Wondering if there is any rhyme or reason to this place? When I was fortunate to have visited there, years ago, before genealogy study, the local minister gave me to believe it was a bit of a 'catch all'..........Protestants, RC etc.people from all over the area....... Does anyone have any knowledge of this or its records? Curious, Ruth

Ruth Not sure what you are alluding to but in the UK including N Ireland as church graveyards became full the local towns opened up cemeteries. All denominations were then buried there if their churchyard was full and/or they did not have a family plot in the church that could take more bodies. Plots are allowed to hold 3 bodies each, there was an embargo on the length of time between first and last burial not sure how long, but if eg someone had been buried 50 years ago they may then allow 3 more recent burials in the plot = 4 burials in that plot. Although I think that ruling has now been abolished and it is 3 burial only regardless of the time between fist and last. Sometimes a cemetery is divided up to allow different denominations to be buried in the same area. Hope this is the answer you are looking for? Pam -----Original Message----- From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ruth Enns Sent: 18 November 2006 02:15 To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Ballymena Cemetery Wondering if there is any rhyme or reason to this place? When I was fortunate to have visited there, years ago, before genealogy study, the local minister gave me to believe it was a bit of a 'catch all'..........Protestants, RC etc.people from all over the area....... Does anyone have any knowledge of this or its records? Curious, Ruth ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message