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Message: [QUOTE="Shelley Dziedzic, post: 244965, member: 144586"] Well- so it looks as if someone has beat me to the writing of my potential bestseller! Too late again.. Today I was looking into funeral customs-there are some fascinating sites dealing with customs of mourning in Victorian times. Closure seems to be the big word these days- it's as if the deceased must be seen before the loss can register. I am still perplexed why millions were spent on JFK Jr. and his passengers-to bring up the plane, find the bodies, then to put them all back in the sea again. I thought of Titanic's victims which were sewn up in bags and returned to the deep. Here are some links regarding customs which may be of interest- I am an enthusiastic taphophile and can promise much can be learned about a generation from an hour's sojourn in a cemetery! [url="http://www.tales.ndirect.co.uk/A_ZINDEX.HTML"]http://www.tales.ndirect.co.uk/A_ZINDEX.HTML[/url] [url="http://cityofshadows.stegenga.net/"]http://cityofshadows.stegenga.net/[/url] [url="http://members.aol.com/TombView/links.html"]http://members.aol.com/TombView/links.html[/url] [url="http://here.at/cityofthesilent"]http://here.at/cityofthesilent[/url] Hope they all work! [/QUOTE]