Many military bases have cemeteries on them as a result of their taking of land to create the base years ago. Before the base was created by Congress, there were probably dozens of family cemeteries and possibly other single graves on what it now Ft. Bragg. The military is required to take perpetual care of them as they would ball fields, yards, etc. The Public Information office on the base can probably give you information on someone that has indexed the cemeteries, or you might contact the Cumberland County Genealogical Society to see if they have a reference. As a follow up to this post, anyone looking for an index to the cemeteries for Ft. Stewart Army base (just below Savannah, GA and home of the 3rd Armored Division that fought in Desert Storm), Mr. Wyman May has published a book on them and it costs $15.00, plus $2.00 postage. His address to send your check is: P. O. BOX 523, Hinesville, GA 31310 BTW, Ft. Stewart (which covers 5 counties in GA) offers a tour of the cemeteries at least once a year and sometimes twice a year for people who may have ancestors buried there. My understanding is there are 13 cemeteries on the base and the next tour will be in November, 2001. Contact Mr. May and he can put your name down on the list to take the tour. Bob Carter Greensboro, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Long" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] cemeteries on Ft Bragg > How does one order these free books? I don't think AF Bases have > cemeteries. > > Nancy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margaret Sessions" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 4:40 AM > Subject: [NCROOTS] cemeteries on Ft Bragg > > > > I have a book that is issued by Fort Bragg, NC that lists the cemeteries > > that are inside the military compound. The military maintains these small > > cemeteries and keeps track of who is there. I found that most all the > > military reservations do this as I got a book from Ft Gordon, GA too. > > These books are not charged for. They have a certain group of people that > > this is their MOS(job), taking care of the cemeteries. > > You wouldn't believe how many are buried inside the forts. If anyone wants > a > > lookup of someone who may have died, many years ago, before Fort Bragg was > > installed, let me know and I'll see what I can find for you. > > > > Margaret > > > > > > There is only one other alternative to getting older, and I'm not ready > for > > that yet. I'm too busy diggin my roots and searching for more limbs to my > > tree. Diggin for Stewart, McConnell, Inglis, Herring, MacFarlane, > Jones,and > > others on paternal side, Addison,Wright,Newell,McDaniel,Foster,Renfro on > > maternal side and others. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > Map set, formation of NC Counties: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/countyfm.htm >