General Digest, Vol 31, Issue 2

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,
>
> 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?
>
>
> Sofia
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