I know in Switzerland the bones are put in the basement of a church. My friend got pictures through a broken window years ago. I can't remember how long the body stays in the grave before the bones are moved to the church. Apparently this happens a lot. Sherry
Sent from my iPad > On Apr 22, 2014, at 6:05 PM, "\"E\" Sharp" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Liliana, > > Not sure about the Azores, but in other areas of Europe after a number of > years this is true. My friends in Germany told me that if they wanted to > continue to have their father remain where he was, they could either pay > again or the area would be reused. Not sure what they did with the remains - > not sure if he ever had a stone. I am very lucky that my for my family > members in Croatia, they kept the stones and lined the perimeter of the > cemetery with the old stones so I was able to find many of my family's stones > which, of course, I took pictures of. > > "E" > > >> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Liliana Harris <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> I had thought I would travel to the Azores this summer and do a little >> research in the cemeteries. Now I read (again, I will admit, fiction) that >> the people dig up (all?) the bodies after a certain number of years. Can >> this possibly be true, especially in a Catholic culture? Why? Where would >> they put the bodies? Would the headstones remain? >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
