Sheri, I was searching for the burial location of a collateral ancestor who died in the Civil War. Previously, I had found mention in the Regimental Records of the 28th WI Inf. of his burial in the "Mississippi River National Cemetery" (which, by using http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form) I had found out is now called Memphis National Cemetery. I had sent the cemetery a letter, to which they replied "He's not here. But we do have 8,000 Unknown Civil War burials...). Basing my knowledge on the Regimental records, I persisted, to which they again said "He's not here." At this point I went to RAOGK (http://www.raogk.org/) and located a volunteer in Memphis, outlined my problem to them saying that all I had was a 'number' from the Regimental Records. (I had no idea what this 'number' meant and the cemetery said that was an old numbering system and it had no meaning to them.) Well, to make the story short, the RAOGK volunteer found my ancestors tombstone (marked "Unknown") at the Memphis National Cemetery and the stone carried the 'number' I had found in the Regimental Records. I am in process of attempting to get a new head stone bearing my ancestors name. Now that RAOGK volunteer certainly took that extra step and found the information for me! That's what genealogy should be all about - each of us helping out others. It is amazing what can be accomplished by doing this! Please consider volunteering at the RAOGK web site. Remember the saying "What goes around comes around." We can all benefit in our own research by volunteering to help others! Shari ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:51 AM Subject: [NYOnonda] (no subject) > wis1848 .... I would like to know who in Memphis has helped you . That > has got to be the WORST place for getting anything . Elmwood cemetery is the > absolute pits . I have had the worst time with them just trying to find out if > my ancestor was buried . They kept telling me he was not their . After a > year of asking - at intervals - I finally happened on someone who actually > looked it up for me and found him . I just recently asked jim to do a look for > me for a will record at Memphis library . He told me to contact the Memphis > library , that they do those things . Thing is I tried that already & " whoever > " at the Library couldnt find it . I figured I would try someone else to > see if tht would work out better . Sometimes I think that North - South thing > is still going on lol Dont have any desire to even visit Memphis anymore > :( > > Happy Holidays :) > > sheri >