Discovering History – Ohio Cemeteries 101

Name: Discovering History – Ohio Cemeteries 101
Start: 2025-12-05T12:00:00-05:00
Location: 601 2nd St, Marietta, OH, United States, Ohio 45750

Schedule

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

601 2nd St, Marietta, OH, United States, Ohio 45750 | Marietta, OH

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.