To Janis, Marcia, Pam and Others- For questions regarding cemetery plots or other aspects of cemeteries, burials, stone rubbings, etc, you might try asking folks at CEMETERY-L, a cemetery discussion group AND/OR CLA-L, a mailing list devoted to genealogical research concerning cemeteries. CLA-L has a web page at http://mininet.smu.edu/cla/ to answer questions regarding what the list is and isn't. Hope this helps. Laura Meeks, lmmeeks1@earthlink.net To post a message to the CEMETERY-L list send it to: CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com To subscribe to the CEMETERY-L list for "regular" MAIL (individual messages), send a message to: CEMETERY-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE To subscribe to the CEMETERY-L list in DIGEST mode (a message with several posts in it), send a message to: CEMETERY-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com In the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE ---------------------------- Janis wrote: > > I was wondering how burials and cemetery plots were handled waaaay > back. Were there plots for sale or were they given to the deceased if > it was a church? If it was a private cemetery I imagine they were > buried there free? What about a large cemetery in a town? Were the > deceased's families charged for burial plots? I'm talking about 1850's > or before. > > Thank you very much > > Janis in AZ > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > Support online research! Donate to the RootsWeb Genealogical Project! > See more information at: > http://www.rootsweb.com