Jim, I think what you are referring to is the 'body farm' in Tennessee where they use pigs to determine the rate of decomposition for forensic purposes. This can hardly been compared to the 'green burials' used in Germany, where only the cremains - speak ashes - are buried near the base of a tree. Ursula ____________________________________________________ There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hartman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:19:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Burial practices OOOOOOOOOOOOOh this is the new way of getting "laid away" ! Put you out in a field or vacant lot and you do a Beethoven and "de-compose" ! Saw this on the History or the Discovery Channel.  They also have a crew that comes in and checks to see how long the body decomposes -- by age, weight, sex, etc. and put this together with the area where the body was "laid to rest."  They they take the statistics and use it for FORENSICS.  This way when they find a body somewhere they check the statistics on the body found and they know how long its been there.  Very interesting! Jim Hartman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ursula" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:12:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Burial practices Hello All, seeing that this 'burial' topic isn't going away I might as well continue the subject by informing you of the latest trend in Germany, the 'Friedenswald', an eco-friendly way of burial. Several cities in Germany and also in the US [e.g. Michigan] have set aside wooded areas that allows for the cremains to be buried near a tree with a small tag/sign affixed to the tree for identification. To read more about it, here is the link to Michigan's green burials, the concept of which has been practized in Germany for many years: http://www.greenburials.org/ 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 6:42:36 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Burial practices I must say, this is quite interesting.  Thank you for  sharing!     In a message dated 1/21/2010 4:48:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,   [email protected] writes: Thanks  for the answers.  When I was searching the internet I came across an  article from Berlin saying Germany wants to build a great pyramid to bury  people, bigger than those in Egypt.  One of the links below said it would   take 30 yrs to  complete. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/224733/Next_Great_Pyramid_made_in_Germ any_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_pyramid_monument http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/09/the-great-pyram.html Betty FL What  were the 19th century burial practices in Germany? I suppose they were   buried in the church cemetery. Did they have long-lasting markers such as   we have? My family lived in a small town, Herda, Thuringen and were poor.  Any chance of finding a marker from 1850-1900 if such things  existed? I read that some country had plots leased for 100 yrs, then  they were reused but don't remember if that was  Germany. Betty FL 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 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 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 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