Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

Monday, September 4, 2017

Sunday, September 3, 2017

We've heard of the term "End Game" - So what about a "Life Without an End Date?"

Sharing this great article from the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" published on September 3, 2017:

"Life without an end date: notes from a cemetery sleuth" by Mark Holan

Photo below by Linda Jean Ellis
Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, Ohio

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Ohio's WPA Cemetery Plat Maps -- Some are Still Elusive Whereas Others Exist Online

In the past few years, more Ohio counties have scanned images of their WPA Cemetery Plat Maps, including the Title Pages, and placed them on their websites where they can be viewed by anyone.

At last count, there are 12 Ohio counties with WPA Cemetery Plat Maps posted on the websites where they exist.

County names and links are listed below where WPA Cemetery Plat Maps exist online.

We express our appreciation to those who put forth the time and effort necessary to bring these images to us!

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Ohio Counties with WPA Cemetery Plat Maps that are available on the Internet to view online.:

1. Clinton County:

http://www.clintoncountyohgis.org/Maps/MapsIndex/Pages/MapsC/Cemeteries.htm

2. Coshocton County:

http://www.coshoctoncounty.net/taxmap/cemeteries/

3. Guernsey County:

http://www.guernseycountymaps.org/guernsey-maps/cemetery-maps

4. Hamilton County:

http://recordersoffice.hamilton-co.org/helpful_information/cemetery_locations.html

5. Knox County:

http://www.co.knox.oh.us/offices/taxmap/cemetery.asp

6. Logan County:

http://loganco.co.logan.oh.us/engineer/Maproom%20Website/Map%20Room/Z-Files/Veterans%20Graves%20Registration/

7. Lorain County:

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AC3ohJEO4iWygXg&id=E6CE903A761248DA%211646&cid=E6CE903A761248DA

8. Muskingum County:

http://www.mceo.org/Scans/Cemeteries/Veterans/

9. Trumbull County:

http://www.archives.co.trumbull.oh.us/micro_resources.html

http://www.archives.co.trumbull.oh.us/Maps/Cemetery%20Plats%20No%201%201800-1930.pdf

http://www.archives.co.trumbull.oh.us/Maps/Cemetery%20Plats%20No%202%201800-1930.pdf

10. Union County:

Link below to Union County WPA Cemetery Plat Maps online through the Union County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS):

http://www.uccogs.org/unionwpamaps.htm

11. Warren County:

Warren County Genealogical Society’s “Warren County, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project”:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohwarren/Cemetery/burial.htm

Click on the link above, and scroll down the page.

After the heading: “Information about Warren County Burials”, scroll down to the listing of individual cemeteries (See table with headings: Cemetery, Township, Coordinates, Location

Next, click on an individual cemetery name.

Next, click on “Links” and look for “WPA Plat Map of Cemetery #..

Please note, not every cemetery listed has a WPA Cemetery Plat Map:

12. Williams County:

http://williamscountyrecorder.com/wpa-veterans-graves/

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CONVERSELY,

OHIO COUNTIES WHERE WPA CEMTERY PLAT MAPS HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED TO DATE:

1. ADAMS COUNTY

2. CARROLL COUNTY

3. GALLIA COUNTY

4. HIGHLAND COUNTY