The multiple person per burial site was quite common in Scotland where they are called lairs.  "Good" burial ground where one could dig with ease was often at a premium.  Ergo, dig it as deep as you can and use it as often as you can. That this should have carried over to Ireland and North America is not surprising.  We Scots love a good bargain.  In addition, it tends to keep families together.;-) Cliff.  On Friday, February 19, 2016 2:48 AM, val mcleish via <[email protected]> wrote:      Hi Janet, Gravestones: not sure what happened in Fermanagh, but certainly in Glasnevin, and also in London cemeteries, graves held 6 to 8 people and areas of the cemetery were set aside for poorer people to share graves. There were no headstones. Even family graves did not always have headstones. My GARLANDs in Dublin had a family grave but could not afford a headstone for it from 1907 through to the 1940s. Another cousin of mine bought a headstone for his parents grave in 2010. They died in 1950 and 1980! Wooden crosses were cheap to make and were used in the past, but these did not last more than about 50 years. So in these cases the only way of locating a grave would be if the priest or funeral company kept records. Val Mc in Brighton UK   ========================= https://www.facebook.com/groups/FermanaghGold/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Our family is still doing that, though using a more modern method. My ggparents and gparents are buried in a historic Victoria BC cemetery called Ross Bay. When my mother died, she was cremated, and we were given permission to bury her urn in the gparents' plot. Same with my Dad years later, and that is where I want to be too, with my Armstrongs. Between the two double plots we've been assured we can continue this practice for many years. The plots are concreted over (with grass around giving burial access) and there is room for plaques with names, dates and other messages. In both cases we brought a pastor to hold a short graveside service, and now I feel grounded, have a place to visit and bring them up to date with my family research ! Margot The multiple person per burial site was quite common in Scotland where they are called lairs. "Good" burial ground where one could dig with ease was often at a premium. Ergo, dig it as deep as you can and use it as often as you can. That this should have carried over to Ireland and North America is not surprising. We Scots love a good bargain. In addition, it tends to keep families together.;-) Cliff.

Margot, Ditto, as my aunt is buried with her mother.  The family received some resistance from the cemetery, but eventually won out on the basis of the burial plot contract not barring it.  This is in Toronto, Canada. Cliff. On Friday, February 19, 2016 12:35 PM, Margot Jorgensen <[email protected]> wrote: Our family is still doing that, though using a more modern method.  My ggparents and gparents are buried in a historic Victoria BC cemetery called Ross Bay.  When my mother died, she was cremated, and we were given permission to bury her urn in the gparents' plot.  Same with my Dad years later, and that is where I want to be too, with my Armstrongs.  Between the two double plots we've been assured we can continue this practice for many years.  The plots are concreted over (with grass around giving burial access) and there is room for plaques with names, dates and other messages. In both cases we brought a pastor to hold a short graveside service, and now I feel grounded, have a place to visit and bring them up to date with my family research ! Margot The multiple person per burial site was quite common in Scotland where they are called lairs.  "Good" burial ground where one could dig with ease was often at a premium.  Ergo, dig it as deep as you can and use it as often as you can. That this should have carried over to Ireland and North America is not surprising.  We Scots love a good bargain.  In addition, it tends to keep families together.;-) Cliff.

That sounds lovely Margot! Many of my relatives are in the same cemetery, so we are all together, but not in the same actual plot. The latter might cause a commotion! We are all "talkers"! Eilish PS. I'm not in there yet! On 20/02/2016 5:34 AM, Margot Jorgensen via wrote: > now > I feel grounded, have a place to visit and bring them up to date with my > family research ! > Margot > > >