Ohio, Grave Registrations of Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Grave sites were registered for all veterans from wars prior to 1943. The information on the grave registration cards was taken from burial or cemetery records. Each record is found on a pre-printed card arranged alphabetically by the veteran’s name. The records are all extant and have been preserved under good conditions.

Veterans were buried in private, public, church, national, and military post cemeteries. Others were buried on battlefields, in prison, or in hospital cemeteries. Ohio, along with other states, made a concerted effort to locate the gravesites of veterans from all wars prior to 1943. Approximately three to five percent of the population was recorded in graves registration. Grave registration cards were created to form an index to the graves of former military personnel.

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Grave registrations of soldiers buried in Ohio
 * Department of Ohio. United Spanish War Veterans
 * Ashland Co. Record of war veterans' graves, no. 1, ca. 1860's-1997
 * Athens County Deceased veteran grave registration card file index, 1819-1936
 * Belmont County. Index to veteran's graves registration, no. 1
 * Carroll County. veteran grave registrations, 1817-1980
 * Clark County. Burial reports and record of burial expenses of ex-Union soldiers, 1884-1928
 * Cuyahoga County. Record of committee on burial of ex-union soldiers, 1895-1953
 * Defiance Co. Record of war veterans' graves, no. 1, 1869-1972
 * Delaware County. Burial of ex-Union soldiers, 1884-1898
 * Delaware County. Record of burial expenses of ex-union soldiers, 1884-1889
 * Fayette County. Record of burial expenses of ex-union soldiers, 1884-1887 ; soldiers' burial record, no. 1-2, 1900-1931
 * Guernsey Co. Graves registration card, ca. 1800-1999
 * Hamilton County. Veterans grave registration, ca. 1776-1940
 * Hardin County. Indigent soldiers burial records, 1900-1911
 * Henry County. Record of registration of war veterans' graves, 1835-1976
 * Hocking County. Veterans grave registration, ca. 1830-1930
 * Hocking County. Record of burial expenses, of ex-union soldiers, sailors and marines,1922-1930
 * Indiana County. Indiana County. Burials of soldiers, sailors, and marines, 1890-1901
 * Jackson County. Soldiers' burial records, 1914-1928
 * Jefferson County. Veteran's grave registration cards, ca. 1850's-1980's
 * Licking County. Veteran's records. 1941-1964
 * Madison County. Record of registration of war veterans' graves, v. 1
 * Meigs County. Veteran's grave registration card file, ca. 1880 - ca. 2001
 * Mercer Co. Record of war veteran's graves, ca. 1860-1995
 * Monroe Co. Record of war veterans' graves, no. 1, ca. 1800's - 1900's
 * Morrow County. Record of registration of war veteran's graves, no. 1, 1841-1993
 * Noble Co. Record of war veterans' graves, ca. 1834-2001
 * Paulding Co. Record of war veterans' graves, no. 1, 1862-1972
 * Putnam County. Record of registration of war veterans' graves, 1860-1992
 * Putnam County. Indigent soldiers' burial records, 1885-1912
 * Ross County. Veterans' graves registration (compiled and indexed by Marie Taylor Clark)
 * Shelby Co. Record of soldiers discharges 1865-1917; record of veterans graves 1854- 1965
 * Summit County. veteran burial cards, 1700-1941
 * Trumbull County. indigent soldiers' burial records, 1884-1917
 * Trumbull County. veteran's grave registrations, ca. 1809-1997
 * Van Wert County. Indigent soldiers burial record, 1886-1926
 * Vinton County. Veterans grave registration card file, ca. 1942-2001
 * Washington County. Veterans graves registration card file, ca. 1950-2001
 * Williams County. Records of veterans' graves, 1859-1972
 * Wyandot County. Cemetery record of deceased veterans of the world wars and record of registration of war veterans' graves, 1782-1972
 * Wood County. Burial records of indigent soldiers 1897-1941

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Ohio, Athens County, Deceased Veteran Grave Registration Card File Index, 1819-1936
 * Ohio, Carroll County, Veteran Grave Registrations, 1817-1980
 * Ohio, Summit County, Veteran Burial Cards, 1700-1941
 * United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
 * United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
 * United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Ohio Genealogical Society. Champaign County, Ohio cemetery plates, veterans' graves registration, works projects administration

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