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From: "osogreat" <>
Subject: Re: [OHERIE-L] asking for help...please
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 16:14:39 -0700


> I do not know who the Groton Twp. trustees are, but call the
> Sandusky Library (419) 625-3834. They can tell you.
> In Ohio the township trustees are responsible for the upkeep of
> the cemeteries in their township, however they do not hold the records.
> But they SHOULD be able to tell you who does.
> When the stones were read in preparation of the book "Erie
> County, Ohio, Cemetery Census Before 1909," all the stones were read,
> what records existed were consulted, etc. It was decided that, because
> of the magnatude of the project, the book would only include the names of
> those buried before 1909.

Is this a book that is now in print, or is it to be forthcoming?



Probate Court has Death Records
> before 20 DEC 1909 and they are located in the courthouse.
> Additionally all of the cards used to document the stones in the
> various cemeteries were microfilmed and that microfilm is available for
> research at the Sandusky Library. Some of the cards have much more info
> on them than is published in the book.

Is there someone on this list that will look up these cards?


I'm trying to find information on two people who I believe died in Erie
County, and I'm certain they died before 1909. I do not know where they
are buried.

Carol Kilgore
Ruidoso, New Mexico

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