The first step in the project was to locate all the burial grounds in the county.

Next, to inspect all burial grounds and then to prepare cemetery plot maps in a uniform style, and finally to prepare a card record for each veteran. The goal of the project was to complete four things: First, to prepare a comprehensive record of graves in the county of deceased honorably discharged veterans, including those who served in the Confederate army in the Civil War. A temporary office was set up in the Board of Elections rooms located in the basement of the courthouse. The project was scheduled to be completed in six months. Later, George Gregg of Richwood replaced Howard C. Burns of Plain City, Pearl Thorpe of Marysville, and Herman A. The other five employed to assist were Ray Wood and Howard C. Richard Cody of Marysville was hired as the supervisor. As a WPA activity, the project had to provide local jobs. In Union County, the Veterans Graves Registration Project began in August of 1938. In 1938, the Ohio American Legion and the Ohio Adjutant General applied and obtained approval for funding through the WPA to conduct a state-wide Veterans Graves Registration Project. Those states wishing to participate in the project had to make application to the WPA for assistance. In 1933, the American Legion adopted a National Graves Registration Plan and three years later, passed a resolution that funding and labor should be provided to carry out the project by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The purpose of the project was to identify and document the burial location of every American who served their country in the military. These records were originally part of the Veterans Graves Registration Project that was first proposed by the American Legion after World War I. UNION COUNTY, OHIO, VETERANS' BURIAL REGISTRATION CARDS (1820-2011)

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