From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Aug 1 10:52:06 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k71Gq6jb002472; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:52:06 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k71Gq3Im027523 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:52:03 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k71EDEFI000749 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:13:14 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k71EDE8b000747 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:13:14 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k719JaFI032627 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 05:19:36 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k71BwFDf008310 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 05:58:15 -0600 X-Envelope-From: GYager@aol.com Tue Aug 1 05:58:15 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k71BwFjb008299 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 05:58:15 -0600 Received: from imo-d21.mx.aol.com (imo-d21.mx.aol.com [205.188.144.207]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k71BwDmm005891 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 05:58:13 -0600 Received: from GYager@aol.com by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id e.4f4.25b56000 (40523) for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 07:58:03 -0400 (EDT) From: GYager@aol.com Message-ID: <4f4.25b56000.32009bcb@aol.com> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 07:58:03 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5026 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id k71BwFDf008310 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by roots-l.rootsweb.com id k719JaFI032627 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] (no subject) August 1, 2006 I have read so many requests, I thought this would help many researchers. GMYager VA Adds Maps to Online Gravesite Locator WASHINGTON – The grave locations of more than three million veterans and dependents buried in national cemeteries can be found more easily now because the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has added maps of burial sections online that can be printed from home computers and at national cemetery kiosks. The latest improvement builds upon a service begun two years ago, in which a VA online feature permits family members to find the cemetery in which their loved one is buried. The gravesite locator http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov, online since April 2004, helps veterans' families, former comrades-in-arms and others find the cemeteries where veterans are buried. With the new online feature, people enter a veteran’s name to search, click on the “Buried At” (burial location) link and a map of the national cemetery is displayed, showing the section where the grave is located. In a related development, VA recently added to its database the cemeteries in which 1.9 million veterans were buried with VA grave markers. These are mostly private cemeteries. This addition brings the number of graves recorded in the locator to approximately five million. Those with maps are in VA national cemeteries and in state veterans cemeteries and Arlington National Cemetery if burials were since 1999. Beyond the five million records now available, VA continues to add approximately 1,000 new records to the database each day. VA also plans to add to its online database the exact locations of veterans’ gravesites in the remaining state veterans’ cemeteries. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=