What every one has to remember is that no one purchased a piece of land in which to be buried the land in most cases that we call a cemetery is owned by the Church, it is a plot in this land that is purchsed for burial purposes. The church never sold title to a piece of land. In Quebec if you buy a piece of land then it becomes offically registered and you pay taxes on it where as a plot in a cemetery is not the same. I would think that having a lawyer explain things might get a bit complicated.... there is no published law that you would like to read that states any thing about a plot ... the Civil code provides the right to the Church to do what it wants to do with its land, and since the church expecially the RC one is always looking for money they simply changed the way of handling burial plot proceedures .. you must remember most people did not pass by a Notary to have the purchase of a piece of land registed in thier name when it came to buying a plot in a parcel of land owned by the church. Douglas Macfie