To: MJ who wrote (463184 ) 1/3/2012 10:06:41 PM From: KLP 3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) | Respond to One last thing....for centuries until the 1930-1940's people buried their dead on their own most often. They were laid in their homemade coffins, and friends and family came to pay their respects, as you said. Sometimes, people lived in the country, and didn't have other than friends and family to dig graves. If it was winter, especially in the northern climes, the graves couldn't be made for weeks, until the ground thawed. Coffins were covered and kept in a safe place outside until they could be actually buried. And yes, children of our ancestors understood that this was part of family life. Did our early settlers bury their babies who died in childbirth at once------the whole family lived through the births and the deaths? Okay, let's agree to find this bringing the baby home to be unusual--------How, does this reflect negatively upon Rick Santorum's capability to be President of the USA? It does not.
