Denise, Nothing at all. Paupers graves is not PC so they call them public graves basically because you dont have to be a pauper to go in one Rob -----Original Message----- From: Denise <cinderhill971@btinternet.com> To: staffordshire <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Feb 17, 2013 10:09 am Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Public Graves Hi All, 1. What is the difference between Public Graves and Paupers Graves? 2. Yesterday looking at some burial lists for Burslem Cemetery 1923 buried in a Public Grave on consecrated ground and in 1949 his wife was buried in another part of the cemetery in unconsecrated ground with her daughter and son in law. So what is the difference between consecrated and unconsecrated ground? Denise ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message