Spotlighting the Licking County Genealogical Society - Chapter of O.G.S.

Click on title to link to the fantastic website of the Licking County Genealogical Society, a Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

This website is chock full of links!!!

Be sure to check out the "Main Menu" and "What's New" information.
There is also a "Beginner's Corner" and an extensive listing of resources for researching in Licking County, Ohio.
If Licking County, Ohio is one of your focuses for Ohio research, including cemeteries, this is a "must see" website to visit now and in the future.
The last update to their website was made on February 23, 2012.

Update on Sugar Grove Cemetery, Perry Township, Fayette County, Ohio

Abstracted from the Febraury 13, 2012 meeting minutes of the Perry Township Trustees:

"The Board will write a cemetery deed to the Richard Pattion Jr Estate for l grave site in the Sugar Grove Cemetery being SE corner lot #43 (1 grave site), then the Sugar Grove Bd of Trustees can sign it as they are presently the current deed holders. Motion by Smith and sec by Bowers to accept this policy til the deed is transferred back to the township."

Currently, there are 36 interments posted for Sugar Grove Cemetery on "Find A Grave."

There are 3 outstanding requests for gravestone photographs to be taken and posted for Sugar Grove Cemetery.

News from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine -- Sues operators of Floral Hills Cemeteries in Chillicothe and Circleville, Ohio

This is an important news release of January 24, 2012 from the Office of Mike DeWine, Ohio's Attorney General, regarding resolving issues with non-delivery of markers that were already purchased.

Abstracted from the news release:

"Attorney General DeWine encourages consumers to research cemeteries and funeral homes with the Ohio Attorney General's Office and the Better Business Bureau before doing business with them. Consumers also should check with the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing, to see if a cemetery is registered and to see if any complaints have been lodged against a cemetery."



"In general, consumers who have complaints against cemeteries, such as maintenance issues, should contact the Ohio Department of Commerce at 216-787-5669 or at http://www.com.ohio.gov/real/cemain.aspx."

"Consumers who paid Floral Hills for a grave marker or vault that was never delivered should file a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General's Office at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov or 800-282-0515."