Re: [LegacyUG] Cenotaph vs. gravestone in FAG

2020-09-21 Thread Howland Davis via LegacyUserGroup
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 -Original Message- From: CE WOOD To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Mon, Sep 21, 2020 4:55 pm Subject: [LegacyUG] Cenotaph vs

[LegacyUG] Cenotaph vs. gravestone in FAG

2020-09-21 Thread CE WOOD
Many 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Cenotaph

2019-11-14 Thread jensj
eers, > Carolyn > > From: LegacyUserGroup on behalf of > William (Bill) R. Linhart > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:31 PM > To: Legacy User Group > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cenotaph > > My 2 cents: > > EVENT sounds like the way to go. > > There c

Re: [LegacyUG] Cenotaph

2019-11-13 Thread CE WOOD
You can also create an new event called "cenotaph". ​Cheers, Carolyn From: LegacyUserGroup on behalf of William (Bill) R. Linhart Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:31 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cenotaph My 2 cents: EVE

Re: [LegacyUG] Cenotaph

2019-11-13 Thread William (Bill) R. Linhart
My 2 cents: EVENT sounds like the way to go. There could be more than one Cenotaph, for example one in a family plot and one or more included in a veterans memorial. Another similar situation might be entering cenotaphs for those lost in the sinking of ship like the Titanic. On Wed, Nov 13,

Re: [LegacyUG] Cenotaph

2019-11-13 Thread Shirley Crampton
I have a relative who was Lost in Action over the North Atlantic. I used "Memorial" for the memorial to him on the RAF Runnymede Memorial and I used "Memorial Tombstone" for the memorial on his parents' tombstone. I recorded both of these as events. I recorded his burial as North Atlantic off

[LegacyUG] Cenotaph

2019-11-13 Thread Scott Hall
Quick question -- how best to handle recording a cenotaph? Specifically, the ancestor I'm recording was taken captive in a Native American raid, marched to Canada, and died along the way. Where she was buried (if at all) is lost to history. But, she is memorialized on a family gravestone at the