Just for information, in Europe people are buried in a 8 x 8 plot, I mean dozens, what they do is take up the bones of those buried for a long time and put them in a bag and set them in one corner. This is a procedure that has been going on for centuries. Don (just came back from CR and found my ancestors going back to my 4th gr. grandfather all in one plot. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 12:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Claudia > > > In a message dated 10/27/03 5:49:44 PM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > Here in Minnesota it is normal practice to bury one person per > grave. I > > recall my shock when in 1984 my aunt died in Florida and was > buried in a > > VERY deep > > > > That is the way it is done at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. When my > husband died they checked to see how many dependants he had who > were eligible to be > buried with him and he was buried double depth as he had an adult > dependant > as well as myself who were eligible. > > Annie in Minnesota > >