I heard from someone today that the bodies are only in the graves for 1 year and then the bones are removed (New Orleans). Can anyone confirm this? Claire ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:04 PM Subject: [SWITZ] Burial New Orleans Style This discussion wouldn't be complete for me without telling how New Orleans, La. USA does it. Because of the Mississippi River and other waterways dumping in at New Orleans, La., the place is one of the most saturated in the world. Because of it, burials are in stone vaults, bodies stacked on top of one another, I guess, because the weight is needed to hold a normal pine box under the ground. Ernie Heltsley ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== Going on vacation? Gone longer than 4 days? Go to http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CHE/SWITZERLAND.html to unsubscribe