I am interested in locating the grave of Joseph Crank. He died in Lawrence Co, Ohio in 1824. Do you have the telephone number for the Briggs Library you mentioned? Thanks, ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <OHLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Cemetery location in Lawrence > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: FKBrown > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.lawrence/3860.3/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Woodland Cemetery is a very large, well kept cemetery in the city of > Ironton...think it began around 1901. The sections have markers > designating each section. You would need to know the section that each > person you are looking for in order to find their graves. > The Briggs Library in downtown Ironton has a genealogy room (Hamner Room) > and I believe they have a listing of all the graves that have markers that > are in Woodland. If they don't the Woodland Cemetery has an office at > it's entrance and depending upon how many graves you are trying to find > I'm sure they would give you locations. Also there is the old "drive > around" way of finding your surnames on gravestones but like I said this > is a very large cemetery and would take a lot of time and walking to see > every gravestone in it. > I am not familiar with Ross Cemetery (or the county roads in Lawrence > County) but the only one by that name that I am seeing says that it is on > Rt. 17 in Lawrence Township. Again someone in the Hamner Room may be able > to help you with directions to this cemetery. > Good luck in your research. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message