From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Jul 26 08:36:24 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 k6QEaOjb025973; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:36:24 -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 k6QEaMK6002362 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:36:22 -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 k6QBvsFI024408 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:57:54 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6QBvsfL024407 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:57:54 -0400 Resent-From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Resent-Message-Id: <200607261157.k6QBvsfL024407@roots-l.rootsweb.com> 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 k6QBmUFI024319 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:48:30 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6QEQlok020352 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:26:47 -0600 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 k6QEQljb020343 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:26:47 -0600 by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6QEQiSx024452 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:26:44 -0600 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:26:44 -0700 (PDT) Delivery-Date: Wed Jul 26 07:11:14 2006 Received: from askin-67.linkpendium.com (askin-67.linkpendium.com [63.173.235.67]) Received: by askin-67.linkpendium.com (Postfix, from userid 503) id 8540024B177; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:11:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by askin-67.linkpendium.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3739A24B15F Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6QEB7Wo013041 for ROOTS-admin@lists5.rootsweb.com; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:11:07 -0600 Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:11:07 -0600 X-From_: bobert@i-1.net Wed Jul 26 08:11:06 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 k6QEB6jb013019 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:11:06 -0600 Received: from saruman.api-digital.com (saruman.apid.com [63.238.52.24]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6QEAvEr006515 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:11:02 -0600 Received: from Desktop (dialup-4.235.187.94.Dial1.Orlando1.Level3.net [4.235.187.94]) by saruman.api-digital.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21658708E1B for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:11:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.375 [268.10.3/395]); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:09:41 -0500 Message-ID: <005001c6b0bd$2318e760$0100007f@Desktop> From: "bobert" To: ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Old-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:03:26 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=Windows-1252; reply-type=response X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Diagnostic: Already on the subscriber list X-Diagnostic: 5444 bobert@i-1.net 32752 bobert@i-1.net X-Envelope-To: ROOTS-L-request Resent-To: roots-l@rootsweb.com Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:26:44 -0700 X-Spam-Score: 1.975 (*) BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] VA GRAVE MAPS/NAT'L CEMETERIES VA GRAVE MAPS/NAT'L CEMETERIES Hi, Rooters! Some states - but not all - maintain a 'memorial circle' in certain cemeteries where a memorial stone is put in place at the request of survivors - for instance, if the veteran was cremated and ashes scattered at sea, etc. So - still plug in the veteran's name and you may find such a cemetery location: in general, the veteran's name, year of birth & death is engraved on the stone. I know there is one in the Springfield, IL, area. Shirley: bobert@i-1.net I hope the below is not a repeat - if it is, 'SORRY" - just delete. ------------------------- VA (Veterans Administration) GRAVE MAPS/NATL CEMETERIES [Screener note: the following is a government press release, and thus can be sent wherever, w/o fear of violating copyright...] FOR YOUR INFO VA Adds Maps to Online Gravesite Locator WASHINGTON (June 20, 2006)- 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. "This new map feature makes it easier for families, friends and researchers to find the exact location of a veteran's grave in all national cemeteries and some state veterans cemeteries," said the Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. "It enhances VA's service at national cemeteries, already highly regarded, and our commitment to them as national shrines and historical treasures." The gravesite locator (http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov 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. In the midst of the largest cemetery expansion since the Civil War, VA operates 123 national cemeteries in 39 states and Puerto Rico and 33 soldiers' lots and monument sites. More than three million Americans, including veterans of every war and conflict - from the Revolutionary War to the Global War on Terror - are buried in VA's national cemeteries on more than 16,000 acres of land. Veterans with a discharge other than dishonorable, their spouses, and eligible dependent children may be buried in a national cemetery. Other burial benefits include a burial flag, Presidential Memorial Certificate, and a government headstone or marker - even if they are not buried in a national cemetery. Information on VA burial benefits can be obtained from national cemetery offices, from the Internet at http://www.cem.va.gov or by calling VA regional offices toll-free at 1 800-827-1000. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006