Veterans buried in abandoned Finneytown cemetery - Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV

Veterans buried in abandoned Finneytown cemetery - Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV

Update from Brent Nimmo: Seventy-Five Buried Gravestones Now Found at Madison - Truro Cemetery in Franklin County, Ohio

Brent Nimmo explores almost forgotten gravesites regularly when he visits the Madison-Truro Cemetery in Franklin County, Ohio. He more than walks the grounds and lingers to pay his respects to those long departed souls buried there, he stays for a whole day and digs down deeper -- with remarkable results finding and unearthing buried gravestones that have been hidden from view for decades.  

We have covered in past posts Brent's project's progress, so it is befitting that we congratulate him today for reaching the milestone of locating 75 buried gravestones at Madison - Truro Cemetery.  

Brent has gained loyal followers of his work and some have joined him.  Because he does not have the means himself to repair and re-set the stones he finds, Brent photographs them - standing them up for the photographs if possible (see the Eli Miller stone below) and then re-buries them with orange flags around them until such time as they can be brought back up and properly set upright.  This is a labor of love for Brent and the results prove it.  

Thank you Brent for all you are doing to bring the Madison - Truro Cemetery back to life and for giving it the renewed respectability that it so richly deserves.  

Please enjoy the some of the latest photographs shared from Brent below.

 

Spotlighting "Ohiogravestones.org" -- 697 New Gravestone Photos Posted This Past Week

"Ohiogravestones.org" is an ever growing resource on the internet;  gaining 697 new Ohio gravestone photographs in the past week alone. 

You may wish to try your hand at using the advanced search offered on this website as I did this morning.  I searched just using the parameters of June 1, 2014 through July 16, 2014 for new gravestone photographs added during that timeframe; not using any other information for the search, and the result produced an alphabetic listing of 2,157 matches of gravestones that were added during that time.  

"Ohiogravestones.org" differs from "Find A Grave" in several ways. A photograph of a gravestone is required for posting on "Ohiogravestones.org" whereas that is not the case on "Find A Grave." 

 "Ohiogravestones.org" has each of Ohio's 88 counties set up with individual administrators who review your submissions before they are approved and posted.  "Find A Grave" offers 'instant posting' by member contributors.  However, because of this, there is the increased possibility for creating duplicates or other types of errors due to the lack of the 'extra pair of eyes' to review the information.  

To view the steps for submitting a gravestone photo on "Ohiogravestones.org": Click HERE.

"Ohiogravestones.org" is part of a much larger nationwide "Gravestone Photo Project":  Click HERE to read and learn more about gravestone photo project websites hosted by other states.

(gravestone photo above courtesy of Scott Andersen)

So, if you are searching for your ancestors' gravestone photos and have not found them yet, please remember to check "Ohiogravestones.org" because you just might find them there!