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Cemetery News

News about the cemetery and funeral industry, as well as anything that ties into genealogy and family history.

• VA Names New National Cemetery near Pittsburgh - (Dec 4, 2004) - The National Cemetery of the Alleghenies is the newest national cemetery planned for Pennsylvania

• 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

• Construction to Begin on Great Lakes National Cemetery - (Sep 18, 2004) - A local building contractor will begin work on the newest national cemetery.

• 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.

• 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.

• Family Tree Maker 2005 Now Available - (Aug 11, 2004) - MyFamily Inc. began shipping copies of the newest version of Family Tree Maker yesterday.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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!

• 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.

• 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