Howdy, A couple weeks ago I attended a funeral of my neighbor and much to my surprise he was buried 12 feet down so his wife could be buried on top. This was in Fulton County , College Park , Georgia. thought this would be of some interest to you all. Henry C. Kelley Jr. -----Original Message----- From: Paula Ward <pward@express-news.net> To: KELLEY-L@rootsweb.com <KELLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 11:59 PM Subject: Re: Stacked Caskets (was: Burials...) >This isn't exactly about KELLEY research, but it's certainly interesting. > >Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York, may be one of the largest cemeteries >in the world and it has been in existence since the early 1800's. The >practice of burying family members one on top of the other is not as >unusual as might be thought. In my mother's family, several deeds exist >for family burial plots in Calvary Cemetery in New York. When I wrote to >obtain information about family members, I found that I could order a list >of interments for each plot. From the 1850s up to the present time, the >same plots and the same graves have been used again and again. The lists >of interments provided an overwhelming amount of information and included >names and data about people I was researching, and some I had never heard >about--which required more research... > >A story that my grandmother told was quite revealing. She said that when >they dug the grave to bury her grandfather, nothing remained from her >four-year-old sister's burial (from only four years before)...except the >brass nameplate from the casket. > >Paula > >Paula Kelley Ward >San Antonio, Texas >pward@express-news.net >"Genealogy is the art of confusing the dead and irritating the living.” > >---------- >On Wednesday, August 26, 1998 10:46 PM, Alli <aka2@magiclink.com> said: >> >> Interesting info. One the subject of "stacking" the casket's? I don't >know >> the exact location or name of the cemetary, but there is at least one >> family down in Phoenix, Az. that has already been doing this same thing. >My >> x-brother-in-law was telling me that a friend of his already knows >exactly >> where he'll be buried when his time comes-on top of his parents & quite a >> few generations back are. >> Of course--if they "run out of room" in his area--they'll have a whole >> bunch located in one plot to move, should save some time. >> > > >==== KELLEY Mailing List ==== >For information on virus hoaxes and urban legends, see (for example): >http://www.kumite.com/myths/ > > > >