The W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Morgan County, Ohio have been added to the right sidebar on the blog.

A link to the .jpg conversion W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Morgan County has been added to the right side bar of the blog. 

This collection of maps has a Cemetery Index.  

All of the pages are numbered.

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The Morgan County Recorder also has a link to their original .pdf versions of these maps on their website. 

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These map pages are in fair to a more diminished condition for viewing and reading the names of the veterans.  

Enlarging the pages to 25% or larger, if needed, would be helpful for reading the names and war designation numbers in the listings on maps pages.

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There are 21 map pages in the category for the "Multiple Townships - Smaller Cemeteries" where more than one cemetery appears on a map page and there is more than one township represented on the page.

Otherwise, cemeteries are listed under the name of the township they are located in.

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McConnelsville is the county seat for Morgan County.

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Find A Grave currently lists 147 cemeteries located in Morgan County, Ohio.

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It is indeed good news these Morgan County W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps are added to the listing with other Ohio counties having these useful historical maps made accessible to the public to view and utilize for research.

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Taking a look at Ohio maps & the Ohio History Connection - Spotlighting the Virginia Military District.

I consider myself a "map person" who feels that every historical study has a map of one type or another connected to it that helps complete the story; particularly when it comes to doing genealogical research.  

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I research mostly Ohio and in particular where some of my earliest ancestors settled when first arriving in Ohio which was in the V.M.D. - The Virginia Military District.  It is one of the oldest districts in Ohio and understanding it can take a bit of study.  

To help understand the V.M.D. a great resource comes from the Ohio History Connection's website and their Ohio maps.

"Land Records at the Archives & Library of the Ohio History Connection" - with a subheading of "Researching the Virginia Military District"

Enjoy your time exploring this Ohio land area so many early pioneers called home by utilizing these unique maps!

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Sharing updates regarding the removal of human remains still buried at the old North Graveyard in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Sharing two links to February, 2023 updates to stories regarding the excavation at what was once the North Graveyard in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.

The first story is from CoumbusUnderground.com  Entitled - "Archaeologists Unearthed 40 Graves at North Market in 2022" - by Jesse Bethea dated February 7, 2023.  

Excerpt:

Sharing this important quote by Krista Horrocks of the Ohio History Connection - Project Reviews Manager, State Historic Preservation Office:

“We might find what appears to be one burial shaft, but then when you remove all the human remains and you do osteological analysis you realize that you actually have kind of a jumble or multiple sets of human remains in that one burial,” said Horrocks. 

“That can happen from any kind of historic or modern disturbance of the area. So we know historically that what is the North Market parking lot now had other buildings sitting atop it at other times.”

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On February 9, 2023, WOSU News Public Media in Columbus presented an extensive account of the history regarding this project, Entitled.:

"North Graveyard in downtown Columbus to be excavated before Merchant Building constructed." 

The report includes a 4:37 minute interview with Krista Horrocks.:

"Horrocks said the remains of the people left behind at the site deserve a proper burial. “It'd be really great to finally properly be able to honor and memorialize the people that were left behind unfortunately," she said.

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For further reference.:

A link to the North Graveyard (AKA Old North Graveyard) on Find A Grave. 

The Williams County, Ohio Veteran Graves Locations, "A project to map the final resting places of veterans in Williams County, Ohio" was created by Brian D. Fritsch, P.E. and is posted on the county's G.I.S. website.

Williams County Veteran Graves Locations

Brian D.Fritsch P.E. - G.I.S.

Submit additional information to:

 bfritsch@wmscoengineer.com

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A link to the Williams County Veteran Graves

Locations' website has been added to the 

Pages on the right sidebar of this blog.  

This link is right below the links for the W.P.A.
Cemetery Plat Maps for Williams County,
including the link to the Williams County Recorder.

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Introductory Paragraph:

"The only known effort to map the locations of veteran graves in Williams County was conducted nearly 100 years ago.

A project was conducted by the Works Project Administration (WPA) to locate veteran grave locations."

Below this statement Brian appropriately includes images that serve as examples of a representative W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Map with the map of the Brown Cemetery in Center Township, therefore, connecting these maps and their purpose to his 21st Century project. The current scope and content reach far beyond what anyone creating those 1930s era maps could have contemplated ever being possible.

Thus, a researcher has a vast array of information

and images for exploring and learning while browsing
through this  exceedingly well organized and useful website

for Williams County, Ohio.

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On May 13, 2022 a spotlight story was published in

 the "Bryan Times" announcing that this website 

would be created by Brian D. Fritsch.  

In order to read the full story, however, a reader

 must be a subscriber to the newspaper.  

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