Kari:   I "googled" to see if there is information online re: when funeral homes began and found this interesting link: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazrt/gazrt25.htm   Fred --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Kari Farnell <klaf@dmv.com> wrote: From: Kari Farnell <klaf@dmv.com> Subject: [LDR] Burials on homeland To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 4:55 PM My father asked me an interesting question yesterday that I can't answer am hoping someone out there can. When family members were buried on family property, such as these little gravesites you see in the middle of fields, etc., were funeral homes involved in that or were they jus buried and a stone erected? I know often times the bodies were laid out in the homes for several days before burial, but who took on the responsibility of the burial and stone? Also when did actual funeral homes come into existence as far as that being a place to hold a funeral and not just meet with the undertaker? I hope I haven't made my questions too confusing, I'm really not sure how to word what I'm thinking. Kari Andrew Farnell researching Andrew, Lomax, Appel, Fischbach *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message