I first tried the National Archives, twice for John Cavin and once with Sherezer Waite, and got back 'sorry ,no records found". I donated a transcription of John Cavin's 2 year Civil War diary to the Military Park at Vicksburg. Almost all of the diary coverd the time John was serving with the 30th Ohio. at Vicksburg.. The park was most interested in troop movements during the siege. It didn't show the 30th's movements but It did bring out much wanted information on the Pioneer Corp's movements. John had joined that corp in the first part of the diary. From the conversations with the park personel I got the name of the firm I used to gain the much wanted war records. I think the name of the outftt was "The Horse Soldier" It is an on line Antique Store with the added research dept. Great Stuff . On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Judie Cook <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > 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 >