My husbands aunt died while her only daughter was on their big vacation to Europe. Her 3 sons decided to put grandma "on ice" until his parents returned so it wouldn't ruin their long planned trip. They didn't tell their mother that her mother had even died.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gary Benson Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Date I have a family member who died in June 2000 but he donated his body to science. His remains were eventually buried in December 2002, two and a half years after his death. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 11:54 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Burial Date > I have been working on a substantial GEDCOM for some time now and the originator did a > great deal of investigative work - very nice job. BUT, if the death field has a date then > she puts the burial date down as that same month and year. I have seen this with many, > many records over the years and I do not understand why so many insist on doing it. There > is certainly no guarantee that any (Christian)individual was buried the same month as > death. I only complete this when I have an obituary, funeral home record or anything else > which might indicate the graveside services detail. For the most part the field is pretty > well restricted to the more recent generations as it would be difficult to find out when a > person was actually buried in the really early years. I know they pretty well had to be > buried ASAP but unless one has specific proof should not the field remain empty? The > great grandparents of my wife were in mortuary cold storage for almost six months as the > family fought over the estate...a court order prohibited the burial until settled. > > Tom.......... > > > 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 > 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 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
