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From: "Richard B. Honeycutt Sr." <>
Subject: Help in searching cemeteries
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 23:58:54 -0500

Sorry if this post is received a number of times on different list, but
something found while browsing might help people searching cemeteries
for relatives.

SOME CEMETERIES BURY IN
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

When searching cemeteries, you should be aware that religion

sometimes had a lot to do with the way people were buried.
Here's a
good example: In the old country, Lutherans were buried "in
order" of
death. There was a row for children (with small stones), and
one for
adults. When winter came, the church would dig six or seven
graves
and cover them with straw in anticipation of coming deaths
that
winter. That way, the church members didn't have to dig
through
frozen ground or go to several different spots in a
cemetery. When
people died, they were buried in chronological order. So, if
you're
visiting one of these cemeteries and you can't read a stone
that sits
between two others that are legible, at least you'll know
the person's
approximate date of death.

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