Sharing a link to this spotlight article from the Highland County Press - "Local Group has been restoring Greenfield's Old Burying Ground since 2014""

It is wonderful to see this story spotlighting the almost a decade long effort by the "Friends of the OBG" - at the Old Burying Ground - Greenfield's pioneer cemetery adjacent to the Travellers Rest - both sitting on the Paint Creek. 

Thanking John King, Scott and Venus Andersen, Michael Lee Anderson, and Jackie Doles for their steadfast work at the "OBG" that has transformed the entire cemetery!  

Excerpt from the story.:

"Those that just want to observe the work and the progress are welcomed to do so during work sessions. Anyone wishing to make a monetary contribution to the project may do so by making the check payable to the Greenfield Historical Society (indicate on the memo line that the donation is for the Old Burying Ground) and mailing it to The Greenfield Historical Society, P.O. Box 266, Greenfield 45123."

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Below are a few photographs taken at the Old Burying Ground September 16, 2016 by this author.:

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The Friends of the "OBG" - Old Burying Ground - Greenfield, Highland County - Shared photos of another successful work session (from May 11, 2022)! -- May 18, 2022 is the next scheduled work session

The Friends of the OBG - Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Highland County shared photographs and news of yet another successful work session at Greenfield's earliest cemetery on May 11, 2022. 

Congratulations to John King, Scott & Venus Andersen, Michael Lee Anderson, and Jackie Doles for their work at not only this work session, but at almost all of the previous sessions at the Old Burying Ground.  

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Learn how you can become a volunteer at the "OBG"; or make a donation toward the effort to totally restore this historic Ohio cemetery! 

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Here is the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield on "Find a Grave."

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Sharing exciting news from the "Friends of the Old Burying Ground" ("OBG") in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio

 A dedicated group of hearty volunteers of The Greenfield Historical Society in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio have been actively involved cleaning, repairing, and resetting grave markers to ultimately preserve the village's pioneer cemetery for decades to come - The Old Burying Ground, locally and lovingly, referred to as "The OBG". 

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Greenfield's other cemeteries include the newer Greenfield Cemetery and the Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. 

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The historical society has always welcomed serious-minded volunteers to join them with their hands-on work, and now they are at the point where documentation of burials will be a focus for finishing up this restoration and preservation work.

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The "OBG" does have its own website the volunteers have created for it called "Friends of the OBG" that can be referenced at any time. 

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An aerial image of the Old Burying Ground has been created that shows by number the location of individual gravesites. 

See Below.:

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Here is a link to the online master listing of burials at the Old Burying Ground as it stands thus far. 

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Here is a link to the Old Burying Ground on "Find A Grave."

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The Greenfield Historical Society is also on Facebook!

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Below is a photo taken August 10, 2018 by Michael Lee Anderson.  

Michael Lee has been a regular volunteer working alongside John King, as well as Scott and Venus Andersen, and Jackie Doles doing the needed repairs during the monthly work sessions at the OBG.  This photo gives a view of the work in progress at the Old Burying Ground, which is adjacent to the Travellers Rest built by Noble Crawford in 1812. 

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A tremendous amount of respect and history have been restored to the Old Burying Ground and for those interred in it because of the interest and devotedness of the volunteers with the Greenfield Historical Society!  

REMINDER: Thursday, August 22, 2019 - Volunteer work session at the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio

The Greenfield Historical Society of Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio is making great strides in 2019 during their sixth year of volunteer work preserving and restoring their village's Old Burying Ground; often referred to as the "OBG"!

Mr. John King is the contact person at jfking@earthlink.net. :

"Please join other volunteers as we continue to make improvements to the Old Burial Ground. We'll start at 8:00 a.m. and work as long as we have the energy. Come help and stay as long as you can."
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**You can always check the calendar section for upcoming events at the Greenfield Historical Society where the cemetery preservation/restoration work sessions are posted.:http://www.greenfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ghs-Calendar.html#aug  

So many historical society volunteers like John King, Scott Andersen, and Venus Andersen -- all who are leaders who have volunteered every year; and long time volunteers like Michael Lee Anderson, Jackie Doles, and Gloria Losey, who have been contributing in various ways for several years;  they all are to be congratulated for their efforts that have greatly improved the condition of the gravestones and the gravesites as well.  

These stalwart volunteers welcome serious and like-minded folks to join them as they continue with their work.  

The Greenfield Historical Society has two Old Burying Ground work sessions scheduled in August - August 12 and August 22 - starting at 8:00 a.m.

 

The Greenfield Historical Society has announced their two upcoming August work sessions at the village's historic Old Burying Ground (affectionately called the "OBG"!):

 Monday, August 12th, and Thursday, August 22nd.  
Both work sessions begin at 8:00a.m. and the work will continue to "whenever"; as the weather can dictate!!!  

 Photo above courtesy of:

 Scott Andersen - Team Leader

Volunteers standing left to right:

John King, Jackie Doles, 

and Michael Lee Anderson

Photo above courtesy of:
Michael Lee Anderson

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The Old Burying Ground is included on the website: "Find A Grave" with 802 interments.  It is 84% photographed.  There are currently 14 outstanding photo requests for gravestone photos at the "OBG."

Map for the Old Burying Ground as shown on "Find A Grave."

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"How Can YOU Help?"

"Join us for an upcoming volunteer session. 

You can stay as long as you like. 

We will help you get started if you have not participated previously. 

Tasks range from cleaning stones, straightening stones, recording information, etc. 

We post our scheduled sessions on the GHS website calendar and through communications such as this email.: jfking@earthlink.net
**If you are unable to attend a session and still want to help, donations are always welcome as we do have to purchase gravel and other supplies for cleaning and repairing the gravestones. 

Donations can be made payable to the Greenfield Historical Society and include a note that it is for the cemetery project. Thanks for the support."

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Spotlighting the July 15 2019 Old Burying Ground work session - Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio

Volunteers continued their work this morning, July 15, 2019, at the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. 

John King, of the Greenfield Historical Society, who is among the chief volunteers who has been steadily working at the "OBG" since 2014, also uploads photographs taken during the work sessions onto the "Past Events" Page of the society's website.  

There are several links to the Greenfield Historical Society's Pages here on the left side bar of this blog.  

 

Be sure to check out the calendar to learn when the next work session is scheduled if you are planning to join the volunteers!

  Scott Andersen, Venus Andersen, John King, and Michael Lee Anderson were working today until noon as the temperatures soared higher during the afternoon.  Jackie Doles and Gloria Losey are also long-time volunteers.  

This group of hearty volunteers from the Greenfield Historical Society, and all who have assisted them at various work sessions since they started this preservation project in 2014, have been totally transforming the entire cemetery one grave marker at a time.  After almost six years of work, their improvements are quite apparent all across the landscape of this early Ohio burial ground!

October 31st, 2018 will be more than Halloween this year in Greenfield, Ohio - It will be another cemetery preservation work session at the Old Burying Ground!

 

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****The Greenfield Historical Society's Volunteer Form***

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"Volunteer Session - October 21, 2018"

"It's amazing what a difference a few dedicated volunteers can make! Beginning at 8 a.m. again (although we soon began to rethink that decision), Scott Andersen, John King, Jackie Doles, and Mike Anderson were successful in repairing and straightening/leveling some very large and heavy headstones. Venus Andersen also stopped by to offer encouragement, but due to the cold temperatures did not do any cleaning of tombstones. 

Many thanks to ALL the volunteers who help throughout the years making this a very successful project.

More sessions will be planned for the future to continue this massive effort. If you would like to participate, check our website calendar for the next scheduled session."

 Sharing a few photos below of the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield -- often called "OBG" by the volunteers who spend a great deal of time there because the transformative restoration work they are doing is now in its fifth year!  

The Greenfield Historical Society volunteers are always happy when earnest and eager folks join them as volunteers to help clean, repair, and reset grave markers and monuments.  

So, please keep that in mind!  

While the old adage of "A picture is worth a thousand words" is true; but to fully savor the scope of the amazing progress made by these dedicated volunteers, the photos themselves can be best considered as a good lead-up to being at the Old Burying Ground and enjoying the remarkable view in person -- seeing an early Ohio cemetery that has regained its respect, dignity, and rightful standing as one of Greenfield's crowning jewels.  It just doesn't get any better than that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark your calendars for Sunday, October 21, 2018 for the next Old Burying Ground work session - Beginning at 8:00a.m. in Greenfield, Ohio

The Greenfield Historical Society just announced the date for their next work session (labor of love session!) at the Old Burying Ground, and it will be Sunday, October 21, 2018 beginning at 8:00a.m. 

Check out the Calendar for these announcements as well. 

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3	Old Burial Ground next to Travellers Rest	"Please join other volunteers as we continue to make improvements to the Old Burial Ground. We'll start at 8 a.m. and work as long as we have the energy. Come help and stay as long as you can."

 

Browse through Past Events to learn more about the progress made in each session.

Spotlighting the September 30, 2018 Old Burying Ground Work Session with photographs from regular volunteer, Jacquelyn Doles

It is my pleasure to share these wonderful photographs below taken by Jacquelyn Doles, one of Greenfield Historical Society's regular work session volunteers, who has participated in many of these hands-on cemetery preservation events at the Old Burying Ground over the past five years.  Her photographs were taken during the work process of the September 30, 2018 work session. 

Additional photographs can be seen from the September 30, 2018 work session on the Greenfield Historical Society's website posted on their "Past Events" section under the "Look Back" tab at the top of the main page.   

It is such a treat to see these photographs that "Jackie" Doles has shared.  She has cleaned several grave markers over the past five years, and she has been a regular participant along with Scott Andersen, Venus Andersen, John King, and Michael Lee Anderson who are the mainstays of this all-volunteer group.  They are steadily progressing with their total restoration and preservation of the Old Burying Ground (affectionately known as the "OBG" by the volunteers) which is adjacent to the Travellers Rest in Greenfield, Ohio.  

Check out the Greenfield Historical Society on Facebook!

 

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from Jacqueline Doles:

"The Moon family stones all line up neatly in a 

row like good little soldiers. 

Need a little scrubbing and they will be great."

  

 

 

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from Jacquelyn Doles:

These stones were broken when the big tree fell during a storm. We are not sure if the tree has any hidden surprises

(stones swallowed during its growth. Lots of stacked stones around its base, however, as is the case in many cemeteries.

 

 

 

 

The Old Burying Ground on "Find A Grave"