I would think *most* people would be just bones? There are always exceptions. So sorry your cousin saw that. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 11:10 AM Maria Lima <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/fe1bd3e3-1763-4448-aabc-33da4183de3e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/B1A5D4D3-5F3C-4700-A862-DBA0FD2D4359%40aol.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/A67E5933-1D9D-4C57-A352-CBFF690C1E24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAKUUw_HNXD%3DS6yWedpoC_gnzhaugtsKQ9T%2BgP_eWQFdx%3Do3XEA%40mail.gmail.com.
