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yzerbear19



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A layout about finding my Great-great-great granfather's grave.

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When I first started researching my family I was very excited to find that my great-great-great Grandfather Milo A. Thompson was a Civil War veteran. Not only did he fight in the Civil War, but served with the 1st Michigan Cavalry. I have always been fascinated with the Cavalry so it was exciting to find that my ancestor had fought with the Cavalry. Since that discovery I had been searching to find where he was buried. One day I came across someone on Ancestry.com that had posted his obituary that stated he was buried in Lewiston, MI. I did some research online and found a cemetery survey that listed both Milo and his wife Ruth. I knew then that I had found him. The text on the grave matched the other information I had about Milo. I was super excited. I decided to wait until the weather was nicer before heading up to Lewiston to see his grave in person . Melinda and I were able to locate the cemetery without much trouble. We knew that he was buried in Block 1 and a nice cemetery employee pointed us in the right direction. It was such an incredible moment actually seeing his grave. Melinda and I thanked him for his service and for his contribution to preserving the Union. Now I want to learn more about where the unit he was with fought and to maybe learn more about his service with the Cavalry.

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· Date: Mon June 6, 2011 · Views: 99
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Dolores

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Mon June 6, 2011 5:05am

Wow...that's awesome! I'm getting lots of inspiration from your layouts...we visited Gettysburg last week and you're the queen of historical layouts so I'll be checking out your gallery a lot when I get around to scrapping about it! I love the clean crisp look here...it's all about the photos and story!

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Mon June 6, 2011 5:31am

So exciting that you found him & that you found that obit on Ancestry! And, wow, is that a pic of him, too!? You know I'm kind of jealous, lol. Maybe this is why you've always been into Civil War history, it's in your blood.

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Hildur
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Mon June 6, 2011 10:40am

What a beautiful tribute LO
And how amazing that you were able to find his grave.

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debbysrose

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Tue June 7, 2011 1:37am

Oh wow, Melissa this is so special. That is so incredible that you have these momentos of you ancestor and that you were able to visit the gravesite. Your layout is such an awesome tribute to him and to others who fought for all of us along side of him.

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