives were so negatively impacted by the bleak years of the Great Depression. They might not have considered what future historic value the results of their research would have. However, about 90 years later, if it were indeed possible, we would tell them yes! these maps and records are uniquely important. Their endeavors were truly worth their time.
The future looks bright for these maps and documents to hold their value - if we continue to share them!
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Sharing some W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Map links for reference.:
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Below is a composite of the Title Page of the Veterans Graves Registration - Works Progress Administration and beneath it is a Legend for America's wars through World War I.
The W.P.A. Cemetery plat maps with veterans names listed on them includes such information as a veteran's grave number, row number, and the number designated for the war in which he served.
Continue to check the blog's right sidebar for additional Ohio W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Map links as they become available.
Currently, Lorain County's cemetery plat maps are being converted from PDF and TFF formats into the JPEG format for easier viewing and sharing as individual images.
A collection of Lorain County albums of cemetery plat maps is being compiled and made available for public view on the website "Flickr".
