In a message dated 4/19/2004 11:40:23 AM Central Daylight Time, Mrbkdb112@cs.com writes: > > Thank you, Joe for the translation. That's what I thought, that she was the > > 92 year old, but it didn't fit with her children's ages. Then, I thought I > was > reading it wrong. It.means she was very old when she had her children. But, > maybe she was a second wife. > > You answered another question about the burial. It appears she was buried by > > the church. We were there, but no grave site. Its too long ago. The church > is > boarded up and the graves were from the later years...still old. I've > tramped > through so many cemeteries over there hoping they saved some old ones, but > they are not there. Very disappointing. > Really appreciate your response! > Millie Regarding graves in church cemeteries in the Czech Republic. I visited the Czech Republic in 1998. I was looking in the local church cemetery for the graves of my ancestors and was told that each gravesite is "reused" about every 50 years. An adult is often buried in a relatives grave, and a new headstone erected. Families take care of the graves. Also, if a grave is unattended for 10 years, then it is allowed to be "reused".