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I was passing through Chicago on the way to a conference in SLC, so I took the EL out to the German Cemetery and asked for information on my great grandparents burial. I was told in no uncertain terms to go home, send them $2 and they would send me the information. I have yet to be able to go that way again to visit the grave. A friend did visit and make photos of the big monument on their plot. We even have an empty spot in our plot as my grandfather is buried in California Military cemetery. Laura in the FL Panhandle "L.L. Scott" <llscott2000@bellsouth.net>
> The person whose background I am researching is interred at a local > cemetery and I would like to see the family contact information they > have on file. I am not related to the deceased. Do I just go to the > cemetery and tell them I am doing some research for someone? Is > there a trick to this? Thanks. > > sberne...@hotmail.com So sorry! The cemetery is in the Midwest area of the United States. The death was about 4 years ago. Last year I went to the cemetery office and asked for the grave location and they told me. I chickened out in asking them about next of kin information, etc. Now I want to try it. I don't think they will remember me. Do I just go back to the office and ask? I'm not a relative. What in the world would I ask them? Same for the funeral home? Thank you. sbernelli@hotmail.com
> The person whose background I am researching is interred at a local > cemetery and I would like to see the family contact information they > have on file. I am not related to the deceased. Do I just go to the > cemetery and tell them I am doing some research for someone? Is > there a trick to this? Thanks. > > sbernelli@hotmail.com Give us a clue: what country? -- Ian Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard at nildram co uk Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk>
I volunteer for FindAGrave.com and have had the experience of requesting information on burials at a few cemeteries.=A0 Their response ranges from I cannot even photograph the headstone (when they at first let me photograph it IF I had a descendant's written permission) to making copies of the cards on file that list everyone in the plot, the owner of the plot and many other details.=A0 It is extra work for the staff and they could be overrun by requests for info.=A0 I go into the office with very neat written data that I can leave with my contact info if they prefer to look for the data during a less busy time.=A0 I am friendly and appreciative but not chatty (i.e., taking up their time).=A0 Have not yet had to, but a camera with close-up capability might relieve them of photocopy time and expenses.=A0 Reverence for their work and explanation of your task should open doors.=A0 In some cases, you'd have to pretend to be a descendant (though lying is naughty). If you are working for a descendant, have their written release with you in case the office requires it. Hope this helps, Sharon =A0Sharon Zingery Mediator szingery=40sbcglobal.net 773.262.7699=20 szingery=40sbcglobal.net
> > > Are there are good recommendations for tracing medals awarded to a > > > specific person? > > > > > > I did post a description at medaltracker.com but I've no idea how > > > effectively that might be. Are there other sites or publications > > > that I should consider? > > > > > > "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com> > > > > Maybe you could post a description of it here, along with any > > information about the person it belonged to [if you know]. > > > > If someone can narrow it down to military, or social, or educational > > or ? then maybe there will be more options for groups to contact > > for further information. > > > > "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> > > The man was my late uncle, Dennis W. Proctor 1926-1954 (service > number 14445551), who was in the Sherwood Foresters, the Ox. & > Bucks. LI, and the KSLI. > > He received the following medals:- > > War Medal (1939-1945) > General Service Medal Palestine (1945-1948), with clasp > Korea Medal (1952) > UN Service Medal, with clasp (Korea) > > He was also mentioned in dispatches. Unfortunately, there are no > descendants and no surviving immediate family. His widow received > his belongings but she died young and I've no idea what happened to > these medals. I tried to trace any relatives of hers but she'd > re-married, and then after her own death her 2nd husband remarried > twice more. Despite my best efforts, I've been unable to trace any > blood relative of hers > > "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com> Hi Tony - I am not familiar with the British Military records, but hopefully someone else here can help you. If you are trying to replace these medals, there is probably a procedure to follow. In the US, a service person or his next of kin can request to have medals replaced. They would need to contact the appropriate branch of the military. After searching around with google.com, I found some information on the units your uncle belonged to. I'm sure there are a lot more pages out there - Sherwood Foresters http://www.sherwoodforesters.org/ Ox. & Bucks LI http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/obli/ox_index.htm KSLI http://www2.army.mod.uk/lightinfantry/history_traditions/county_regiments/ksli.htm Maybe someone at one of these sites can offer more help. Lisa "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net>
> The person whose background I am researching is interred at a local > cemetery and I would like to see the family contact information they > have on file. I am not related to the deceased. Do I just go to the > cemetery and tell them I am doing some research for someone? Is > there a trick to this? Thanks. > > sbernelli@hotmail.com You don't say what country you're searching, but in my experience in the US, you can just go to the cemetery and they will provide the information they have. However, be aware they may have very little. Depending on how long ago the person died, the size of the cemetery, and how organized the cemetery may be, they may only be able to provide grave location, date of interrment, date of death, and burial society, if any. Many times, I've found that cemeteries have not had next of kin contact information available. For 19th century burials, they may have only a 3x5 card with minimal info on it, if that. Michael Reich <mareich49@yahoo.com>
> The person whose background I am researching is interred at a local > cemetery and I would like to see the family contact information they > have on file. I am not related to the deceased. Do I just go to the > cemetery and tell them I am doing some research for someone? Is > there a trick to this? Thanks. > > sbernelli@hotmail.com I would suspect that a lot will depend on when the person died. I would call the cemetery and see if they will let you. If you know the funeral home they may also have records that will help you.
> > > > Are there are good recommendations for tracing medals awarded to a > > > > specific person? > > > > > > > > I did post a description at medaltracker.com but I've no idea how > > > > effectively that might be. Are there other sites or publications > > > > that I should consider? > > > > > > > > "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com> > > > > > > Maybe you could post a description of it here, along with any > > > information about the person it belonged to [if you know]. > > > > > > If someone can narrow it down to military, or social, or educational > > > or ? then maybe there will be more options for groups to contact > > > for further information. > > > > > > "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> > > > > The man was my late uncle, Dennis W. Proctor 1926-1954 (service > > number 14445551), who was in the Sherwood Foresters, the Ox. & > > Bucks. LI, and the KSLI. > > > > He received the following medals:- > > > > War Medal (1939-1945) > > General Service Medal Palestine (1945-1948), with clasp > > Korea Medal (1952) > > UN Service Medal, with clasp (Korea) > > > > He was also mentioned in dispatches. Unfortunately, there are no > > descendants and no surviving immediate family. His widow received > > his belongings but she died young and I've no idea what happened to > > these medals. I tried to trace any relatives of hers but she'd > > re-married, and then after her own death her 2nd husband remarried > > twice more. Despite my best efforts, I've been unable to trace any > > blood relative of hers > > > > "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com> > > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/default.htm > > might be a good place to start. > > Ian > Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard > at nildram co uk > Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> Sorry Ian but how would the NA help here. I know what medals he had, and I have his complete service record What I don't know is the whereabouts of those medals. His blood family (parents, siblings, etc) never saw them. For other reasons, there was no subsequent contact with his widow Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you meant Tony Proctor "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com>
> > > Are there are good recommendations for tracing medals awarded to a > > > specific person? > > > > > > I did post a description at medaltracker.com but I've no idea how > > > effectively that might be. Are there other sites or publications > > > that I should consider? > > > > > > "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com> > > > > Maybe you could post a description of it here, along with any > > information about the person it belonged to [if you know]. > > > > If someone can narrow it down to military, or social, or educational > > or ? then maybe there will be more options for groups to contact > > for further information. > > > > "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> > > The man was my late uncle, Dennis W. Proctor 1926-1954 (service > number 14445551), who was in the Sherwood Foresters, the Ox. & > Bucks. LI, and the KSLI. > > He received the following medals:- > > War Medal (1939-1945) > General Service Medal Palestine (1945-1948), with clasp > Korea Medal (1952) > UN Service Medal, with clasp (Korea) > > He was also mentioned in dispatches. Unfortunately, there are no > descendants and no surviving immediate family. His widow received > his belongings but she died young and I've no idea what happened to > these medals. I tried to trace any relatives of hers but she'd > re-married, and then after her own death her 2nd husband remarried > twice more. Despite my best efforts, I've been unable to trace any > blood relative of hers > > "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com> http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/default.htm might be a good place to start. -- Ian Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard at nildram co uk Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk>
The person whose background I am researching is interred at a local cemetery and I would like to see the family contact information they have on file. I am not related to the deceased. Do I just go to the cemetery and tell them I am doing some research for someone? Is there a trick to this? Thanks. sbernelli@hotmail.com
> > Are there are good recommendations for tracing medals awarded to a > > specific person? > > > > I did post a description at medaltracker.com but I've no idea how > > effectively that might be. Are there other sites or publications > > that I should consider? > > > > "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com> > > Maybe you could post a description of it here, along with any > information about the person it belonged to [if you know]. > > If someone can narrow it down to military, or social, or educational > or ? then maybe there will be more options for groups to contact > for further information. > > "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> The man was my late uncle, Dennis W. Proctor 1926-1954 (service number 14445551), who was in the Sherwood Foresters, the Ox. & Bucks. LI, and the KSLI. He received the following medals:- War Medal (1939-1945) General Service Medal Palestine (1945-1948), with clasp Korea Medal (1952) UN Service Medal, with clasp (Korea) He was also mentioned in dispatches. Unfortunately, there are no descendants and no surviving immediate family. His widow received his belongings but she died young and I've no idea what happened to these medals. I tried to trace any relatives of hers but she'd re-married, and then after her own death her 2nd husband remarried twice more. Despite my best efforts, I've been unable to trace any blood relative of hers Tony Proctor "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com>
> Are there are good recommendations for tracing medals awarded to a > specific person? > > I did post a description at medaltracker.com but I've no idea how > effectively that might be. Are there other sites or publications > that I should consider? > > "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com> Maybe you could post a description of it here, along with any information about the person it belonged to [if you know]. If someone can narrow it down to military, or social, or educational or ? then maybe there will be more options for groups to contact for further information. Lisa "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net>
Are there are good recommendations for tracing medals awarded to a specific person? I did post a description at medaltracker.com but I've no idea how effectively that might be. Are there other sites or publications that I should consider? Tony Proctor "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com>
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> That site is likely the king of junk and useless data... I found my > previous site listed: > > >Denis Beauregard Genealogy Page > >Resource Details > >Type: Web Page > >Discovered: 11/Jul/1999 > >[ Internal Use Only: resource 5764 ] > >Last Visited: 23/Oct/2008 (Failed: 404) > >View Online:http://www.cam.org/~beaur/gen/welcome.html > > I abandoned that URL in 1999... > > Denis Beauregard <denis.b-at-francogene....@fr.invalid> Excellent feedback. When I started the Live Roots project, I knew one of my toughest challenges would be dealing with dead links. I've been a genealogy webmaster for almost ten years now, and this is one of the toughest and most unrewarding parts of the job. With Live Roots, I have tried to build in different tools to deal with broken links. As you can see in the snippet you posted, the site had detected that the link failed when it checked on Oct 23rd. Rather than drop broken links, I decided to leave them in and allow visitors to make the final decision. Using the Wayback machine, many links (including yours) have already been corrected. It will take time, but I'm encouraged by the first month of Live Roots being online and the number of links that have been reestablished. Many visitors have also told me that through the Live Roots search and the Wayback machine, they were able to find transcribed data that they couldn't locate through Google. illyad <illya@daddezio.com>
> Of course it could have been thrown away, lost in a move or a fire. > > halltall@aol.com Jan, we wonder about that! However, we decided to learn how to search for the Bible as some of us have in the past seen ads from folks wishing to locate descendants of folks who once owned the old Bible. Thanks for your suggestions. None of us knew where to start. Barbara Mac "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com>
> John FULTON of Crawford County, PA, in 1908 owned a family Bible > but it has disappeared and family members do not know what happened > to it. Are there web sites that list family bibles that have been > found? How does one search for a specific Bible when the year of > printing, 1752 in Edinburgh, is known and the name of an owner from > 1908 is known? > > "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com> Perhaps looking John Fulton up on Worldconnect.com. If someone else is researching that line they might know the whereabouts of the bible.
> > How does one search for a specific Bible when the year of > > printing, 1752 in Edinburgh, is known and the name of an owner from > > 1908 is known? > > > > Barbara McLeod <1brown1blue@gmail.com> > > Perhaps a clarification? > > John FULTON owned the Bible 1908. He has died. Descendants do not > know what became of the Bible owned by John FULTON. > > Any guidance as to searches for this Bible, if it still exists, is > appreciated. > > "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com> Was there a friend that he may have given the bible too? When my Sunday School teacher, Mrs Emma Bradley died on 12/18/1964, she gave her bible to me. While it does not have anything written in it, it has an obituary for her husband's mother who died in 1889.
> John FULTON of Crawford County, PA, in 1908 owned a family Bible > but it has disappeared and family members do not know what happened > to it. Are there web sites that list family bibles that have been > found? How does one search for a specific Bible when the year of > printing, 1752 in Edinburgh, is known and the name of an owner from > 1908 is known? > > "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com> The NGS has a collection of family Bibles on their site, I think that part is for members only. Before starting there, I would start in the area of the last? known residence in Pa. check major repositories in Pa - state library, local genealogical/historical society. Many family Bible family pages have been filmed and are on the FHL catalog. Try a GOOGLE for "family Bibles" - there used to be a site for this. I don't think knowing the date of publication will help you find it; the important thing is the surnames. Of course it could have been thrown away, lost in a move or a fire. Jan Hall halltall@aol.com