In keeping with standard locations I'm wondering if I could consider the ship as the city, leave the county and state fields blank, and use South Atlantic for the country. At least that way it would sort properly. Then in the notes I could give the details. Perhaps I'm being too critical.
Jim On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:16 AM, Kramer <kramer...@comcast.net> wrote: > We just had a cremation and possible private burial on farmland that I want > to verify so I'm ready to do one of those too. This is how I would do it. > In the Burial Notes or maybe burial location, I would mention "buried at > sea" and which water area if that is what happened. In Death Notes I would > mention that the death took place "aboard a ship in the South Atlantic" or > whatever the situation is. > > With regard to cremation, I would note the cremation in the death notes if > necessary, but I find burial more important. Since there are so many people > scattering ashes to the wind, it will be very difficult for genealogists in > the future. For the sake of locating the burial location, if given a > choice, I would choose to note the burial location. The date of cremation > is not an issue to me. Death and burial are the important things, just like > the date of embalming is not noted. I would only use cremation date to note > that we won't be able to find a burial spot due to a different "disposal" > (gee, not very reverent) of the remains. Whether cremated or embalmed, if > burial takes place, that takes precedence. If there is no burial, then I > would note cremation to show that no burial took place. > > Ellen Kramer > > Researching and loving Dorman, Kramer, Mirarchi, Procopio, Renninger and > Staudt-Stoudt-Stout families > > > On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:34 PM, William H. Boswell wrote: > > I was wondering the same thing and am glad somebody asked it. I have a >> twist on one person: the person donated his body to a medical school, then >> was cremated. No idea where the cremains were buried. >> >> I noticed you can't select both cremated and burial. It's either one or >> the other. I think I have a separate event for cremations. >> >> Bill Boswell >> -----Original Message----- >> From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf >> Of Jim Walton >> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:21 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Death location >> >> I have an uncle who died aboard ship during WW II. What do I put as his >> death location? I currently have Aboard ship in South Atlantic. >> >> On a similar topic, what to do about cremation. They are cremated and >> buried, but not necessarily on the same day. Do you just select cremated and >> then use the date and place of burial? I guess the cremation could be >> entered as an event, and then the burial record entered for burial. I really >> don't think it's a critical issue, but I'm curious how others are handling >> this. >> >> Jim >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > >
