Comments - Memorials, Tombstones and Cenotaphs - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T09:58:36Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6442157%3ABlogPost%3A129075&xn_auth=noThanks for that Robert. Will…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-12-02:6442157:Comment:1301502014-12-02T08:58:26.191ZDee Notarohttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/DeeNotaro
<p>Thanks for that Robert. Will use for my class. The Civil War dead toll was so huge it made the government move into action and provide immediately. Also, I have found the numbered blocks were used by mental institutions and penitentiaries for their dead whose relatives did not claim or could not or did not want to claim the bodies. If in genealogy research you have a missing relative - check out these institutions and their burial sites.</p>
<p>Thanks for that Robert. Will use for my class. The Civil War dead toll was so huge it made the government move into action and provide immediately. Also, I have found the numbered blocks were used by mental institutions and penitentiaries for their dead whose relatives did not claim or could not or did not want to claim the bodies. If in genealogy research you have a missing relative - check out these institutions and their burial sites.</p> A great blog post on the evol…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-12-01:6442157:Comment:1303262014-12-01T21:14:53.279ZRobert A Mosherhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/RobertAMosher
<p>A great blog post on the evolution of the <a href="http://taphophilecorner.blogspot.com/2013/11/countless-rows-of-gleaming-white-stones.html" target="_blank">appearance of the grave markers</a>.</p>
<p>The National Archives offers an article on <a href="http://www.archives.gov/research/military/veterans/headstones-nonfederal-cemeteries.pdf" target="_blank">Headstone Records Research.</a></p>
<p>The VA website has an article on the…</p>
<p>A great blog post on the evolution of the <a href="http://taphophilecorner.blogspot.com/2013/11/countless-rows-of-gleaming-white-stones.html" target="_blank">appearance of the grave markers</a>.</p>
<p>The National Archives offers an article on <a href="http://www.archives.gov/research/military/veterans/headstones-nonfederal-cemeteries.pdf" target="_blank">Headstone Records Research.</a></p>
<p>The VA website has an article on the <a href="http://www.cem.va.gov/history/hmhist.asp" target="_blank">History of Government Furnished Headstones and Markers.</a></p>