Genealogy /
Cemeteries in Poland [7]
It can happend enywhere.
not anywhere, we have organizations here which stop this. these cemetarys are
blessed ground. 40 years is not such a long time, considering we have graves
in America dating back to roughly 1776 if not earlier.
yes, there have been larger companies trying to buy out old land-cemetarys
and in recent years, these companies have been stopped.
I dont see that it would be a problem if it was your own family member who was
buried in that same area, providing it didnt mutilate the previous family members
body.
in my state, which is a state law, that all deceased are buried in a vault which is made
of stone, and sealed to prevent other things from getting at the body.
but these plots are bought by family and consider a piece of land bought and to not
be resold or changed in anyway.
I was unaware that this is what occurs, what is the point of blessing this land for
eternal resting place if the land would be disturbed again after 20 years and you
can no longer visit your parents or grandparents graves to pay respects?
Years ago those poor pesants obviously didn't have the room in their heads to worry about such things, but their relatives - emigrants ... usualy think of themselvs as being an "upper class", should have thought of preserving something for thir children. What are your thoughts on that?
now were going to talk, what do u think we Polish did when we came to America?
lived the high life? NO WE HAD TO WORK LIKE ANYONE ELSE , climb the ladder
and bust our arse to get where we are today.. high life?? ha!
do you know how many suffered on the boats coming over? how many died on the
way to a better life? how many died when they got here??
do you think that disease was only in Europe (cholera) TB? if your children made
it past the age of 5 your family was blessed. it wasnt until modern medicine and
the fight against disease became apparent that people lived longer. but it was
not easy for the immigrant in the U.S. as many think..
But, they worked hard, saved money, some sponsored other family who wanted to
come. this wasnt cheap even in those days.
and my grandmother didnt have a income, she lived off a bank account saved by
my grandfather when he died, then there was no income, so the boys had to pick
up the slack and take care of mother!! then one by one they were off and married
with own families, so my father was the only child living at home taking care of his
mother and working and paying bills.
my grandmother had 5 children die. none of them have grave stones, but they are
not buried over either.
the cemetary has since open a new section which was a building there, they knocked
down and started a fresh area for those who want to stay in this general area.
we still have one grave site which has no one in it, next to my grandmother, the
proposed paper says this belongs to my grandmother and her decendants or next
of kin for eternity. this is sole property of our family. our land. so no one can just
come along and bury their family (unknown to ours) in this section where we own.
I dont know where people get these false ideas that we are upper class because
of how we bury our family here. my grandmother like i said wasnt rich, she buried
5 girls and had to make payments monthly to pay for these graves which she was
just like any other person.
as for preserving for the children, we do here, and we have sent money there, what
happens to it is anybodys guess. maybe those who were buried there should be
cared for more then this wouldnt be happening.
