Thanks, Don, for the introduction to the Grave Registration site.
Here is an opportunity for local personnel to determine if Civil War era
grave sites have been entered, and to enter them if they have not already been
included.
By going to the search form, and entering just the City and State, the
search will report all veterans that match that burial location.
If local groups would assume the responsibility to canvass their favorite
sites for grave information not currently included in the data base, and submit
it, that would further the value of the data base for others. We have
included further information about how the selection and listing process operates:
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War – Grave Registration Project
[ Located on the Internet at:
_http://www.suvcwdb.org/home/index.php_
(
http://www.suvcwdb.org/home/index.php) ]
National Graves Registration Project
The SUVCW National Graves Registration Project was established in 1996.
Since then, hundreds of dedicated people from within and without our Order have
graciously devoted thousands of hours of their time and energy visiting
cemeteries, recording, verifying, researching and entering the final resting places
of Civil War veterans. From the beginning, one thing was missing - the means
for the SUVCW and general public to search and view the results of our labor
on the Internet. As the number of registrations grew, it was also apparent
that duplication of effort and waste of time was reaching an unacceptable
level, without knowledge of what was completed and what needed further
investigation.
The National Graves Registration Database is now available to all. The
database was activated February 22, 2005. This will make all original
registrations available for viewing by the general public, as well as allowing for new
registrations to be entered through our online program. For the time being,
only new graves registrations will be entered through the "submitter" area.
Updated or additional information concerning previously submitted registrations
should continue to be submitted to the National Graves Registration Officer.
Naturally, submissions for those without computer access or preferring not to
use this tool will be accepted through regular mail or email by Department
Graves Registration Officers or, in their absence, the National Graves
Registration Officer.
There are two sections/areas in the online program:
* Public Area (for viewing/searching only)
* Submitter Area (for those with approved accounts and allowed to
enter registrations)
Regarding the "submitter area":
1. An individual, Camp, Dept. applies for an Account, which is either
approved or disapproved by the National Graves Registration Officer (Nat'l
GRO)
2. Approved submitters enter a grave registration(s), it is
automatically checked for duplication. If passed, it is allowed to be submitted, but is
not entered in the main database
3. The submitted record(s) goes to a "holding location", where it is
reviewed and either "approved" or "disapproved" by the Nat'l GRO
4. Records passing the above criteria still are not part of the main
database until the Nat'l GRO or designee enters one additional area and inserts
it/them into the database
It is our hope that this online database program will promote increased
interest in the SUVCW National Graves Registration Project and take us to an
entirely new level of achievement. Depending on the source referenced, there were
between 4.2 and 4.8 million Union Civil War Veterans. Due to mass burials,
unreported battlefield losses, burials at sea and other circumstances, we can
never expect to register all Union graves, but with your assistance we will
succeed in honoring the "boys in blue" to the best of our ability.
Good luck to all
Vince
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