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."

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

"More Than $100,000 in Grant Funding Awarded to Ohio Cemeteries to Support Maintenance and Training" - From the Ohio Department of Commerce's Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing

More Than $100,000 in Grant Funding Awarded to Ohio Cemeteries to Support Maintenance and Training

In addition to registering cemeteries in Ohio, the Division
administers the Ohio Cemetery Dispute Resolution Commission,
which assists in resolving complaints filed against registered
cemeteries through mediation and conciliation.

For more information on how the Division works with Ohio
cemeteries, visit com.ohio.gov/Real

CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOADABLE SOTS

Daphne Hawk, Superintendent, Division of Real Estate
and Professional Licensing, Ohio Department of Commerce

Link for the .PDF full listing below.:

























Reminder:  

 Ohio Revised Codes and Inactive and thus Unregistered 
Cemeteries (no burials in the past 25 calendar years)
as well as For Profit Cemeteries are NOT eligible to 
receive these grants. There are no grants for them.

"(D) Sections 4767.02 to 4767.04 of the Revised Code do not apply
 to or affect a family cemetery or a cemetery in which there have
 been 
no interments during the previous twenty-five calendar years.

As used in this division, "family cemetery" means a cemetery
containing the human remains of persons, at least three-fourths
of whom have a common ancestor or who are the spouse or
adopted child of that common ancestor."

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Sharing a link to the virtual cemetery tour of an in-person visit to the Alexander-Downey Cemetery - Madison Township, Scioto County, Ohio - produced by "Wandering Appalachia"

 Sharing this new video from "Wandering Appalachia" produced by Eli Allen. It is short in length, however, quite visually revealing with narration  provided.  
It is a virtual cemetery tour that brings a truly stark awareness to just how remote and almost forgotten about a typical small rural burial ground can be! 

This video spotlights the Alexander-Downey Cemetery which is only one of the untold number of final resting places for early families, that now exist in one condition or another, in just about every county in the State of Ohio.
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Find a Grave lists this tiny burial ground as the Downey Cemetery in Madison Township in Scioto County, Ohio

There is only one memorial posted on Find a Grave. 

It is for James Alexander.

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