I’m sorry too! He’s 83 now, so a sorrow that just doesn’t go away :( Susan
> On Jan 16, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. >>> -- >>> 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. > > -- > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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