When you really stop to think about it, they must have been doing this for years. There wouldn't be enough room for cemetaries to keep adding new graves. One of the things that I found different in Europe was that the villages are so close together--there usually is only 2 or 3 miles between villages, and the population is denser than in the States. And were talking about countries that have been populated for many, many centuries, rather than our two. It was a necessity, I'm sure. Dorie ---- Original Message ----- From: Sue Schafer <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] graves in Germany > Hi, > I just joined this very informative list since I am just beginning a geneological search for Schaefer roots. 32 years ago I went to Witterschlick (a suburb of Bonn) with my family. We looked at graves there and didn't find a single relative. Now I know why! > > How long has Germany used this method of turning graves? When did embalming stop, were embalming methods ever used? > > Thanks! > Sue Schafer > (I just found out the original spelling two weeks ago.) >

I have some photos of German cemeteries posted on the 'net. Go to http://www.germanna.com/ and then scroll down to "German Photos" Look in Rödgen and Gemmingen for examples. John Blankenbaker http://www.germanna.com/ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhis1.html http://www.inficad.com/~genelea/gerhist/gerindex.html

John, Have very much enjoyed the photos and the work involved in cataloging them. Hope I will be able to find my ancestors birth place and see what life was like there. B. J. Dunham Surname: Hanselman, Easterday http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=beejd ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Blankenbaker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:25 PM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Photos of German Cemeteries > I have some photos of German cemeteries posted on the 'net. > Go to http://www.germanna.com/ > and then scroll down to "German Photos" > > Look in Rödgen and Gemmingen for examples. > John Blankenbaker > http://www.germanna.com/ > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhis1.html > http://www.inficad.com/~genelea/gerhist/gerindex.html > >