Cemetery Records: Difference between revisions

*The National Cemetery System has a card index that identifies nearly all soldiers who were buried in national cemeteries and other cemeteries under federal jurisdiction from 1861 to the present. The address is:  

[http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/cems/listcem.asp '''National Cemetery System''']<br>Department of Veteran Affairs<br>810 Vermont Avenue, N.W.<br>Washington, D.C. 20422

<br>Internet: [http://www.cem.va.gov/ www.cem.va.gov] This web site has administration news; national veterans cemetery addresses; information about burial, headstones, state veterans cemetery grant programs, and links to other sites for locating veterans; and military records. ==== Other Source for Veteran Burials ==== *To find microfilm numbers of cemetery records in the Family History Library Catalog, look in the Place Search under: [STATE] ‑ CEMETERIES<br>[STATE], [COUNTY], [CITY] ‑CEMETERIES

*The National Archives also has applications for headstones for soldiers and veterans buried in private cemeteries between 1879–1964.

*The following book provides descriptions of national cemeteries, state veterans’ cemeteries, soldiers’ lots, and abandoned military cemeteries: Holt, Dean W. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=572792&disp=American+military+cemeteries%20%20&columns=*,0,0 American Military Cemeteries: A Comprehensive Illustrated Guide to the Hallowed Grounds of the United States, including Cemeteries Overseas]''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland &amp; Company, Incorporated, 1992. (FHL book 973 V3ho.)