I think the term ossuary can refer to a box or a place where such boxes are kept. Two years ago I went to my family village, Porto Formoso on Sao Miguel. We went to the cemetery to find out what we could find out. The man there, quite a character, showed us a bone box. What they did was bury someone in a temporary grave, until only the skeleton was left. They they removed the bones from the grave, so they could re-use the grave, and put the bones in a bone box (an ossuary). This was to save space. In the Holy Land you can see ossuaria or ossuarium, where many such bone boxes are kept. Hope this helps. Michael
On Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 2:46:26 PM UTC+11, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Repost for Anthony Silver, thecoloursilver.82 at gmail.com > > Anthony said: > << is the Ossuary a building ?>> > > It depends. Try Google (or your favorite search engine). > Here's Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossuary > Here's a general Google search (you might want to click on the Images tab): > https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=ossuary > > The only one I saw in the Azores was the size of a dog house. So in that > case, I saw a little concrete building. Maybe someone else has seen one in > another freguesia. When I've gone to the Azores, I'm in the archives. I > don't go to the cemeteries, as I know my ancestors are no longer in marked > graves. > > Hope this helps, > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/ca05c88d-3551-449c-8414-79f471a41ce5%40googlegroups.com.
