"singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message news:_L6dnQfsKOogRvranZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@rcn.net... > D. Stussy wrote: > > > "Terry" <Terry234@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:15zftzg0inbtw$.1axhig7emz66g.dlg@40tude.net... > > > >>On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:43:01 -0500, Scruffy McScruffovitch wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Place of internment is the same as place of burial > >>> > >>>"Unsprung" <peterblood666@joimail.com> wrote in message > >>>news:13mcklca1r5if85@corp.supernews.com... > >>> > >>>>What does "place of intenment" mean on a death certificate. This person > >>>>died in NH but the place of interment was VT. The cemetery is not > > > > listed. > > > >>>>Peter > >>>> > >> > >>internment is an entirely different thing and has nothing to do with > >>burial: > >> > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment > > > > > > Actually, in some places, they literally are the same thing - e.g. "above > > ground burials" near New Orleans, LA (USA) - or any other place where a > > Masoleum is used as the final resting place on a regular basis. Those > > instances are both "burial" and confinement! > > > > > > > _Strictly_ for the record: New Orleans isn't the only place > the above ground burials happen; it's quite common all over > South Louisiana, because the water-table is less than 6-ft > underground. (g) New Orelans cemeteries are the best-known > of the places because New Orleans is better known than > Houma, say. What part of "e.g." didn't you understand? Nowhere did I say that it was limited to New Orleans.