News about the cemetery and funeral industry, as well as anything
that ties into genealogy and family history.
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VA Names New National
Cemetery near Pittsburgh - (Dec 4, 2004) - The National
Cemetery of the Alleghenies is the newest national cemetery
planned for Pennsylvania
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State Cemetery
Opening in Idaho Marks VA Milestone - (Nov 24, 2004) - A
new state veterans cemetery in Idaho opens up, marking a new
milestone for the Department of Veterans Affairs
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Construction to
Begin on Great Lakes National Cemetery - (Sep 18, 2004)
- A local building contractor will begin work on the newest
national cemetery.
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Training Center to Open for National
Cemetery Staff - (Aug 24, 2004) - A new training center
for employees of national cemeteries will open in St. Louis,
Missouri.
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Ancestry.com Launches Document
on Demand - (Aug 19, 2004) - When users find their ancestors
on a census or newspaper, they can obtain a high-resolution
printed copy.
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Family Tree Maker 2005 Now Available
- (Aug 11, 2004) - MyFamily Inc. began shipping copies of the
newest version of Family Tree Maker yesterday.
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New Television Show Researches
the Biography of Christopher Columbus - (Jul 29, 2004) -
On August 1, 2004, the Discovery Channel will broadcast a new
television documentary that studies the genealogy and biography
of famed explorer Christopher Columbus.
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Veterans Affairs
Buys Land for New National Cemetery - (Jul 22, 2004) - The
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has purchased a 561-acre
site in Solano County, California, for a new national cemetery
for veterans and their families in the Sacramento area.
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Fort Sill National Cemetery
Construction Complete - (Jul 22, 2004) - The first-phase
development of the 391-acre Fort Sill, Oklahoma, National Cemetery
has been completed.
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National Cemetery Administration
Launches Project to Index Monuments - (Jul 13, 2002) - The
National Cemetery Administration has launched a project to index
all of the monuments located within the 153 national cemeteries
under its management.
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Publishers Genealogical Coding Service
Offered for Takeover - (Oct 30, 2000) - The PGCS has made
a name for itself by inventing a unique method for codifying
the source of a newspaper obituary.
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New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Goes Online - (Oct 21, 2000) - DistantCousin.com has recently
published the names of veterans appearing on the New Jersey
Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Cemetery Preservation Workshop
at Hurt Cemetery in Milano, Milam County, Texas - (Oct 7,
2000) - Lynna Kay Shuffield will be conducting a "Cemetery Preservation
Workshop and Work Day" at the Hurt Cemetery in Milano, Milam
County, Texas
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Interment.net Announces its Mobile
Edition - (Oct 5, 2000) - Do you have a handheld computer
such as the Handspring Visor, the Palm, the Sony Clié,
or a Windows CE based device? If you do, then subscribe to our
new Mobile Edition. You'll love it!
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Descendants Sought from Endangered
Cemetery - (Sep 27, 2000) - An expansion of an airport in
St. Louis, MO is planned, and a nearby cemetery is scheduled
for demolition. Descendants of those buried in the cemetery
is sought.
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Cemetery Preservation Workshop
- (Jun 10, 2000) - The Gibson County, IN volunteers of the Indiana
Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project and the Princeton Library
Genealogy Department are co-sponsoring a Cemetery Preservation
Workshop
