When I started researching my family tree I soon discovered my great grandfather John Walace Cavin was not buried in the family grave sites in the Auberry CA cemetery . Since he was a Civil War vet I started contacting the CA GAR Orgainizations with no luck even with a state wide search...Since he died in Fresno Co. I contacted various county agencies that might be able to help. The second person I reached actually went out on her lunch break, two days in a row, and located him,with his military marker, in the Mountain View Cametery on Belmont Ave in Fresno and not in the military section, His wife,who is buried beside him had remarried after his death. Her marker was provided by her serviving spouse ...and so marked. The search was hindered by the misspelling of his name by inserting an "L" in the last name making it CALVIN. The "L" was chisiled out and it remains to this day CA VIN. I located his brother-in-law, after again exhousting all government agencies, in the Military Park in Murrietta GA who had his last name of Waite mispelled by dropping the "E". The only way he was identified was his odd first name of Sherezer. He died of wounds from a battle before the nearby Battle of Atlanta. I have a son who was killed in service in the Gander air crash in 1985.I attended a Memorial service at Ft.Campbell KY.and could not make the Arlington service. When I wanted to visit the the grave site I was told he was buried in San Jose Ca They finally located his grave ,LAST YEAR in Arlington.I was told over and over again that he was buried a a in California. .I spent a few dollors trying to get military records of family members with no luck ...None! I finally spent $35.00(each) on a private research firm in VA and they have never failed to find all the records I requested.

Jack...did you try the National Archives to get military records? I got my father's from WW1....in maybe 2 weeks time...NO COST. Must have been a mistake I guess that I was not charged. Then I went online to www.footnote.com. (membership required). What a treasure trove! I like your attitude...NEVER GIVE UP! Judie Cook On Apr 22, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Jack Graham wrote: > When I started researching my family tree I soon discovered my great > grandfather John Walace Cavin was not buried in the family grave sites in > the Auberry CA cemetery . Since he was a Civil War vet I started contacting > the CA GAR Orgainizations with no luck even with a state wide > search...Since he died in Fresno Co. I contacted various county agencies > that might be able to help. The second person I reached actually went out > on her lunch break, two days in a row, and located him,with his military > marker, in the Mountain View Cametery on Belmont Ave in Fresno and not in > the military section, His wife,who is buried beside him had remarried after > his death. Her marker was provided by her serviving spouse ...and so > marked. The search was hindered by the misspelling of his name by inserting > an "L" in the last name making it CALVIN. The "L" was chisiled out and it > remains to this day CA VIN. I located his brother-in-law, after again > exhousting all government agencies, in the Military Park in Murrietta GA > who had his last name of Waite mispelled by dropping the "E". The only way > he was identified was his odd first name of Sherezer. He died of wounds > from a battle before the nearby Battle of Atlanta. I have a son who was > killed in service in the Gander air crash in 1985.I attended a Memorial > service at Ft.Campbell KY.and could not make the Arlington service. When I > wanted to visit the the grave site I was told he was buried in San Jose Ca > They finally located his grave ,LAST YEAR in Arlington.I was told over and > over again that he was buried a a in California. > .I spent a few dollors trying to get military records of family members > with no luck ...None! I finally spent $35.00(each) on a private research > firm in VA and they have never failed to find all the records I requested. > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > 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