Hi Sofia,
Funny you should ask about visiting the graveyards in Los Altos. Some years
back I asked my Dad to take me to the cemetery and he looked at me as if I
had taken leave of my senses. He asked me why I would want to go there and
I explained that I hoped to read inscriptions on the tombstones and gather
genealogical facts that way. He said there were few tombstones and mostly
crosses. After that bit of disappointing news I did not go.
I know that in earlier times the more affluent would be buried inside or as
close to the chapels as possible. I don't know when this practice ended,
but I would guess it would be sometime between the Independence from Spain
and the Mexican Revolution. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this.
Maria
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 08:40:23 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Sofia
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Question/Pregunta
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> Hello Everyone,
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> I have a question............Has anyone gone to the graveyards of
> Jalostotitlan, Lagos, Teocaltiche etc., to take photos of the graves and get
> the info from the tombstones?
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> Sofia
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> Hola a Todos,
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> Tengo una pregunta.........?Habido algien que ha tomado fotos de las
> lapidas de los cementerios de Jalostotitlan, Lagos, Teocaltiche etc, para
> conseguir informacion por ahi?
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>
> Sofia
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>
Hi Sofia and Maria,
Cemeteries are a rich and wonderful source of genealogical information. I
like to visit the "Cementerio General de Guatemala" every chance I get. It
was built in 1871 at the site of an older cemetery and it has record books
dating from the year it was built. My parents, grandparents and great
grandparents are buried there, plus hundreds of close relatives. The
cemetery is laid out like a small city, with broad avenues and streets lined
up with trees. You can go to the administration office and find out where
your relative is buried. They keep excellent records. You can drive your
automobile right next to the mausoleum and read the plaques on the outside
walls. There is a small archive (two rooms) where you can look up your
ancestor's burial place in neatly kept books. You can even photograph the
pages you would like to have or they can photocopy them for you. Of course,
Guatemala is a city of several million people. In the last few years
several modern
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