Tuesday, April 19, 2011

'Pay $10,000 to keep old family graves'

As someone who appreciates the importance of preserving cemeteries I could not believe this next story. It  seems this area in England wants to dig up the older graves so they can sell them again. Relatives could be asked to pay between £1,000 and £5,000 (that's approximately $2,000 to $10,000) to keep a plot that's more than 75 years old. Remains that were removed could be placed in an unmarked common grave.

2 comments:

Joan Miller (Luxegen) said...

Is there a link to the story?

Anonymous said...

That's so disrespectful. I nerve of some people!...I'd like to read this story myself if you could provide a link to the article.