Not everyone is a Christian... FL Rose
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Schulthies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Field > I am astonished that you have found (seldom) burials without deaths. The > catholic church, (from which most protestant churches came from), > historically did not care when a person was born but when they were > baptized. You could not be buried in a church cemetery without reference to > the baptism. The burial recorded in the church 'guaranteed' that the priest > had assured himself Last Rites were concluded before burial. The priest > didn't need to care about the time and date of death. just that he/she was > going on to the correct place. For my Norwegians, from the 1500's to > anywhere in the 1700's, the Lutheran priest, (State Church) only recorded > the part he did, the baptism. He would also record births of babies that > died at birth, and give the name of the baptiser, so the child would get > the good place. I am not sermonizing, I am just calling it how I see > things. If you actually delete burials once the death is verified, it is > yours to do. I hope you are not doing it to save space on the computer, > though, because saving 20-30 bites (guess) per person, of which probably an > average person has ABT 4000-8000 bites, the percentage saved per person is > negligible. But to each his/her own. > Happy hunting Rich in LA CA Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
