When my husband and I were in the Calheta in 1992, I wanted to visit the cemetery there, but our relatives said that most of our family members were no longer buried there. They were rather vague about the subject, so I didn't get to visit the cemetery. David were you able to view cemetery records ? Pat Silve Corbera California USA david-nancy.degrella@juno.com wrote: I had read that the grave sites are reused after about 15 years. It may depend upon the need. When I visited the cemetery in Arco da Calheta during our trip to Madeira, I saw some graves close to 30 years old. David DeGrella Tennessee USA On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:55:06 -0800 "papagaia2" writes: > Maybe someone can shed some light on how long a grave site/plot is > kept in > Madeira. I have heard that sites/plots are only kept for 7 years. > If > that's true what then happens with the remains in that site/plot? > Pat Silva Corbera > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luis Beal" > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:03 PM > Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Infant's Death Record > > > As far as I am aware only records up to 1911 have been made public. > Anything > after that you have to either go the the vital records office or to > the > cemetery. > Luis Beal > > > > I am researching a young ancestor who died in about 1929 in Madeira > (Funchal > I believe). I do not know the child's name...in fact I know nothing > else > other than the child was a little boy. I do have information about > his > parents. > > The father was António Barros da Silva born in about 1892 in Madeira > and > voyaged to Massachusetts, U.S.A. where he met Senhorinha de Lima > (native of > Graciosa), my father's first cousin . They were married 4 November > 1916 and > at some point returned to live on Madeira where their child was born > in > about 1929. After he died at about 6 months of age, António and > Senhorinha > decided to return to Massachusetts to live. Further tragedy > occurred in > about 1934 when António and Senhorinha's daughter died at birth. > They > didn't have any other children. > > I feel a burden to record and preserve information about these > children and > would appreciate any information and help anyone can provide to help > me. > > Thank you, > Greg Lima > ------------------------------- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRT-MADEIRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message