The Fairfield County, Ohio W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps have been posted on the right sidebar of the blog

     The W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Fairfield County have been added to the listing on the right sidebar of the blog.  

These W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps basically follow the same format set up for those in other Ohio counties. 

 Note, some townships with several cemeteries are not listed by their names in the Album Title because the "Flickr" software program limits the title length.  This is particularly true for the album entitled "Multiple Townships - Smaller Cemeteries” which has the most cemeteries.  Thus, the reader is directed to refer to the “Album Description for the cemetery names listed by page number”.  They are listed by their page number, ranging from low to high, with any unknown pages in the beginning.

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 Sharing the main link to the Lancaster website for the city’s cemeteries.:

https://www.ci.lancaster.oh.us/151/Cemetery

Note that the W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Forest Rose Cemetery, Elmwood Cemetery, as well as for the Crestview Mausoleum show "Lancaster Township".  The cemeteries and mausoleum are now managed and maintained by the City of Lancaster. 

Information from the Fairfield County, Auditor's website.:

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Of particular interest are six cemeteries with handwritten explanatory notes by the cemetery's name inside the "History Box" that the bodies have been removed and relocated or similar notations.:

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Please note also in the lower right corner of the Fairfield County Cemetery Index are names of veterans whose burial locations could not be identified.:

Critchfield, Joshua - Hocking Township - Cemetery Unknown.

Fisher, John -Township & Cemetery Unknown

Reynolds, John - Township & Cemetery Unknown

Runnels, John - Clear Creek Township - Cemetery Unknown

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These cemetery plat maps were indeed quite interesting to research and compile into this collection.  

Hopefully they will aid those interested in learning more about the locations of veterans buried in Fairfield County, Ohio cemeteries. 

Stonewall Cemetery (The Presidential Cemetery)

The Stonewall Cemetery on "Find A Grave."

Spotlighting the Lithopolis Cemetery in Fairfield County, Ohio

The Lithopolis Cemetery Association  has an impressive website for the Lithopolis Cemetery in Fairfield County, Ohio.  It is organized in an easy to access arrangement.  The site gives a great start to researching information about the cemetery, its interments, and history.  

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There is also a Facebook Page for the Lithopolis Cemetery Association.

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In May of 2015, "The Columbus Dispatch" newspaper featured a great story about veterans buried at the Lithopolis Cemetery.  

Click HERE to read it!

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To learn more about the history of the Lithopolis Cemetery, and view more gravestone photos submitted by contributors; access the Genealogy bug.net website:  

For Fairfield County, click HERE! 

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The Lithopolis Cemetery on "Ohiogravestones"

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"Billion Graves" is in need of more contributions with headstone photos and transcriptions for the Lithopolis Cemetery. 

 Click HERE to access the Lithopolis Cemetery on "Billion Graves."

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And, there is "Find A Grave" which most of us access to search for ancestors and their gravestones.  

There are 4,553 interments listed on "Find A Grave" for the Lithopolis Cemetery.

There are two famous interments at the Lithopolis Cemetery.  

Click HERE to learn who they are! 

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Additional "Googling" for websites about the Lithopolis Cemetery can help you discover even more information and photographs for this unique and historical Ohio cemetery!  

Ohio Attorney General's Office Settles Issue of Who is Responsible for the County Infirmary Cemetery in Fairfield County, Ohio

Sharing a link to a story about the County Infirmary Cemetery that appears in the December 11, 2014 online edition of the "Lancaster Eagle-Gazette" (Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio) that will be of particular interest to those who are dealing with settling disputes over cemetery ownership, and responsibility for maintenance and care.  

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 Click HERE to read the full story by Jeff Barron, jbarron@lancastereaglegazette.com

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Currently, the County Infirmary Cemetery lists 85 interments for it on "Find A Grave." 

Cemeteries of Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

My thanks to Shelly Hallard-Beckham for granting permission to post a link to the website "Cemeteries of Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio."

Sharing Shelly's response to my request:

"I know of no current or future restoration in the works, however, I am just a long-time (over 30 years) researcher who has, for more than 14 years now, concentrated just on a single township in a single county. I guess you COULD call it 'preservation' but as my website explains, unless they are viewing an actual tombstone photo, some of the lists displayed in the cemetery pages provide much more detail than the actual tombstone; i.e. complete date of birth and burial taken from a combination of other records such as probate, obits, funeral records, memory cards, etc."

Shelly Hallard-Beckham

www.foorgenealogy.com/cemetery

Thank you, Shelly - a permanent link is also posted above!