Hi,
When I was at our village of Huejuquilla, Jalisco, Mexico. I went over to the current cemetary to find my grandparents and great grandparents.
But I also walked around looking at the dates to see which are the oldest. The oldest ones in the current cemetary date back to the early 1900's.
Then I thought about my ancestors that I found in the archives dating in the 1700's and wondered where could that old cemetary be located at?
So I asked family and friends in our village and other people about whether there was another cemetary where people from the 1700's were buried.
I was told that their is another place where there was another older cemetary. But they turned it into a Rodeo Arena and it is near a school.
Awwww.
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> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:39:22 -0700
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Trying To Locate Old Cemetaries in Your Village
>
> Hi,
>
> When I was at our village of Huejuquilla, Jalisco, Mexico. I went over to the current cemetary to find my grandparents and great grandparents.
>
> But I also walked around looking at the dates to see which are the oldest. The oldest ones in the current cemetary date back to the early 1900's.
>
> Then I thought about my ancestors that I found in the archives dating in the 1700's and wondered where could that old cemetary be located at?
>
> So I asked family and friends in our village and other people about whether there was another cemetary where people from the 1700's were buried.
>
> I was told that their is another place where there was another older cemetary. But they turned it into a Rodeo Arena and it is near a school.
>
>
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En la epoca colonial era costumbre que los difuntos se sepultaran en las iglesias, dentro y en el atrio, cuanto mejor posicion economica, podian aceder a un un lugar cerca del altar principal. Los pobres eran sepultados en el atrio, y los judios, excomulgados y todo aquel considerado fuera de la religion se enterraban fuera de la "tierra sagrada" o se a en "tierra bruta"
Cuando se aplicaron leyes de reforma (expedidas en 1855-1860 principalmente por Benito Juarez, Ignacio Comonfort y Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada) se quitaron a la iglesia varias facultades, entre ellas la del control de los cementerios, y fue a partir de ahi que aparecen los cementerios a cargo de las autoridades civiles.
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In the colonial period it was customary for the dead were buried in churches inside and around in the the atrium, the better economic position, they could dock to a place near the main altar. The poor were
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Thank you for sharing your great story. I am certain that the story you recounted has been repeated for other of our ancestor's cemeteries unfortunately.
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Hi,
When I was at our village of Huejuquilla, Jalisco, Mexico. I went over to the current cemetary to find my grandparents and great grandparents.
But I also walked around looking at the dates to see which are the oldest. The oldest ones in the current cemetary date back to the early 1900's.
Then I thought about my ancestors that I found in the archives dating in the 1700's and wondered where could that old cemetary be located at?
So I asked family and friends in our village and other people about whether there was another cemetary
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