Considerations and Decisions of our own demise that need to be made. (Page 2/2) fierofool DEC 11, 07:44 PM quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: I'm half-tempted to do a VIN search for my old Solstice to see if I can find out if it's still on the road and if / who currently has it. It had low miles when I sold it... but the rear-end was getting a little squirrelly. I felt like something was wrong under there... like maybe bushings were shot or who knows what. https://youtu.be/5lwe58ve3MQ?si=uGYPKTsh_Ou15y2V maryjane DEC 11, 11:56 PM if you live in the same house for 20 years, you will visit your bathroom more often than your grave will be visited in the whole 1000 years after you are buried. (not counting the old guy that drives by mowing the cemetery that has no idea who you are or were and cares even less.) And, within 2-3 generations of your own demise, few if anyone in your family will even know where you are buried or where your ashes were scattered. Old bibles will know more about you than your family will. 82-T/A [At Work] DEC 12, 07:29 AM quote Originally posted by maryjane: if you live in the same house for 20 years, you will visit your bathroom more often than your grave will be visited in the whole 1000 years after you are buried. (not counting the old guy that drives by mowing the cemetery that has no idea who you are or were and cares even less.) And, within 2-3 generations of your own demise, few if anyone in your family will even know where you are buried or where your ashes were scattered. Old bibles will know more about you than your family will. Yeah... this is true. I personally don't care so much if people remember me or not... but from the historical perspective (for the family), I think it's nice to at least have a history that future family members (if there are any) that can look back on where they came from and what they're made from. Everyone has a story I suppose, and it's need to see what makes your family lineage. Many of us take this for granted... but there are many people who do not know what their family's history is, or don't even have a family history because they were orphaned or adopted (even though the new family is their history). So I think it's important that at least for our offspring, if we have them... to know where they come from. Of course, you don't need a grave site for that. My grandfather wrote up a whole memoir... 41 chapters. It wasn't all about him of course, the first 2/3rds if you will was all the research he was able to find about that side of the family going back to even before the revolution. It included everything he could find from my grandmother's side (from Argentina), and then all his time at the agency (in which he very obviously included way more than he should have). I suppose this gets easier ... or, worse with the current generation? I think to myself, everything we do and say online gets recorded. I look back, even on Pennock's... I was here when I was just a few years older than my daughter ... and the things I've said... haha. In 100 years, there will probably be something archiving the internet archive, and I really don't need my grandkids finding that stuff. Patrick DEC 12, 04:52 PM quote Originally posted by maryjane: And, within 2-3 generations of your own demise, few if anyone in your family will even know where you are buried or where your ashes were scattered. I came across an interesting site. Find a Grave not only allows you to find where graves are located, but in many instances, there are photos available to see of the gravestones! I was able to find photos of both sets of my grandparent's gravestones, at opposite ends of the country. In Vancouver, BC... CLICK FOR FULL SIZE And on Prince Edward Island... CLICK FOR FULL SIZE fierofool DEC 13, 08:03 PM My wife used Find A Grave and located three cemeteries where my paternal ancestors are buried. One of those being a large family cemetery. A great resource when doing genealogy. Through that she made connections that led to birth certificates and census reports of many of them.