Hello, in France, cemeteries are usually near the church or, increasingly, outside of the town / village. They are administrated by the "mairie" of the commune. The families can renew the "concession" at specific periods of time (up to 50 years, depending on communes). Abandonned graves can be recycled for new burials, when space is lacking As far as I know, one should ask the "mairie" to be allowed to take photos of graves. I do not know whether it is permitted or not to post such photos on a website. Etienne Le 15 févr. 13 à 22:46, Lampshire, Cathy a écrit : > Laura brings up an question I have had about European graves and www.findagrave.com > I was told it is forbidden to put photographs of graves (mainly > European) online, hence none of my ancestors can be found on www.findagrave.com > . > > Is this true? > > Cathy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com > ] On Behalf Of Laura Aanenson > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:41 PM > To: ALSACE-LORRAINE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [A-L] Burials in France > > Each of the records with which Ewald, Etienne and Brian helped me > mentions the burial of my ancestor, but not a cemetery per se. Are > burials in France similar to those in other European countries, i.e. > temporary? > > I was hoping to add my French ancestors to Find A Grave. When I > searched for Schmitt (a very common name) I found only 47 in all of > France. > > Relatively speaking, > > Laura

Now that I read this, I do recall hearing that in European countries posting such a photo is not permitted. I think I misread Cathy's post to suggest this was not permissible anywhere. There are no laws (of which I am aware) against sharing headstone photos online or otherwise in the US. But this brings me to another (similar) question. How do I know where my ancestors are buried? I would guess those named in the records I most recently located (burials in the 18th century) have been recycled. I think I may write to the mairie and ask the status of those direct-line ancestors in which I am most interested. Where would one find the name(s) of the church(es) in a particular town or village? Regards from (BRRR) Minnesota, Laura On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Etienne Herrbach < etienne.herrbach@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Hello, > > in France, cemeteries are usually near the church or, increasingly, > outside of the town / village. They are administrated by the "mairie" > of the commune. The families can renew the "concession" at specific > periods of time (up to 50 years, depending on communes). Abandonned > graves can be recycled for new burials, when space is lacking > > As far as I know, one should ask the "mairie" to be allowed to take > photos of graves. I do not know whether it is permitted or not to > post such photos on a website. > > Etienne > > > > Le 15 févr. 13 à 22:46, Lampshire, Cathy a écrit : > > > Laura brings up an question I have had about European graves and > www.findagrave.com > > I was told it is forbidden to put photographs of graves (mainly > > European) online, hence none of my ancestors can be found on > www.findagrave.com > > . > > > > Is this true? > > > > Cathy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto: > alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com > > ] On Behalf Of Laura Aanenson > > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:41 PM > > To: ALSACE-LORRAINE@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [A-L] Burials in France > > > > Each of the records with which Ewald, Etienne and Brian helped me > > mentions the burial of my ancestor, but not a cemetery per se. Are > > burials in France similar to those in other European countries, i.e. > > temporary? > > > > I was hoping to add my French ancestors to Find A Grave. When I > > searched for Schmitt (a very common name) I found only 47 in all of > > France. > > > > Relatively speaking, > > > > Laura > > > > > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Relatively speaking, Laura PS: Are we related? Find out at http://where2look4ancestors.com/

I posed the question to Google and this blog (with GORGEOUS pictures) was one of the results: http://erinkstapleton.com/ On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Etienne Herrbach < etienne.herrbach@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Hello, > > in France, cemeteries are usually near the church or, increasingly, > outside of the town / village. They are administrated by the "mairie" > of the commune. The families can renew the "concession" at specific > periods of time (up to 50 years, depending on communes). Abandonned > graves can be recycled for new burials, when space is lacking > > As far as I know, one should ask the "mairie" to be allowed to take > photos of graves. I do not know whether it is permitted or not to > post such photos on a website. > > Etienne > > > > Le 15 févr. 13 à 22:46, Lampshire, Cathy a écrit : > > > Laura brings up an question I have had about European graves and > www.findagrave.com > > I was told it is forbidden to put photographs of graves (mainly > > European) online, hence none of my ancestors can be found on > www.findagrave.com > > . > > > > Is this true? > > > > Cathy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto: > alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com > > ] On Behalf Of Laura Aanenson > > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:41 PM > > To: ALSACE-LORRAINE@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [A-L] Burials in France > > > > Each of the records with which Ewald, Etienne and Brian helped me > > mentions the burial of my ancestor, but not a cemetery per se. Are > > burials in France similar to those in other European countries, i.e. > > temporary? > > > > I was hoping to add my French ancestors to Find A Grave. When I > > searched for Schmitt (a very common name) I found only 47 in all of > > France. > > > > Relatively speaking, > > > > Laura > > > > > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Relatively speaking, Laura PS: Are we related? Find out at http://where2look4ancestors.com/

sorry - this is the link I should have attached: http://erinkstapleton.com/2012/08/13/the-cemetery-series-cimetiere-de-la-chartreuse-bordeaux-france-part-1/ On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Etienne Herrbach < etienne.herrbach@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Hello, > > in France, cemeteries are usually near the church or, increasingly, > outside of the town / village. They are administrated by the "mairie" > of the commune. The families can renew the "concession" at specific > periods of time (up to 50 years, depending on communes). Abandonned > graves can be recycled for new burials, when space is lacking > > As far as I know, one should ask the "mairie" to be allowed to take > photos of graves. I do not know whether it is permitted or not to > post such photos on a website. > > Etienne > > > > Le 15 févr. 13 à 22:46, Lampshire, Cathy a écrit : > > > Laura brings up an question I have had about European graves and > www.findagrave.com > > I was told it is forbidden to put photographs of graves (mainly > > European) online, hence none of my ancestors can be found on > www.findagrave.com > > . > > > > Is this true? > > > > Cathy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto: > alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com > > ] On Behalf Of Laura Aanenson > > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:41 PM > > To: ALSACE-LORRAINE@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [A-L] Burials in France > > > > Each of the records with which Ewald, Etienne and Brian helped me > > mentions the burial of my ancestor, but not a cemetery per se. Are > > burials in France similar to those in other European countries, i.e. > > temporary? > > > > I was hoping to add my French ancestors to Find A Grave. When I > > searched for Schmitt (a very common name) I found only 47 in all of > > France. > > > > Relatively speaking, > > > > Laura > > > > > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Relatively speaking, Laura PS: Are we related? Find out at http://where2look4ancestors.com/