I agree with you...age has nothing to do with it. Shirley On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Elaine Martin <mcstumped@suddenlink.net>wrote: > My new word for the day: inurnment. Some of you have probably heard of > this before, but this is my first encounter. So for those of you that > are as "behind" in the times as I am, here is what I found for the > meaning of inurnment. > > Inurnment - the process of placing cremated remains in an urn. The urn > can be placed either above the ground in a niche, or below ground in a > grave. Inurnment is distinctive from interment, which involves burial. > > Inurnment Service - the action of putting the cremains of the deceased > into a columbarium. Ok, so then I had to look up columbarium. This is, > in essence, a mausoleum exclusively used for placement of the cremains > of one who is deceased. > > After all these years of genealogy, I have learned too many new things. > All the things I can no longer remember were pushed out of my brain to > make room for what is important now....genealogy. Age has nothing to do > with it. That's my story and I am sticking to it! > > Elaine Martin > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Does being over 70 have anything with learning new words? Seems like my 53rd high school reunion is coming up soon. Now if I can just remember when......   My real email - Doug >________________________________ > From: Shirley Cullum <shirlcullum@gmail.com> >To: txgen@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 11:51 AM >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] New word for the day > > >I agree with you...age has nothing to do with it. > >Shirley > > >On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Elaine Martin <mcstumped@suddenlink.net>wrote: > >> My new word for the day: inurnment.  Some of you have probably heard of >> this before, but this is my first encounter.  So for those of you that >> are as "behind" in the times as I am, here is what I found for the >> meaning of inurnment. >> >> Inurnment - the process of placing cremated remains in an urn. The urn >> can be placed either above the ground in a niche, or below ground in a >> grave. Inurnment is distinctive from interment, which involves burial. >> >> Inurnment Service - the action of putting the cremains of the deceased >> into a columbarium.  Ok, so then I had to look up columbarium. This is, >> in essence, a mausoleum exclusively used for placement of the cremains >> of one who is deceased. >> >> After all these years of genealogy, I have learned too many new things. >> All the things I can no longer remember were pushed out of my brain to >> make room for what is important now....genealogy.  Age has nothing to do >> with it.  That's my story and I am sticking to it! >> >> Elaine Martin >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >