In response to note from the Gardening magazine reply. If was in fact, from a monument dealer, then no harm was done. That means it never got to the place it was to go or their was a mistake on the stone. But is also states that the monument dealer and caretaker are the same. A sort of conflict of interest. Would you not agree? I know of this happening....the dealer and caretaker the same working just outside of the cemetery grounds. Make you wonder how they can separate one from the other. The only thing left to do as to ask the name of the dealer. If the writer of the story could answer this one question then everyone would be happy. . We need to hear both sides of the story. Sheila

Hi Sheila. These days the monument dealer puts a sticker/plaque etc. on the monuments. I saw at the Old Catholic Cemetery here in Orillia, the monument dealer would actually engrave their name and town on the stone. There is one in the cemetery that was has the name (can't remember it) but it was from Newmarket. Maybe there is a name engraved. I found them in the lower right hand corner. Heather in Orillia Check http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ For Ontario Birth, Marriages & Deaths -----Original Message----- From: GEN [mailto:gendreamer@wightman.ca] Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:46 AM To: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ON-CEM] Selling monuments In response to note from the Gardening magazine reply. If was in fact, from a monument dealer, then no harm was done. That means it never got to the place it was to go or their was a mistake on the stone. But is also states that the monument dealer and caretaker are the same. A sort of conflict of interest. Would you not agree? I know of this happening....the dealer and caretaker the same working just outside of the cemetery grounds. Make you wonder how they can separate one from the other. The only thing left to do as to ask the name of the dealer. If the writer of the story could answer this one question then everyone would be happy. . We need to hear both sides of the story. Sheila ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== READ the taglines! Before you ask for a lookup ...check http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Hi group - I recently became a director for our cemetery in Aylmer, Quebec. Not having any experience in this matter, I decided to ask the cemetery's maintenance guy tonight about the selling of stones. He looked at me as if I had rocks in my head. His response absolutely floored me. In our area, our cemetery is apparently the only one that has perpetual care which he describes as being for the life of the cemetery. According to him, ALL of the others operate on a lease basis in that you lease a plot for 30 years and then after 30 years you or whoever is responsible for the plot is asked to lease it again. If you do not or you can't be contacted, the plot is re-leased. The stone is removed, sold and ground down so that it can be re-used. There is a RC cemetery not far from me that was founded in 1826 and there are no stones from the 1800's. There is a pile of concrete at the back of the cemetery from the bases of the plots that have recently been removed making them available for resale. I asked him how deep the plots are and he responded 12 feet so that another coffin can be put on top of it later at the end of the first lease. Now this part really disgusts me... I asked him what happens in 60 years when the two people's leases have run out. Let's just say that no one is allowed to have a concrete or steel casing around their coffin. I'm 45 years old but I feel like I was born yesterday after hearing this... I know that we do things a little differently over here in the belle province but this really bothers me. Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "GEN" <gendreamer@wightman.ca> To: <CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:45 AM Subject: [ON-CEM] Selling monuments > > In response to note from the Gardening magazine reply. > If was in fact, from a monument dealer, then no harm was done. That means it > never got to the place it was to go or their was a mistake on the stone. > But is also states that the monument dealer and caretaker are the same. A > sort of conflict of interest. > Would you not agree? > I know of this happening....the dealer and caretaker the same working just > outside of the cemetery grounds. > Make you wonder how they can separate one from the other. > The only thing left to do as to ask the name of the dealer. If the writer > of the story could answer this one question then everyone would be happy. . > We need to hear both sides of the story. > > Sheila > > > ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > READ the taglines! > Before you ask for a lookup ...check > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >