Certainly that "flexibility" would be MOST welcome. There are places in the world where the dead are always cremated and not buried. Then again what about the people who die at sea and are never found. The people who die in house fires etc. Do we say buried at so and so address in ashes? How would you address that? What about the people on 911. They are not buried at the site..not anymore anyway. Hmmm. Lee
----- Original Message ----- From: "woodmansrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] cremation > I have the same question. So far, I handle cremation as HopeKeeper has > suggested. I also have an event titled Cremation. But the one shortcoming > here is that, as has been pointed out, the book reports have hard-coded the > expression "so and so was *buried* at . . ." This is not entirely > inappropriate in that some people leave the ashes of their departed family > member in a crypt at a cemetery, so, in a sense, it can be said that the > person is "buried" there. However, there are others that might keep the > ashes at home, or spread them at sea or whereever. In that case, use of the > term "buried" is quite inaccurate. For example, my father's wishes were to > be cremated and have his ashes spread over his beloved Catalina Island, his > birthplace, off the coast of Southern California. I personally fulfilled > this wish by spreading them myself from my airplane. > > Perhaps Millennia might consider additional flexibility in this situation in > a future version of Legacy. > > Glenn Woodman > Vancouver, Washington > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lliving" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 7:23 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] cremation > > > > I am still new to the program. But the nearest I can figure is you will > > have to put it in the burial notes. You can change that to read cremation > > notes, but it would change it for every one in your report. > > > > HopeKeeper > > > > This email has been scanned and deemed virus free by Symantec's Norton > > AntiVirus. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Lee > > VanKammen > > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 6:00 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [LegacyUG] cremation > > > > How can I get my Ancestors Book to read cremated instead of buried > > in__________? > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
