TipWorld: GenealogyForwarded for your info. ----- Original Message ----- From: TipWorld To: tipworld-genealogy-html@topica.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:46 AM ...While researching death records, remember that some older cemeteries, especially those of religious origin, did not always bury people in family plots. The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery of Lowden, Cedar County, Iowa, is a good example of an "old country" Lutheran cemetery. In the late 1800s, it was assumed that six or seven people would die during the winter. In anticipation of this, the cemetery workers would dig six or seven graves, cover them with straw, and then uncover them as they needed them. This practice kept them from having to dig in the hardened ground during the winter months. This meant that: People weren't buried in family plots. People were buried in date order. Children were buried in a "child's row" while adults were buried in "adult rows." Smaller tombstones were used for children (often broken and destroyed) while huge monuments were used for adults.

Many years ago, but within my lifetime, stillborn and infants were often buried in a separate area of Church Cemeteries because they had not been baptized. Thank God this is not the case now. When my sister was born she was very ill and they did not think she would survive. A nurse in the nursery at Christ Hospital took it upon herself to baptize her so that she could be buried properly. (She did survive.) Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Jean Green" <bjgreen@infinet.com> To: <OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 9:35 AM Subject: Cemetery Burial Deviations > TipWorld: GenealogyForwarded for your info. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: TipWorld > To: tipworld-genealogy-html@topica.com > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:46 AM > > ...While researching death records, remember that some older cemeteries, > especially those of religious origin, did not always bury people in family > plots. > > The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery of Lowden, Cedar County, Iowa, is a good > example of an "old country" Lutheran cemetery. In the late 1800s, it was > assumed that six or seven people would die during the winter. In > anticipation of this, the cemetery workers would dig six or seven graves, > cover them with straw, and then uncover them as they needed them. This > practice kept them from having to dig in the hardened ground during the > winter months. > > This meant that: > > People weren't buried in family plots. > People were buried in date order. > Children were buried in a "child's row" while adults were buried in "adult > rows." > Smaller tombstones were used for children (often broken and destroyed) while > huge monuments were used for adults. > > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html >