Ursula has just said, "enough of this subject". I agree but have one more addition. My friends family are all buried in the large Hamburg Cemetery. HOWEVER, they are all cremated and no stones on the large area. You just go to a record book and if gives you a map type location. Also, you can not walk around on this section. Bill Fehlinger- New Jersey

I find it fascinating to learn how another culture thinks on such a basic subject as burial. Thanks for the observations and experience, all. When graves are recycled and skeletal remains are disinterred, are they cremated, placed in charnel houses, reburied in mass pits - in short, what becomes of them? Generally, are cremated remains (or as funeral directors in the US say, "cremains") interred in cemeteries, kept by family members, scattered in a cemetery, or scattered in places special to the deceased?  Or is there no general way of doing it? This would make an informative discussion topic at the forum, too, not just here. Though the forum has many German members who know all this stuff, those of us who are German-heritage challenged would like to know. Thanks, Julia --- On Thu, 1/21/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: ...they are all cremated and no stones on the large area. You just go to a record book and if gives you a map type location.

Bill, I'm sorry, this is not what I meant! I meant that this all I that I was going to say on the subject as we have discussed this topic before, in depth. Ursula ____________________________________________________ There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:13:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [G-P-L] One more burial story. Ursula has just said, "enough of this subject". I agree but have one more addition. My friends family are all buried in the large Hamburg Cemetery. HOWEVER, they are all cremated and no stones on the large area. You just go to a record book and if gives you a map type location. Also, you can not walk around on this section. Bill Fehlinger- New Jersey For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- 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