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From: "Bellis Genealogy" <>
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Transportation of Dead Family Members
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:39:31 -0400
In-Reply-To: <1ed.46a78370.3087ebde@aol.com>


Interesting input on embalming...and also Susan Pena's input on the use of
the railroads. I suspect there wasn't much long distance transport of bodies
during the 1750-1840 timeframe (which is what I'm researching), especially
if we talking about the typical frontier pioneer family.

Thank you!

Roz BELLIS
Alexandria VA

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Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Transportation of Dead Family Members

My understanding, from a good friend and now a retired funeral director, is

that bodies were first embalmed during the Civil War so that the deceased
could be transported back home for burial. I believe arsnic was in wide use
at
the time but that would be easy to check on.


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