>From all the responses, I can see I've lived a limited life--at least in terms of burial customs! Thank you for the history lesson--truly. I love learning new facts like this. You can be sure I'll contribute what you wrote at some dinner party soon...and impress everyone with my new-found knowledge.
Liliana On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 6:32:24 PM UTC-7, Herb wrote: > Yes it's true. I have lived and travelled to dozens of countries and this > practice is common all over the world. There isn't enough room for all the > bodies. My grandfather died in Terceira and was buried there in 1940, aged > 40. When I lived in Terceira I went to the cemeteries to search for his > headstone or some information on him and found out his bones had been > removed 7 years after the burial. In Terceira it was 7 years I don't know > about the other islands. In Guam I think it was 11 years after burial when > I lived there. When I lived in the UK they leased plots for a period of 25 > 50 or 99 years. It's the same in Australia. Paris and Rome have famous > ossuaries and catacombs -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
