Cremation - a burning question
Hello to all. I have a query about cremations which seems to be avoided, or I have not asked correctly.
If a person is cremated and not buried, where is the details of that event to be found?
Cemetery records may not show exactly where the ashes are! In fact they may be already scattered by the time we look for the event. My local cemetery has a wall for placing the ashes and there is a plaque and cover on the niche where the ashes container is located.
Some details are recorded on the brass plate but not often to the extent usually seen on a tombstone.
Which leads me to ask, is there a cremation list or site like 'find my grave? for tombstones?
Some locals here have their cremated family member ashes installed, I guess, in the memorial rose garden of their church with a brass plaque listing just names of those buried, or just commemorated, on the church wall behind.
Cremations are seldom mentioned in genealogy sites, but they are becoming more common as people move away from their family areas, overseas for instance.
Plus more people are moving away from religion.
Then there is the complication of a multi wife setup where the last wife or others, not related to anyone in the husband's family.
My own death will result in my cremation, and my latest wife from overseas, will be cremated and installed alongside my plaque etc. few details included on either plaque.
If a person is cremated and not buried, where is the details of that event to be found?
Cemetery records may not show exactly where the ashes are! In fact they may be already scattered by the time we look for the event. My local cemetery has a wall for placing the ashes and there is a plaque and cover on the niche where the ashes container is located.
Some details are recorded on the brass plate but not often to the extent usually seen on a tombstone.
Which leads me to ask, is there a cremation list or site like 'find my grave? for tombstones?
Some locals here have their cremated family member ashes installed, I guess, in the memorial rose garden of their church with a brass plaque listing just names of those buried, or just commemorated, on the church wall behind.
Cremations are seldom mentioned in genealogy sites, but they are becoming more common as people move away from their family areas, overseas for instance.
Plus more people are moving away from religion.
Then there is the complication of a multi wife setup where the last wife or others, not related to anyone in the husband's family.
My own death will result in my cremation, and my latest wife from overseas, will be cremated and installed alongside my plaque etc. few details included on either plaque.
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