COOTS, Edgar from Columbus --------------------------------------- Burial info: Name Rank State Date of Death Cemetery COOTS EDGAR PVT Georgia January 4, 1918 http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailw.php shows his burial info ------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] "Soldiers of the Great War" | My grandfather's brother, Edgar Coots died in France during WWI. I have a | photo of my great grandmother standing by his grave. She was a young woman | when he died, but old by the time she was able to go to France to see her | son's resting place. | Edgar was from GA. I have no picture of him, just his grave. | Anne Brown | FL | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Delilah" <[email protected]> | To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> | Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:23 PM | Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] "Soldiers of the Great War" | | | > Someone had donated the three volumns to a small library and I ran across | > them, I copied those from Al & Ga and plan to copy the rest, there are | > also | > photos - I have ancestry also but you only get a page with that name (you | > looking for) and others with the same letter, nothing else - I wonder if | > Ga | > & Al have their Service Summary Cards on-line | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Paul K. Graham" <[email protected]> | > To: <[email protected]> | > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM | > Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] "Soldiers of the Great War" | > | > | > | This is a good series. For those of you with access to Ancestry.com, the | > | books are available under the title "American Soldiers of World War I". | > | | > | Remember, the Soldiers of the Great War is only soldiers who lost their | > | lives. From the introduction: "The purpose of this work is to present a | > | record, complete and accurate, of the American soldiers who lost their | > lives | > | in Europe in the World War." | > | | > | The Ancestry.com scanned version did a horrible job with the photos, so | > you | > | might want to take Delilah up on her generous offer. | > | | > | If you want a summary of the service record of a soldier, both living | > and | > | deceased, each state has World War I Service Summary Cards, usually | > found | > at | > | the state archives. For Florida, you can view them online at | > | http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/WWI/. For Georgia and Alabama, | > you | > | can get a copy at the respective state archive. | > | | > | Paul K. Graham | > | | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] | > On | > | Behalf Of Delilah | > | Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:51 PM | > | To: [email protected] | > | Cc: [email protected] | > | Subject: [GEORGIA] "Soldiers of the Great War" | > | Importance: High | > | | > | There are 3 volumns of the above book, I have located all three in a | > | library, I copied the chronology of WW1 and also copied the names of | > those | > | that were from Alabama and Georgia, there are also photos. | > | So, if you have an ancestor that you think was in WW1, write me at my | > | personal e-mail and I will check, I don't think it tells anything but | > the | > | name. | > | If you would like a copy of a photo, that may be in the book, let me | > know | > | when you write to me at my personal e-mail. Eventually I am going to | > have | > | all the states copied. | > | | > | delilah evans | > | | > | | > | | > | ------------------------------- | > | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | > | [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the | > quotes | > | in the subject and the body of the message | > | | > | | > | ------------------------------- | > | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the | > quotes | > in the subject and the body of the message | > | | > | > | > | > ------------------------------- | > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the | > quotes in the subject and the body of the message | > | | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |