In a message dated 03/12/00 17:02:39 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Featured was a small town just off the beaten path between Salzburg and Vienna (I don't recall the name of the town) with a tiny church and cemetery. Apparently the cemetery was so small that the bones were kept in the graves for only a short time (12 years, if memory serves me) >> Hi Jayne This is the town whose name I was trying to remember, I visited it and was taken aback by the practice of digging up the remains and placing them on display, especially after such a short time. It was explained to me that not only was the churchyard so small that it could only contain a few graves but the biggest factor was the rock that lay only a few inches below the surface of anywhere in the town, this made excavations long and costly so the inhabitants solved the matter in a practical if somewhat bizarre manner. Did you see the McDonald's sign in Salzburg? Most appropriate that the city fathers had insisted on one in keeping with the rest of the street. Cheers Jack in the land of Robin Hood