Discovering History – Ohio Cemeteries 101

Krista Horrocks of the State Historic Preservation Office (and the Ohio History Connection’s resident cemetery expert) will discuss “all things Ohio cemetery-related” in this overview of some of our state’s finest cultural resources. This presentation will include how to understand cemeteries as defined in Ohio Revised Code, how to research cemeteries, and how to document gravestones. This presentation also includes information on proper gravestone recording techniques and how you can learn more about cemetery preservation.

Krista Horrocks works as Department Manager of SHPO Administration for Ohio’s State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) at the Ohio History Connection (OHC), where she manages a team of administrators, grant managers, GIS coordinators, and database managers in the support of all program areas for the SHPO. She also serves as OHC’s cemetery preservationist, where she works providing research support, guidance, and presentations on all-things-Ohio-cemetery-related.

This event is sponsored by the Washington County Public Library, and is FREE and open to the public.

You may also like the following events from Campus Martius and Ohio River Museum:

• Next Saturday, 6th September, 11:00 am, Discovering History in Marietta
• Next month, 27th September, 10:00 am, Worldwide Day of Play in Marietta
• This October, 3rd October, 12:00 pm, Discovering History – The Spanish-American War with Theodore Roosevelt in Marietta