Thanks! That is pretty interesting and can be helpful for people who are looking for tombstones. I guess they have to start in the proverbial "back yard." Waldo ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul B. Van Buren <pbvb@ix.netcom.com> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 1:40 PM Subject: [SWITZ] Re: SWITZERLAND-D Digest V00 #10 My cemetery experience in Ruttenen and Seewen in Canton Solothurn was similar. People are buried in chronological order of death (rather than in family plots), and when the "end" of the cemetery is reached, they just start over reusing the old graves. I was told that this takes around 25-35 years, and when they are ready to reuse a grave they call the descendants and ask them if they would like to have "grandma's" tombstone. Many people apparently then put the old tombstones of their ancestors in their backyard gardens. Paul Bartlett Van Buren Los Altos, CA SWITZERLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > SWITZERLAND-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 10 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's To [Bob Strock <bostrock@bright.net>] > #2 Re: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham' ["waldoette" <waldoette@innernet.ne] > #3 [SWITZ] Trip to Switzerland [CTaylorAus@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SWITZERLAND-D, send a message to > > SWITZERLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's Tombstone > Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 10:15:51 -0500 > From: Bob Strock <bostrock@bright.net> > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Jean, I think you will be very lucky to find a tombstone that is 50 years old in > Switzerland. Unless the person was well known. Most graves are normally turned over > every 25-30 years and reused. We have some wonderful pictures of tombstones from my > grandfathers home village but the dates are not that old. > > Bob Strock > > > > > Subject: [SWITZ] Nettie Poe Ketcham > > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:16:52 EST > > From: LolaGF@aol.com > > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Hello List, > > > > I would like to ask the help of this list of someone who lives in Heimberg, > > Switzerland. > > > > Elizabeth POE KETCHAM died January 27, 1950 at Berne, Switzerland and is > > buried with the farmers of Heimberg, Switzerland. I don't know the name of > > the cemetery. I am looking for a picture of her headstone to add to her web > > page, at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/4274/page39.htm > > > > If someone would know where this is located, I was wondering if some kind > > person could find this cemetery and possibly take a picture of her headstone. > > I would be most happy to pay costs. > > > > Thank you > > Jean Hehn > > Colorado, USA > > > > -- > Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching family > history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of Ohio. > Sponsor member of Rootsweb and listowner of Strock-L and Uhl-L message lists. > GenConnect Family Association boards: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Strock > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Uhl > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's Tombstone > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:09:44 -0500 > From: "waldoette" <waldoette@innernet.net> > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi: > > I found this quite interesting. I did not know of this practice. Can you > explain this a little more? In the US we have a fit if we find unmarked > graves, we need to know who they are so we can remark them. > > Thanks, > > Waldo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Strock <bostrock@bright.net> > To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 10:15 AM > Subject: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's Tombstone > > Jean, I think you will be very lucky to find a tombstone that is 50 years > old in > Switzerland. Unless the person was well known. Most graves are normally > turned over > every 25-30 years and reused. We have some wonderful pictures of tombstones > from my > grandfathers home village but the dates are not that old. > > Bob Strock > > > > > Subject: [SWITZ] Nettie Poe Ketcham > > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:16:52 EST > > From: LolaGF@aol.com > > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Hello List, > > > > I would like to ask the help of this list of someone who lives in > Heimberg, > > Switzerland. > > > > Elizabeth POE KETCHAM died January 27, 1950 at Berne, Switzerland and is > > buried with the farmers of Heimberg, Switzerland. I don't know the name of > > the cemetery. I am looking for a picture of her headstone to add to her > web > > page, at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/4274/page39.htm > > > > If someone would know where this is located, I was wondering if some kind > > person could find this cemetery and possibly take a picture of her > headstone. > > I would be most happy to pay costs. > > > > Thank you > > Jean Hehn > > Colorado, USA > > > > -- > Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching > family > history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of > Ohio. > Sponsor member of Rootsweb and listowner of Strock-L and Uhl-L message > lists. > GenConnect Family Association boards: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Strock > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Uhl > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the > Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [SWITZ] Trip to Switzerland > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:56:26 EST > From: CTaylorAus@aol.com > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Happy New Year to everyone! > I have just received news that I may be traveling in Europe this summer. > I am considering taking extra time to do some genealogy research. I am > asking for help from those of you who have made such trips. > What documents and records should I take with me? > What did you do in preparation for such a trip? > Looking back what do you wish you had done before you left? > My grandfather was born in Kerns but his father was from Lungren, where > would I find the best information for that area? > Thank you in advance for your assistance. > > Kimberly Zumstein Brown > searching for: Zumstein, Von Rotz, Durrer, Yungen/Jungen, Wenger, Ritter, and > Germann ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html