Mercer County has a new online resource for cemetery research that includes detailed information about the county’s cemeteries, their locations, cemetery readings, and information about veterans’ burial places, available through the Mercer County, Ohio, Recorder’s Office website.
All this thanks to Julie Peel, Mercer County Recorder, and Janell Weiss from the Mercer County Auditor’s Office. They worked with advanced geographic information systems students from Miami University to make the information available to the public.
Access to the cemetery information is on the Mercer County Recorder’s website, https://www.mercercountyohio.org/elected-officials/recorder/
Mercer County, Ohio, Recorder’s Office website
On that page, in the header, click on the Search Records. URL: https://www.mercercountyohio.org/elected-officials/recorder/search-records-2/
On that next page are 6 items under the Search Links and 2 of the links are specifically related to Mercer County cemetery research, Cemetery Records Search and Cemetery Map Search.
Mercer County, Ohio, Recorder’s Office website, Search Links
Cemetery Records Search, URL: https://cemeteries.mercercountyohio.gov/ brings up 8 more links, Veterans Grave Registrations 2025 PDF and 7 volumes of Mercer County cemetery readings by the Mercer County Chapter Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS).
Mercer County, Ohio, Recorder’s Office website, Veterans Grave Registrations
The first link, VeteransGraveReg2025.pdf, brings up a PDF file of the Veterans Grave Registrations information and cemetery plat maps of Mercer County cemeteries, made during the WPA era.
Mercer County, Ohio, Veterans Grave Registration, Mercer County Recorder’s Office
Mercer County, Ohio, Veterans Grave Registration, Mercer County Recorder’s Office
The information on this PDF is very interesting because it gives burial information (section, lot, grave) about Revolutionary War, War of 1812, War with Mexico, Civil War, Spanish American War, and WWI veterans who are buried in Mercer County, with a plat map of each cemetery. A little information about the cemetery is also included.
The other 7 PDF items on this page are the 7 volumes of Mercer County cemetery readings made by the Mercer County Chapter OGS, made roughly around 1990. Their readings are in 7 volumes, organized by township.
Mercer County, Ohio, Recorder’s Office website, Cemetery Inscriptions, 7 Volumes.
About 35 years ago the Mercer Chapter OGS recorded the inscriptions of the readable tombstones in each Mercer County cemetery, including information about each cemetery, as well as information about veterans’ graves. These books contain invaluable information because some of these tombstone inscriptions are no longer readable and some of the tombstones may no longer exist. These books are a great resource and I use them all the time.
The other item for cemetery research on the Search Links page is Cemetery Map Search.
Mercer County, Ohio, Recorder’s Office website, Search Links
Clicking that link will bring up a page that contains a map of Mercer County showing all the cemeteries. URL: https://merceroh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=aa6ddabbebfb47ccbce252597bb96c42
Cemeteries in Mercer County, Ohio, Mercer County Recorder’s Office
Clicking on a specific cemetery brings up an informational pop-up about that cemetery.
Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Chattanooga, Ohio, Liberty Township
Information includes alternate name, address, location (latitude & longitude), township, the cemetery’s link to FindaGrave.com, WPA Plat link (the WPA information mentioned previously), genealogy link (a link to the Mercer County Chapter OGS cemetery inscription book), and facts about the cemetery.
Zion Lutheran Cemetery Information, Liberty Township
Zion Lutheran Cemetery Information, Liberty Township
Zion Lutheran, Liberty Township, WPA plat map, Mercer County Recorder’s Office
This gives you some idea and examples of what you can expect to find while exploring these pages.
A big thanks to all who make this resource available online to the public.
I think you will find the information very helpful for your genealogical research. I know I will!
