FYI-- Very Interesting & Informative site. Ken G. *************************************************** The agency put on the Web 3.2 million records for veterans buried at 120 national cemeteries since the Civil War. The VA's Nationwide Gravesite Locator, at http://www.cem.va.gov also has records for some state veterans cemeteries and burials in Arlington National Cemetery since 1999. Joe Nosari, VA's deputy chief information officer for Memorial Affairs, said the records used to be on paper and microfilm. Private companies have put some of the information online and charged for it, but the VA information is free, he said. The VA's gravesite navigator includes names, dates of birth and death, military service dates, service branch and rank if known, cemetery information and grave location in the cemetery. The VA will withhold some information, such as next of kin, for privacy purposes. The site will be updated daily. Annually, about 80,000 veterans are buried at national cemeteries. The VA also hopes to add records for veterans whose families requested grave markers from the VA. Those markers may go to private cemeteries or cemeteries overseas. ************************************* \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your Western Ky. KyGenWeb Genealogy homepages are***** CALDWELL http://www.kygenweb.net/caldwell/index.html CRITTENDEN http://www.kygenweb.net/crittenden/index.html LIVINGSTON http://www.kygenweb.net/livingston/index.html LYON http://www.kygenweb.net/lyon/index.html ALL KY COUNTIES http://www.kygenweb.net/index.html **********************************************************************