This is a shame. I have discovered so much of my family history through actual cemetery burials and records, and nothing compares to the feeling I got when I discovered the burial place of my great-great-great-great-grandfather and then stood on the spot where he rested.
Cremations... out of sight, out of mind, and out of the history books. Then again with the trivialization of family in today’s society, who cares, I guess....
Good point!
My great grandparents are buried somewhere in the cemetery in Jennings Oklahoma. They both died of the flu within days of each other leaving my grandmother, who was 12 at the time and the eldest, alone with several siblings. There are no markers and the records telling where they are were burned up in fire years ago.
If I were to pass on any time within the near future, I would want to be buried in that little country cemetery, with their names mentioned on my headstone.
“Cremations... out of sight, out of mind, and out of the history books. “
It doesn’t have to be. Cremation urns can be buried with headstone markers or placed in crypts. Whether a family chooses to do that is apart from the cremation itself. A family could also choose a standard burial, but still not put up a marker.
My grandmother always said land is for the living. she was very insistent on cremation. And it doesn’t have to be out of sight out of mind. With the urn you can keep them in your household, although personally I found that a little creepy. We scattered grandma’s ashes on her favorite mountain peak, which is directly in my line of sight when I go home everyday, and any other time I can see that mountain range.