Rob Miller wrote >If someone is cremated then scattered (ocean, forest, unknown), I've >been changing the "Buried" field name to "Cremated" and inputing the >date and location of the cremation. > >If someone is cremated then buried (or scattered at a Cemetery), would >you leave the "Buried" field name as it is, but create a "Cremation" >Event with the date and location of the cremation? Do you do anything >special for scattering at a Cemetery? > I have a relative who was cremated and her ashes interred in the family grave. I only know the month and year of cremation (not the day or place) but I do now the date and place of interment. In her case, I have left the fieldname as "Buried" and recorded the cremation in Burial Notes.
In other cases I know the date and place of cremation but not the disposition of the ashes. In those cases I change Buried to "Cremated." I think if I knew both the date and place of cremation and burial I would record the cremation with "Cremation" as the fieldname and add the details of the burial in the Burial Notes. One could create a Burial [of ashes] Event, but I don't think I would. What I think would look all wrong and I couldn't be doing with is seeing "Cremated on [date] at Grave n, Section X, ABC Cemetery ..."! (I do include an *entire* address in my Locations.) -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
