Susan, thanks for sharing this- very moving. I can’t imagine... Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 16, 2020, at 1:01 PM, 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you Monica for the image. > > I saw the one at Santa Catarina church in Castelo Branco and it was more like > what Cheri said..... like a long big dog house maybe. > > Along this subject I had a memory of one of my mother’s first cousins telling > us when he came to this country (after the volcanic eruption on Faial) that > he witnessed his grandmothers bones being exhumed. He told me this in the > 1960s and I recently visited him and asked him about it (I thought it was my > great grandmother but turns out it was on his mother’s side). I felt so bad > because he started to cry because he saw her red hair and she was > recognizable to him. His wife seemed to indicate that a family member had to > be present. I was so sorry I had brought the subject up and i would think it > would be such a painful experience for anyone to have to witness this. Have > any of you heard that there (used to be at least) this custom? > > Susan Vargas Murphy > >>> On Jan 16, 2020, at 8:29 AM, 'Monica C' via Azores Genealogy >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> Hello, >> >> I've recently had to deal with my father's bones being placed in an ossuary. >> >> My father passed away in 1987 and the cemetery had placed him on the list to >> exhume back in 2017. Instead of his bones to be placed in a mass grave of >> bones, I had the option to have him placed in a n ossuary in the same >> cemetery. There was a fee. >> >> I have provided a link to the image from facebook when it was being blessed >> by the parish priest. Just copy and paste it in your browser. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/matrizdascapelas.paroquia/photos/a.890467641120771/1110441779123355/?type=3&theater >> >> Thanks >> Monica >> >>> On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 10:46:26 PM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: >>> Repost for Anthony Silver, thecoloursilver.82 at gmail.com >>> >>> Anthony said: >>> << is the Ossuary a building ?>> >>> >>> It depends. Try Google (or your favorite search engine). >>> Here's Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossuary >>> Here's a general Google search (you might want to click on the Images tab): >>> https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=ossuary >>> >>> The only one I saw in the Azores was the size of a dog house. So in that >>> case, I saw a little concrete building. Maybe someone else has seen one in >>> another freguesia. When I've gone to the Azores, I'm in the archives. I >>> don't go to the cemeteries, as I know my ancestors are no longer in marked >>> graves. >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> Cheri Mello >>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >>> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/fe1bd3e3-1763-4448-aabc-33da4183de3e%40googlegroups.com. > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/B1A5D4D3-5F3C-4700-A862-DBA0FD2D4359%40aol.com. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/A67E5933-1D9D-4C57-A352-CBFF690C1E24%40gmail.com.
