Sharing from the "Ohio Township Association" (OTA) -- "Did You Know?" - "Cemetery Responsibilities" and "Transfer of Cemeteries"

Below are two informative articles from the September, 2012 and October, 2012 "Grassroots Clippings" newsletters of the "Ohio Township Association" (OTA) that relate to township cemeteries in Ohio. 

Side-by-Side Photo Comparisons Help Tell the Story of How Cleaning Methods Work on Gravestones

Thanks to a neat free website called quickpicturetools I am having a great time with formatting and saving my before and after cleaning photographs of various gravestones that I have been collecting.  

If you are anything like me, you don't have a lot of software on your computer, so a free website that actually works can really help where you can try your hand at producing side-by-side photographs and adding in some text with them.  It takes a bit of experimenting and practicing with the program, but a person can get the hang of it in a short period of time and save their creations directly to their computer, flash drive, cloud, etc. 

Below are a couple of photographs of the same monument taken about 19 years apart.

 They are of the Jeremiah and Sigariah Simmons Duvall monument at the Forest Cemetery in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. 

The photograph on the left illustrates what the monument looked like before I had done any cleaning at all to it.  I'm sure it was my first visit to the cemetery to see it. 

The photograph on the right was taken July 16, 2015 after using D/2 Biological Solution to clean the whole monument.

There had been some water and brushing sessions on the monument over the years, however, water alone does not stop biological regrowth.  So, improvement on the monument was only marginal. 

I am hoping the Duvall monument will look as good or perhaps even better when I return to visit it next year than it did right after its 2015 cleaning. 

Sharing New "Before and After" Cleaning Photographs of a Small Row of Grave Markers at the Old Burying Ground, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio

 

Thanking Scott Andersen who shares these new "Before and After Cleaning" photographs of white marble markers set in slotted bases at the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. 

The gravestones are for the following (left to right):

  Infant, son C. W. and S. A. Templeton; Ezra Lucas; Catharine, wife of James Lucas; and James Lucas.  

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From Scott - September 23, 2015:
"Another "D/2" testimonial.
These headstones were cleaned by Geneva Weaver, her sister Phyllis, and Jacquelyn Doles just over a month ago. 

They are starting to lighten up!"

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Be sure to check out the calendar on the website of the Greenfield Historical Society for information about upcoming work sessions conducted by volunteers working in this their second year. 

The Old Burying Ground is Greenfield's oldest cemetery where many of its earliest pioneers were laid to rest.  Original headstones mark their graves.  Most have long needed extensive cleaning, repairing, and re-setting.  

The results are strikingly clear.

 This all-volunteer group of historical society members and concerned folks who want to join them are getting the job done one grave marker at a time; making great strides by advancing row by row. Their organized planning and caring hands approach have truly transformed this once neglected and deteriorated cemetery that has silently sat on the Paint Creek's western edge for well over two hundred years.