After 20 years of doing Germanic research (GGSA and SCGS) this is the first time I have heard such a story, of moving people in a cemetery in Poland over to Germany. Sadly, I very, very seriously doubt it. In most of Europe, unless you were very famous or wealthy or military, the graves of most people were rented, not purchased, for 20 or 25 years, perhaps renewed once. After that time, the bones were recycled and the tombstones sold or used for sidewalks and new people were buried in the old places. There is simply no room for everyone. There may be records as to those who paid the rental fees, a great help, but finding an ancestor's grave, probably not. Then when the Russians came through, entire villages, including cemeteries and farmsteads and churches, were decimated altogether. But, always worth looking, and perhaps you will be lucky. Maureen Schoenky, Germanic Research, SCGS ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

> Spaghettitree@aol.com wrote: I don't think they met the dead people were moved to Germany. The live ones were moved to Germany and that's why you wouldn't find relatives in the cemeteries in Poland. If they were in Germany and died, they were buried in Germany. > > After 20 years of doing Germanic research (GGSA and SCGS) this is the first time I have heard such a story, of moving people in a cemetery in Poland over to Germany. Sadly, I very, very seriously doubt it. In most of Europe, unless you were very famous or wealthy or military, the graves of most people were rented, not purchased, for 20 or 25 years, perhaps renewed once. After that time, the bones were recycled and the tombstones sold or used for sidewalks and new people were buried in the old places. There is simply no room for everyone. There may be records as to those who paid the rental fees, a great help, but finding an ancestor's grave, probably not. Then when the Russians came through, entire villages, including cemeteries and farmsteads and churches, were decimated altogether. But, always worth looking, and perhaps you will be lucky. Maureen Schoenky, Germanic Research, SCGS ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "Drive to Arrive Alive" Larry Krull Midwest Driving School (785)841-7749 (785)760-1879 www.midwestdrivingschool.com

I concur Maurine... Regards, Rollo+~~ ============= Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Kasubian burials > > After 20 years of doing Germanic research (GGSA and SCGS) this is the > first > time I have heard such a story, of moving people in a cemetery in Poland > over > to Germany. Sadly, I very, very seriously doubt it. In most of Europe, > unless > you were very famous or wealthy or military, the graves of most people > were > rented, not purchased, for 20 or 25 years, perhaps renewed once. After > that > time, the bones were recycled and the tombstones sold or used for > sidewalks and > new people were buried in the old places. There is simply no room for > everyone. There may be records as to those who paid the rental fees, a > great help, > but finding an ancestor's grave, probably not. Then when the Russians > came > through, entire villages, including cemeteries and farmsteads and > churches, were > decimated altogether. > > But, always worth looking, and perhaps you will be lucky. > > Maureen Schoenky, Germanic Research, SCGS > >