I don't recall ever seeing an official definition of graveyard and cemetery, but the term burial ground does comport well with the explanation herein. Official definitions anyone? Donal O'Còllàùgh O'Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ellen Chambers" <maryln61@sbcglobal.net> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Cemeteries, Graveyards and Burial Grounds > Pete~ > Could it be that a "Graveyard" is connected with a particular church > structure near by or a private burial place on a person's land? And a > cemetery (although may be connected with a particular religion but not > necessarily) is situated by itself, perhaps miles from a church? > I say this because here in the greater Cleveland area the huge east > side Catholic one is referred as Calvary Cemetery and the west side (much > newer) is Holy Cross Cemetery. Various others about the area with no > church but religion affiliation have the word Cemetery after the name. > The word graveyard is never used. > Just a thought. Oh and yes, "Burial" ground appears to be attached to > large ethnic group of people who share the same ethnic and religious > background i.e. ----- tribe name (usually native American) Burial Ground. > > Mary Ellen Chambers > > PeteScherm@aol.com wrote: > For years, I have been using these terms interchangeably (the dictionary > doesn't seem to differentiate amongst them), but yesterday I noticed a > sentence in > an article in the Journal of Irish Archaeology which made me question > that. > The essay deals with "Irish gravestones as a material form of genealogy" > (duhhhh). But this sentence surprised me: "Theft of statuary and other > elements > of stonework, often for resale as garden ornaments, is also known, and > whilst > it is most frequently noted by cemetery managers, it occurs at graveyards > also." > > The article, on "Artefact biography", is by Harold Mytum and is on pp. > 111-127, Volumes XII and XIII, 2003-2004. > > Any comments? > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western > Massachusetts > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ > > > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ >