Dear Earnie, I was surprised several years ago when I visited western Wisconsin to see taht the "Mother or All Rivers" flooded the way it did. I do remember that near Fountain City, WI, there were many tombs of Swiss origin ( Ticino, Valais, but mostly Swiss-German) who were buried in hills overlooking the Misssissippi. Now, I understand that the remaining Families did not particularly wish to see their loved ones float down to New Orleans and into the sea......... Jacques de Guise Estudio de Investigaciones Genealógicas Center for Genealogical Research Cabinet d'Etudes Généalogiques Madrid, Lausanne [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 7:04 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 >