Portage County Chapter
of the Ohio Genealogical Society
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Promoting and stimulating knowledge and interest in the study of genealogy
Portage County Cemeteries
Atwater
Aurora
Brimfield
Charlestown
Deerfield
Deerfield Township
Diamond
Drakesburg
Edinburg
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Elliot Family Cemetery
(West Branch State Park)
Franklin Township
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Russell Cemetery (aka Green Cemetery)
Freedom Township
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Garrettsville
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Detweiler Cemetery (Old Order Amish)
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Hiram Rapids
Kent
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Standing Rock Cemetery
(aka Breakneck Cemetery) -
Stow Street Cemetery
(aka Pioneer Cemetery)
Mantua
Mantua Center
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East Lawn Cemetery
(aka Mantua Center Cemetery) -
Pioneer Cemetery
(aka Old Graveyard, Pioneer Trail Cemetery, Sanford Cemetery)
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Nelson
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Prentiss Cemetery
(aka Tinker Cemetery)
Nelson Township
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Abbott Cemetery
(on private property)
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Palmyra
Palmyra Township
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Palmyra Cemetery
(aka Palmyra West Cemetery)
Paris
Pritchard
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Hawley Cemetery
(aka Parish Cemetery)
Randolph
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Disciple Cemetery
(aka Center Cemetery) -
Hillside Cemetery
(aka Randolph Hillside Cemetery) -
Sand Hill Cemetery
(located in southernmost section of Hillside Cemetery)
Ravenna
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Tappan Graveyard
(cemetery was located in the southwest corner of the town plat. All burials were moved to Maple Grove Cemetery)
Rootstown
Rootstown Township
Shalersville
Streetsboro
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Myers Cemetery
(aka Meyers Cemetery) -
Trotter Farm Cemetery
(aka Moran Cemetery)
Suffield
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Kent-Corners Cemetery
(aka Springfield Cemetery)
Suffield Township
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Upson Meacham Cemetery
(aka Meacham Upson Cemetery)
Sugar Bush Knolls
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Cackler Cemetery
(on private property)
Portage County Cemeteries Books
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The Chapter has read the cemeteries within Portage County and published thirteen volumes containing every name indexes and all readable information written on the stones. The books and CD's are sold by mail or at the Portage County Historical Society.
Please refer to the Publications For Sale link for a complete list and pricing.
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Findagrave.com and Legacy.com are other useful resources available when searching for obituary records. A surname index to the obituary notebooks project of the Portage County Chapter of OGS is being created. Click on the button below to view the index and request pages.