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Spanish American War - Understanding Military abbreviations on Grave Stones

This page provides a glossary for abbreviations found on military gravestones from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Strachan Avenue Military Burying Ground

Toronto, Ontario.

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society - Veterans Graves in Pierce County, Washington

By 1939 at least 2,700 veterans were buried throughout Pierce County. They had served in various wars: Indian, Mexican, Civil, Spanish-American, WWI, and even the Boer War and Boxer Rebellion. In 1939 a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project was launched to identify graves and record more than 20 pieces of information on 5x8 inch index cards. The data was from cemetery records, death certificates, and service records.

Tallapoosa County, AL. Cemeteries Ft. Williams Cemetery Battle of 1812

Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Home Cemetery - Honor Page

This site provides listing and head stone pictures of all confederate veterans buried in the 'Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Home' cemetery located in Hermitage, TN on the property of our past president Andrew Jackson's home the 'Hermitage'.

Tennessee Confederate Soldiers' Home Cemetery

Alphabeltical listing (and information contained on) all the tombstones in the Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Home Cemetery, located in Hermitage, Tennessee.

The National Spanish American War Gravesite Recording Project

National project to record graves of Spanish American War Veterans. There are over 21,000 listings so far. Where possible the individual is linked back to the history of their regiment or ship, rosters and other info. The projects has listings for every U.S. state, various other countries and even for those buried at sea.

The Veterans

From the Howard County Memory Project, Indiana. Compiled by Kent A. Smith.

The War Graves of St Catherines, Barmby-on-the-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire

The War Graves Photographic Project

Families able to get copies of war grave photographs from cemeteries all around the world. Site working in association with The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cemetery Listing

The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) National Cemetery Administration maintains 155 national cemeteries in 42 states and Puerto Rico as well as 34 soldier's lots and monument sites. Please note that there is not a VA national cemetery in every state.

U.S. National Archives - Headstones Provided for Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903

On the 22 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced more than 166,000 card records of headstone (gravestone) contracts provided for deceased Union veterans of the U.S. Civil War.

Volksbund Kriegsgräberstätten

The German Military Grave Registration Service. Maintains 2 million war graves in over 640 cemeteries. Assists in grave identification and restoration. Provides assistance in determining the fate of German war dead.

War Memorials Trust

Dedicated to preserving the UK's National Heritage of War Memorials of every sort forever.

War of 1812 Soldiers Buried in Wayne County, N.Y.

World War One Cemeteries - A Comprehensive Guide To Military Cemeteries and Memorials Around The World

Photographs of all the Great War cemeteries containing over 40 burials in France and Belgium. Find the final resting place of your ancestor.