Thanks, Kyle. I had them grouped in with "several other of the common
religions", my list was getting too long. I did not know the part about
them not marking their graves, though. But that raises another question,
if you are going to clean an old cemetery and it has unmarked graves (most
do) how do you know who is buried there and what religion they were? Or,
is the grave unmarked or the stone just hidden under all that vegatation
you are getting ready to clean up? Some of that information may be found
in the preliminary research, but in most cases, not.
I think when I die, I am going to write in my will what I want planted on
my grave and how often I want it cleaned. And put a little money in
escrow to replace my stone in 75 - 100 years when it becomes unreadable or
broke. This may be a new business I could start. The funeral homes sell
burial insurance, I could sell "perpetual care of your gravestone and
grass" insurance.
Ernie
At 12:27 PM 02/27/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Ernie:
One denomination you left out would be Quaker, and although they chose to not
mark their graves for the most part, they did maintain the ground and kept
excellent records on where everyone was buried.
-Kyle
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