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."
Monday, October 21, 2024
Saturday, October 12, 2024
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
administers the Ohio Cemetery Dispute Resolution Commission,
cemeteries through mediation and conciliation.
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Daphne Hawk, Superintendent, Division of Real Estate
and Professional Licensing, Ohio Department of Commerce
Link for the .PDF full listing below.:
"(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."
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Sharing from the NCPTT - National Center for Preservation Technology & Training - Helpful Graphics - Caring for the cemetery's landscape.
There is more to explore on the website of the NCPTT - National Center for Preservation Technology & Training.
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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