CE:
When a National Cemetery opened in northeast Ohio, at least one veteran was
moved from his local cemetery to the National Cemetery.
Howland Davis
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From: CE WOOD <wood...@msn.com>
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com>
Sent: Mon, Sep 21, 2020 4:55 pm
Subject: [LegacyUG] Cenotaph vs. gravestone in FAG
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FAG memorials are cenotaphs, not gravestones. People who search cemeteries find
them and, not knowing the genealogy of the person, mistakenly enter it as a
gravestone. FAG asks that all cenotaphs be duly marked as such on a memorial
page, but many people don’t follow the rule, even if they know it is a cenotaph
– they just want to add another memorial in their list. Cenotaph is Greek
for “empty tomb”. Not all are single gravestones; many are monuments with
several family members listed. I have struggled for years to get FAG to remove
a family cenotaph that the poster refuses to admit is one. Not being
genealogists, FAG doesn’t check accuracy, but sometimes it will change things
when you can show them documents. Be aware that many persons in medieval
times were buried one place first, then moved (sometimes more than once). Also,
many churches, abbeys, monasteries, etc., were destroyed, so are hard to find
in FAG because posters can’t find the church, etc. Also, many killed in
battle or abroad, may have been brought home to be buried. Sometimes, different
parts of the body were buried in different locations. That’s why researching
actual documents that mention where a person was buried is essential. If you
know the actual gravesite of a person, use that as the FAG Memorial# in Legacy.
Cheers, CE --
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