Ohio, Summit County, Veteran Burial Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
These records include Veterans of Foreign Wars burial cards and veterans grave registration cards acquired from the Summit County Public Library, Arkron Ohio. The collection covers the years 1700 to 1941.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?
The cards generally list the following information:


 * Name of deceased
 * Residence of deceased
 * Date and place of birth
 * Date and place of death
 * War in which veteran served
 * Cause of death
 * Date and place of burial
 * Next of kin
 * Date and place of enlistment
 * Branch of service, rank and unit of service
 * Discharge date and place
 * Cemetery record includes grave number, book number and page of record
 * Source of information

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * The name of the person
 * The date of death or burial

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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What Do I Do Next?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses
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Citing This Collection
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 * Collection Citation:

"Ohio, Summit County, Veteran Burial Cards, 1700-1941." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing Akron-Summit County Public Library, Akron.

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