How-To Series: Wayne County Resources, Cemetery Records

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See Also

Location Guides

  • A Location Guide for the Cemeteries of Wayne County, Ohio
  • Ohio Cemeteries: 1803-2003

Resources

  • Death certificates/records
  • Newspapers
  • Obituaries
  • Internment records
  • Township records
    • Township minutes
    • Poor records
  • Tombstone inscription compilation records
  • Grave digger's records
  • Loose leaf papers

Internet Resources

Cemeteries

Organizations

Wooster Cemetery

  • Wooster Cemetery
    • Written and compiled by Thelma S. Ungerer, published ca. Feb 1972
    • Addendum covers the years 1972-1980
    • Organized by first letter of surname, then by burial date
    • Information varies but does include the name of the deceased, the burial date, section number, lot number and remarks/permit number
  • Wooster Cemetery Burial Permits
    • Book 1 includes permits 2 through 413
    • Book 2 includes permits 414 through 836
  • Wooster Cemetery: Wooster, Ohio 1852 thru 2003: More than Just Tombstone Readings
    • Published in 2004 as a 2003 Ohio Bicentennial Project by the Wayne County Genealogical Society
    • Data compiled by Robert E. & Esther J. Strock
    • Consulted the internment records of the Wooster Cemetery Association
    • Organized by section and lot number
    • Includes two indexes: by name and by maiden name
    • Includes a map of the entire cemetery, showing the section numbers
    • Includes a map of the entire section, showing the lot numbers