Cemetery superintendent to address historical society

Jim Roth, superintendent of Piqua’s Forest Hill Cemetery, will be the speaker at the Miami County Historical and Genealogical Society meeting Aug. 19.

The program will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Piqua Public Library Louis Room, 116 W. High St. The program is free.

Roth has been cemetery superintendent since 2007. He has taken an interest in stories behind the cemetery’s graves and researched and written articles. As superintendent, he often is asked to assist with family histories, genealogy and general research questions.

For more information, contact Stephanie at 937-307-7142 or stefalx@msn.com. The society’s website is

www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmchgs/ NANCY BOWMAN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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