Warren County Genealogical Society Warren County, Ohio Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society Virtual Cemetery Project
(513) 695-1144	406 Justice Drive, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 Hours: 9 AM-4 PM Monday through Friday Driving Directions	wcgs@co.warren.oh.us

Welcome to our cemetery project page. We are in the process of digitizing all tombstones found in the Warren County, Ohio cemeteries.  This page lists the cemeteries in progress or still to be completed.  To see a full list of cemeteries in this county please click on the alphabetical list.  Tombstone digital images can be found at Warren County Ohio GenWeb site.  

Many of these cemeteries also need restoration work.  Do you love visiting cemeteries and looking at old tombstones? Do you have a digital camera and a few hours to spare? Then this is the project for you! If you would like to restore one of our cemeteries or have a photograph not on our site, please contact us by email, wcgs@co.warren.oh.us or by phone, (513) 695-1144.   

Cemeteries Still to Photograph

Cemeteries Currently Being Photographed

Active Cemeteries and Last Date Photographed

Known Cemetery Locations but Nothing Remains

If anyone has photos for individuals buried in this cemetery, please email us a copy at a high resolution. 

Lost Locations

If anyone knows where any of these cemeteries are located please contact us:  513-695-1144 or wcgs@co.warren.oh.us 

Projects for Eagle Scouts or Home-Schooled Families

One of the best projects for home-schooled families / groups, scouts needing service hours or Boy Scouts who want to earn their Eagle rank is participating in our cemetery digitization and restoration project. We are in the process of digitizing all the tombstones in the Warren County cemeteries.  This is a huge undertaking and we will need many able bodies to help with this task.  We have two types of projects to complete: digitizing the tombstones from the newer cemeteries, or cleaning up an old abandoned cemetery through a restoration project. In both cases, we need digital pictures of all the tombstones and work done for the project. The older cemeteries may need some TLC to clean the stones before photographing them. We have cemeteries of various sizes through each township in our county that still need to be completed. If you want to help with this project, please contact us by phone (513) 695-1144 or email, to make arrangements to meet with us.   

What we would like you to do

1. Clean tombstones that are unreadable
2. Transcribe the stone
3. Take a digital picture of each stone
4. Obtain a copy of the cemetery map if active, if not, then draw a map of it yourself

The best way to transcribing the stones quickly and efficiently is to divide the cemetery in sections (if it isn’t already divided on the cemetery map) and give each person / group a stack of 3x5 cards.  Assign one or two people to write down the details exactly as they appear on the tombstone. Please use a separate card for each tombstone.  Have another person follow the transcribed around and take the digital pictures. Make sure to note somewhere on the top of the note-card, which section the tombstone is in (most cemeteries have names, letters or numbers for each section thus making it easier to find the tombstones), and also the number assigned to the digital image for that specific stone. When you are finished with the cemetery, please burn WCGS a CD / DVD with all the pictures. Also please return the note-cards to us so we can compare the pictures to the cards if we have questions. Please also include a list of any one who helped so we can give them proper credit, and if possible, a group picture at the cemetery.

If you would like to restore a cemetery, please contact us at 513-695-1144.  We will make arrangements to meet with your volunteers and train them on proper restoration techniques and methods. 

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This page was created 27 May 2004 and last updated December 19, 2012