In a message dated 01/31/2001 8:49:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, conaught@ix.netcom.com writes: > > Does anyone know what a "Register of Perpetuities" is? > > > I think it refers to the ownership of the grave rather than the care of it although the owners could also arrange for maintenance "in perpetuity". In the FHL in Salt Lake City there is a book, a fascinating history of Glasnevin Cemetery which describes the arrangements for purchase etc: while one thinks of a grave being "owned" some were in fact recycled after a number of years. RB