My niece is in the "Babyland" section of a Mt Olivet Cemetery in Frederick MD. The area is for young parents who can't afford a plot or haven't decided where they want to be buried. If the parents eventually choose the same cemetery for themselves, they can have the baby relocated to their plot at no charge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert McGonigle To: slbearer@comcast.net ; Cambria County Geneology ; pablair@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [PABLAIR] [PACAMBRI] Calvary Cemetery, Altoona Here in Columbus, Ohio at St. Joseph's Cemetery there is a section for babies called The Guardian Angel section. I have a cousin who is baried there (I think she was just a few weeks old). Their parents told me the baby was buried there because they could not afford to buy graves for themselves and burial in the Guardian Angel section was very inexpensive. Whether this is the same for Calvary mentioned below I don't know but many years ago I believe non-baptized babies were probably not allowed to be buried in a Catholic Cemetery. Marilynn would know...WHERE IS SHE BY THE WAY????? Robert McGonigle Columbus, Ohio> From: slbearer@comcast.net> To: pacambri@rootsweb.com; pablair@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:58:35 -0500> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Calvary Cemetery, Altoona> > I went looking in the Calvary Cemetery last summer & I was amazed at how huge a place this really was. I had no idea. I did not see these babies mentioned in the note below but am interested to find out also why they might have a section just for babies. Can someone on the Blair list possibly answer why there is a section just for babies in the Calvary cemetery as noted below? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: M Jenner > To: slbearer ; pacambri@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:33 PM> Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Potters Field & Catholics> > > I remember as a child going to visit my grandfather's grave in Calvary Cemetery in Altoona and wandering over to a section of the cemetery that was all baby graves. I don't know if they were separated because they weren't baptized or whether! they were separated because their parents would have been young at the time of the baby's death and didn't have a family plot. I was fascinated with the markers as some had little cherubs and angels on them. I still like to wander cemeteries and read the markers to this day. I guess that is why I am into genealogy. > - - - - - - - - - -> > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage:> http://www.camgenpa.com/> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message To subscribe, unsubscribe or visit the PABLAIR mailing list archives, go to http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/blair.html To sign up for the Daily Uploads mailing list of PA USGenWeb Archives, go to http://www.usgwarchives.net/mailman/listinfo/padailyuploads ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABLAIR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message