I would be interested in learning what you did. A friend did it and he got some reinactors that played the drums, banjo and flute (I think) and it was so meaningful. The reinactors wouldn't accept pay, but they did take a donation to their reinactor group. Thank you, Diane ---- Diane S <dsanfilippo303@comcast.net> wrote: > Shannon > I did this for my 3rd great-grandfather, David Aldrin McDonald from Ga., who died in the war. If you are interested you can contact me. > Diane S Sanfilippo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ShaniFaye > To: georgia@rootsweb.com ; roots-L list ; SC-GENEALOGY@rootsweb.com ; TNROOTS@rootsweb.com ; NCGEN@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 7:40 AM > Subject: [GEORGIA] Tombstone memorial/dedication service > > > I have had a project in the works for a few years now....it was my goal to > find out where my husbands 3rd great grandfather was buried so that I could > see if he had a grave marker that notated his service during the War between > the States, it took me almost 2 years to find where he was buried and he had > no stone at all. I gathered all the necessary paperwork and ordered the > free stone from the VA and it is back now and awaiting the monument company > to install it for me. > > This means I can start planning the memorial service and I'd really like to > hear from people that have done this kind of thing before. I have a few > ideas in my head and I have 5 months to get it planned (the service is set > for September) but I REALLY want this to be something special....so if any > of you out there have ever done this, or know someone that has planned one, > I would really like to hear from you on what you did and how you went about > it. > > He didnt die in the war...he served almost the entire war and was at the > surrender in 1865. He died in 1923. > > Thanks in advance > Shannon Byers > > > > -- > Do you love genealogy? Do you have a brick wall? Do you have info you > could share with others who might be researching your family...or are you > looking for others that might be researching the same? Join us on my > genealogy forum (this is a message board NOT a mailing list) at > http://www.ancestrallychallenged.com/forum and make some new genealogy > friends and post your brick walls so we can help!!!! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEORGIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1400 - Release Date: 4/27/2008 9:39 AM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEORGIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message