Mausoleum Burials Are A Terrible Idea

[@CarapaceClavicle]

I used to work as a caretaker for a group of old cemeteries around my city. On my first day the older caretaker took me to see inside of one of the large mausoleums. As soon as we opened the door I was hit with a weird smell. The upper floor looked like a pretty standard, clean, mausoleum, but when we went down the stairs to the lower level we noticed that it was flooded with a few feet of dark water and you could see a water line above the first row of coffins, a few feet higher where the flood receded from. It was pretty gross.

[@GraveVisitations]

Yikes that is bad 😱

[@johnsmith1953x]

If you were given $50,000 would you drink some of that water?

[@GraveVisitations]

@@johnsmith1953x use the 50k to pay for your funeral after drinking it lol

[@WileCoyoteMoncure-Smith]

@@CarapaceClavicle I suppose it is better than a direct dirt burial. I wonder what year those were stopped. I again suppose I could look it up. This makes me think of Time Team.

[@marydegenkolb9603]

I count 3 burials and based on the age of the crypt, the coffins have dissolved and the lead inner coffin has melted and exposed the bones. Bones are harder than the lead so they remain intact. The heat that those tombs can hold in summers and warm days melt the soft lead. So that is why most wooden coffins are gone in 100 years and the lead starts to sag and deform.

[@CM-qe3vp]

I was literally just wondering if the just plonked the bodies in the mausoleums. Thanks for the info!

[@rj4590]

Pure lead requires at least about 620 degrees F to melt,not ever going to get that hot.

[@Rexag]

We get hot here... and in Houston it's hot and humid...summer days 105F or hotter in July thru August. 41C with humidity 95% that makes it very sauna like...We have mausoleums but I can't imagine going to a cemetery and it smelling like dead bodies. The doors on them are solid and wouldn't the gases have to get out? I know that hurricanes and the flooding will cause coffins to pop up and float and sometimes the lids open. So, many don't want to be buried in the ground but It's all gross in the aftermath.

[@marydegenkolb9603]

@@Rexag I know! I was stationed in central Texas twice, and was born there. Texas is my birth state, but i live in a cooler spot now.

[@Rexag]

@@marydegenkolb9603 Oh...I don't know if I can LOL. colder than 60 and I grabbing for a jacket ... snow...you know we don't have the clothes for that here. LOL

[@bman3483]

Very beautiful country. The Irish are certainly the masters of rock fence building. Eerie looking into the vent holes.

[@bodhisattva_1]

@@bman3483 in the USA we call those bullet holes :).

[@cherylbostock9265]

Nice to see a graveyard so well looked after

[@nadiabrook7871]

Thanks

[@GraveVisitations]

Nadia thank you so much it really helps towards travel and finding these wonderful locations ❤

[@nadiabrook7871]

@@GraveVisitations You're VERY welcome, my friend!! XXXX 🤗💞

[@inkey2]

About 20 years ago The City Of Boston was sending inspectors to check the safety of the brick, underground mausoleum vaults "ceilings" that were built in the late 1600s and up to the late 1700s. I happened to be a witness to these inspections. One needs to be very careful when walking in these old cemeteries especially on high grassy mounds because there is usually a vault underneath, If the ceiling ever gave in you'd be down there for a long time if not forever unless you were with someone. I got to witness and photograph the opening of one of these vaults. The doors had been bricked over years ago to prevent break-ins etc. Upon them prying back all the bricks there was a rock set of stairs going down to about a 15 square foot area. Apparently when a family was running out of room they started stacking the coffins on top of each other and over time the coffins just caved in on each other, It was a mess down there. dark bones scattered etc.

[@cathys7087]

Gorgeous rolling hills in the background. Always makes me sad to see the young ones lost to their families. Super video GV.

[@pamelawooten3251]

Thank you GV. Some interesting mausoleums for sure. May they all RIP.

[@maryannlohr7379]

Amen

[@kimberlybates6261]

I love how there's history on these tombstones of families. Yes, sad when it's small children, but they aren't forgotten.

[@maryannlohr7379]

Amen

[@suehofkamp8594]

I am enjoying your accent as much as the cemetery.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks sue

[@leeevans2929]

I could listen to the Irish talk all day.

[@maryannlohr7379]

@@suehofkamp8594 He does have a kind of unique accent doesn't he? Awesome

[@martymartin2894]

@@leeevans2929 where are u from.

[@em6577]

Oh i love the name, Mr Whisker...sounds like a character from a childrens book.Beautiful cemetery.thankyou❤

[@kilianrussell9509]

If i had a cat id call him Mr Whisker... 😋

[@ritastevenson5532]

@em6577 YES, it is Mr Whiskers was the name of a main character in a Gr 1 or Gr 2 reader in school..

[@williamhartmann4212]

I bet Mr. Whiskers was a cat, loved by all the town; hence, he got one impressive headstone. Just a guess, but I could be on to something... possibly not.

[@kilianrussell9509]

@@williamhartmann4212 Love that theory...

[@LauraKnotek]

That's such a beautiful graveyard. Those mausoleums are huge. It's surprising that only three people were interred in such a huge place. I would've thought there would be many more coffins.

[@GraveVisitations]

Could be more but hard to see beyond the walls inside to the left and right

[@randywatts6969]

“Come hither, poor sinner, look and see, of shortly what must become of thee!”☠️

[@terramarini6880]

Some families ran a weird routine in mausoleums. Some did in fact lay the body out on a platform or in an open or unsealed casket to hurry the process and moved the bones on to a niche or mini casket in order to lay out the next decedent. So it's possible those three caskets held more than one body, the loose bones may have been dragged out on the floor by rodents in search of calcium or grave robbers. Sometimes "residents" are disinterred for reburial elsewhere and it may be the family line died out suddenly and only four were ever in there and no one left to tend the site. I have so many questions when I see bodies in such a disrespectful state.

[@peterredfern1174]

Thanks again for another top number GV,the two young ladies that passed in the same year May have been twins,anyway safe travels to you both,🙏🙏👋👋👍🇦🇺

[@ravendixon1099]

My family has been in the funeral industry for over 70 yrs. Having said that, above ground burials can have its challenges because temps change cold/hot. Caskets have a rubber seal & if they are "sealed" and interred in a mausoleum think pressure cooker. Lots of things to think about if your final resting place is a mausoleum.

[@lynnkiser7728]

@@ravendixon1099 And when you’re put in the ground you not only have to pay for someone to dig a hole, but you have to additionally pay for a ‘vault’ which does absolutely nothing. Come back in a few years and the casket is floating and your loved one is a blob

[@ravendixon1099]

@@lynnkiser7728 Somewhat true. Ppl spend massive dollars for a casket when they should be spending it on the vault. The body doesn't turn into a "blob" because of water but instead from the bacteria inside the body. Decomposition can be delayed if the embalmer does an exceptional job. About 60% of the population is opting for cremation. Lavish funerals are what our elders wanted..not so much now. As for opening a grave, most operators are in a union which cemeteries in larger cities must employ hence the cost is higher.

[@maryannallen9885]

I met someone who worked in a mortuary. He told me some wild stories so I had to write a book about it. It’s for sale on Amazon cause I self publish it’s called. I thought they wanted their lawn mowed

[@BluenoseBeerReviews]

@@maryannallen9885 I hope you got someone to check the grammar first.

[@maryannallen9885]

@@BluenoseBeerReviews spellcheck was put on auto by Amazon self publishing. They put commas in periods where they didn’t belong just like when you speak into your phone with Siri. I did correct a lot. I hope I got it all.

[@anthonylangley8717]

The blue sky, white clouds, and lush green grass make a beautiful scene. Those empty crypts make me wonder what happened and why they weren’t used. My great-grandfather bought family burial plots, but he and his wife are the only ones in it. For various reasons, his children weren’t buried there. Even though I have a legal claim to a plot in it, the law says I would first have to find all of his living descendants and have them sign paperwork agreeing that I can be buried there. That means finding second and third cousins, several times removed, and our family genealogy records are not very thorough, so the plots will just go unused. I have no doubt that there are family members who are entitled to be buried there, and have no idea the place exists. People move away. Family history isn’t passed down. Maybe that’s what happened with the mausoleum in this video.

[@GraveVisitations]

Yes it sounds like alot of research and detective work but it would be nice to be interred with your family Anthony. All these big mausoleums go to waste sadly. Thank you for watching 🙏🇮🇪

[@bobbyd6680]

Hire an attorney to sort it out, probably a lot easier than you think that way.

[@ericbitzer5247]

@@GraveVisitations My father bought a family plot for the four of us. Himself, my mother, me, and my brother. Well, my brother hasn't talked to the family in twenty years and he is rich working for Lockheed Martin designing electrical systems for airplanes and I guess missiles and whatever else weapons of war they make. So there's one plot that isn't going to be used. Sadly, my father will probably be going there soon. He's not doing well and his sister is actively dying in hospice.

[@vampirecount3880]

@@ericbitzer5247 I know the feel. My brother is also successful and I am also jealous of him.

[@ericbitzer5247]

@@vampirecount3880 I'm not jealous of him. I barely remember he exists anymore unless something comes up, I haven't seen him in so long. I have my family which is worth more than any amount of ill gotten money from a satanic industry.

[@mr.slothington4517]

This place has a very distinctive stone fence with the stones upright like that. My grandfather loved fences like that and built many around his property. he would do stone work and wood work similar to these rural places. He loved Irish culture so much. Wish he could have been buried in a grave yard like the ones you often visit.

[@reneeleprou8099]

Another great video GV. Thank you for sharing this with us. What a huge mausoleum that is... Wow! Never seen anything as grand as that before.

[@iamshotty]

Absolutely beautiful headstones. So well maintained and cared for. Wow, such history. And I LOVE the name Mr Whiskers - Will definitely use it for my future cat's name. Thank you so much GV. You and Sue are among my favorite KZbinrs - and I sill have a lot of catching up to do with videos on both your channels xx Teresa 🇦🇺♥

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks 😊

[@wydryfly]

FYI, nobody is ever buried in a mausoleum, they are entombed. Buried or burial is underground.

[@renaz630]

@@wydryfly not necessary to correct grammar,we get it.

[@wydryfly]

@@renaz630 Actually, my grammar is correct in my comment (no misspelling or improper sentence structure). You are referring to semantics, which relates to the specific meaning or inferred context of words in communication. It’s important for people to communicate information correctly. Does that make sense now?

[@raymondmiller5098]

Thus, the old riddle: "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?" Correct answer: Nobody.

[@ElMasChingon76]

@@wydryfly ok karen

[@bobbyd6680]

My first thought also, but you beat me to it.

[@darrenp1549]

I have to say, I LOVED the ominous music you used when looking into the mausoleums. The first one had SO many scattered bones!

[@helencheadle5709]

Thanks

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Helen your the best ❤️

[@davidvanhouten5576]

I appreciated your thoughts and comments much. It's clear you take this in a respectful and serious way. Thank you.

[@HereNThereCronicles]

Beautiful Cemetery. I love exploring cemeteries and seeing all the different headstones.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@debroahisaacs2452]

Awesome graveyard, beautiful. Thanx for the walk and reading and remembering. The young ones so sad😢❤😊

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Deborah 🙏

[@johnbastien3872]

The barrel vault mausoleum contents look like natural decomposition of wooden coffins has taken place spilling the ontents. Lead coffins are a bit later coming, so reflect in the other mosoleim. As in many of the other ones you looked at . it looks like someone was opening the sardine cans looking for valuables. The newer one looks like a later victorian model. I know the internal vaults are concrete. These vaults probably haven't had maintenance for a hundred years. However they give you a picture of how burial practices changed over time.

[@GraveVisitations]

Fascinating stuff John

[@DanaTheInsane]

There are lead coffins that are 1000 years old

[@teprakp]

Thank you. I love graveyards. So much sadness, history and love.

[@thomasbunner5214]

Well put. I too am moved by old cemeteries. So much sadness so many grieving hearts have trodden those grounds

[@matzpimp]

I remember my dad told me cemeteries are the safest place on earth because dead people aren't going to hurt you

[@GraveVisitations]

Very true words

[@moodberry]

Interesting that in the second mausoleum just above the two coffins on their ceilings, you can see "deposits" I surmise this is from the offgassing of the bodies as they decomposed. IMHO, it's worth reflecting on cemeteries just to remind us, the living, how short life is and how much we need to do as much as we can for others while we are here, because in 100 years there won't be anyone left who will remember us anyway.

[@GraveVisitations]

Very true I wish others would think the same

[@CatCmdr]

Why, that’s bigger than an inch ( groan, 🙄). Soerry, couldn’t help myself! 🤭 Oh how I love all the greens of Ireland 🇮🇪 First thing I noticed flying over. Big vault, that. Barrel. That fenced in one reminded me of a Swiss Chalet with a balcony from that angle. I wonder if the Whiskers had whiskers? I liked the spelling of that Agnes… my Grandmother from Scotland’s name was Agnes. Such young teenagers. 😢 But, older ppl, as well. Interesting juxtaposition. You can tell when ppl were buried before the habit of embalming happened. You can see staining from decomposition from the old coffins. ⚰️ Rest easy…. 💐 Thank you, GV “Next, on the Adventures of GV….” 😊 💚💚💚💚💚

[@Sandra-dm8rd]

Did you notice above the coffins the textured look ?

[@mmm7m672]

Thank you for the tour & im a gma n Texas USA have a great night

[@JeanCrosby]

Hello Grave Visitations I enjoy your videos very much. Keep up the good work. Jean Crosby Nashville TN USA.

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi Jean thank you for watching 👍

[@dm607]

Awesome little adventure GV. Thank you. Deb of Oz XXX

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Deb x

[@nickcef]

Greetings from New York City. Really enjoy your videos. Thanks!

[@GraveVisitations]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jacquelinedenambtman]

HI GV , thanks for this very nice video see you on the next one greetings from Hollland

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for watching

[@jacquelinedenambtman]

@@GraveVisitations it is always a great pleasure to watch your videos😘

[@ShelArmstrong]

Lovely grave yard and mausoleums thanks for sharing them take care GV 👍 hope they all rest in peace

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for watching shela

[@michaelbedinger4121]

Great looking graveyard, looks to be well cared for. The mausoleums were very interesting. Even the Abby looked great, from a distance. These grounds are huge! Great video, thank you very much GV. Have a great day 😀

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Michael hope you are well

[@michaelbedinger4121]

@@GraveVisitations You are very much welcome! Thank you very much for getting back to me. I am well, thank you very much for asking. How are you and Sue doing these days? I hope you are well also.

[@GraveVisitations]

@@michaelbedinger4121 doing good

[@michaelbedinger4121]

@GraveVisitations Thank you again, for getting back to me. Take care.

[@mysticmimaw]

Thank you for another great video!! I'm so fascinated by the old crypts!! Sooo interesting. Take care and blessings for you and Sue 😊😊

[@GraveVisitations]

Cheers mystic

[@garywarren-gh8os]

Greetings from Poteet Texas and thanks for a very nice video.

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi Gary

[@kimberlybates6261]

I got family that live there. 👋 hello.

[@joelhurley2678]

Very interesting graveyard and very nice area you were in thank you so much for sharing.

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@monicamorar8047]

Davvero bello questo cimitero cosi recintato e con delle lapidi commemorative belle e ben conservate Grazie ❤❤❤

[@belindawilson1350]

So beautiful,thank you so much.

[@GraveVisitations]

Welcome 😊

[@kimberlybates6261]

Greetings from NC. Another awesome adventure 😎

[@Amethyst_Dragon_]

@@kimberlybates6261 In NC also ...On both sides of my family they are from Ireland

[@Ghost_Ninja60]

I enjoy watching your videos of old graves

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you

[@rhondamc3642]

That was a great tour of that cemetery, but seeing those bones just strewn all over the floor just confirms why I want to be cremated!

[@karenroy9045]

Thanks for sharing these memories. It’s amazing that they were living over 100-years ago.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for watching

[@evelynpretty2231]

Great video, as usual!! Beautiful Cemetery.🪬✨🌻✨🧿✨🕊️🪦🕊️✨🧿✨🌻✨🪬

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@FeralSheryl1818]

Thanks GV. WOW! Some awesome finds. Very sad though

[@GraveVisitations]

😁👍

[@kelleymoase5377]

I love your videos, GV! Greetings from Brooksville, Florida!!!

[@GraveVisitations]

@@kelleymoase5377 thank you 👍

[@tinasummers4578]

Hello GV another enjoyable session thank u❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Tina

[@Quinn-Harrison]

You should get a cheap wire light when you want to view through inside those small openings

[@vaavaablcksheep]

I just came here for the soundtrack😂. Thanks to you and Sue for taking my Morbid eyes around the world. I have been unwell for a couple years and I can tell ya my 34yo butt is getting sick of this bed!

[@NurseOasis]

Stunning mausoleum. Beautiful area

[@GraveVisitations]

It really is!

[@marierowe5969]

Wonderful place ,great history , lovely couple showing us around x❤️❤️

[@stephenharvey7868]

Hi GV Steve from England. Fantastic video from the very beginning. The moreseliume is huge. Those poor souls of the girls and boys passed so young . Definitely bones on the floor near the Coffins. Exceptional video

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Steve

[@jennifermurphy899]

I love listening to you.What a beautiful old cemetery.Your country is so awesome.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for watching

[@benjaminhawthorne1969]

Here, in the U.S.A, we would NOT call that "barrel-shaped," but "Quonset Hut-shaped." A Quonset hut is basically a corrugated steel cylinder that is placed on its side and partially buried in the earth. This was invented for the military, who needed portable buildings that could be assembled by unskilled labor. We still use the design a lot at military facilities, distribution centers and airports. And, if you want to see a TRULY H U G E mausoleum, come to my town, Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S.A, just outside of Chicago. ALL SAINTS CEMETERY here, has the largest community mausoleum that I have seen in my entire life! The exterior is completely white. Inside the THREE FLOORS are filled with countless crypts that go from floor to ceiling, carpeted floors, sofas, restrooms, stained glass, statues and chapels. I have witnessed the disturbing aftermath of one strange phenomenon. Modern caskets are often fitted with perimeter seals, much like the seal on a refrigerator door. This creates an environment inside, that is conducive to "anerobic bacteria." As the bacteria digest the bodily tissues, they excrete methane and carbon dioxide gas. This gas pressurizes the interior of the casket, until the seal blows out. Often, along with the gases, the liquified remains of the corpse inside are expelled. More than once, I have seen this reddish/brown "goo" dripping down the front of a crypt! 🤮 My parents are buried outside in the cemetery here. When I am visiting their graves, if it begins to rain, I always take shelter in this magnificent mausoleum. 😊

[@GraveVisitations]

Interesting, I suppose different countries have different names for them

[@1mmickk]

We called them Nissan Huts and we invented them not the Americans you copied us.

[@GraveVisitations]

@@1mmickk The earliest barrel vaults were small ones in Mesopotamia, where architects used them for small drainage tunnels and tombs. The Elamites used bigger barrel vaults to roof buildings at Susa. By around 2600 BC, Egyptian architects used mud-brick barrel vaults.

[@benjaminhawthorne1969]

@@1mmickk Are you Japanese? What country invented them?

[@benjaminhawthorne1969]

@Ed-ds3hj Yes. This mausoleum is not that old. In fact, I vividly remember touring it at THE GRAND OPENING in 1976. It left quite an impression on my seven (7) year old mind! 😮

[@maureenalder8905]

Love it whhen you come across mausoleums and that big one was beautiful..Sue would love the railings..Great job GV excellent vid 👍❤

[@davidmclaughlin2796]

The barrel vault looks a little like Gallarus Oratory out in Kerry. Thank you for a cool video. David

[@KarinIsaac]

Beautiful graveyard very peaceful,the size and designs of those mausoleums is amazing thanks GV safe travels

[@jamielieberg7053]

Great video thank you my leg is still healing after the cancer surgery they left it open

[@GraveVisitations]

We all sending you healing prayers z🙏

[@nadiabrook7871]

Sending you gentle hugs and prayers, Jamie!! 💞🤗🙏🙏

[@jamielieberg7053]

@@nadiabrook7871 thank you

[@kimberlybates6261]

Did you have MOHs surgery? Praying for your healing 🙏 ✨️

[@tomsdotter3228]

❤

[@tomsdotter3228]

Impressive mausoleums. So many young people died too soon, then there's the two in their 90s! Great tour GV!

[@DanaTheInsane]

Before vaccination childhood was a minefield of deadly diseases. You could live to an old age but you had to actually get through them first.

[@johncarroll9986]

Well GV hope you're well and in good form today just after joining you on another Graveyard adventure 😊

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi John

[@MikeF-op4gs]

Critters and small animals make there way into the building!! You would be surprised the little holes they can fit thru!! Sad, but thats what can happen!! Nice video, keep up the great work!! Thanks!

[@writerdirect]

good evening from nyc wexford

[@pamelac2863]

Great video as always Thank you for sharing God bless you 😊 have a great day

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks so much have a good day Pamela

[@dianechallinor2207]

Also Agnes mathews aged 10 , so many young life's lost good bless them all ❤❤❤

[@johnredgwell8805]

Lovely clear photography. There seems to be some evp's towards the end, but I could not detect any actual words.

[@GraveVisitations]

They seem to like chatting with me ha

[@annfahy2589]

Love the name Whisker ❤

[@annisevans2862]

Thank you for the walk through⭐️Beautiful Old Stones. 🤗

[@JanetBrancaccio]

Completely enjoyed your video. So sad to see the condition of those poor bodies in those mausoleum. Keep these very informative videos coming to Massachusetts in the USA

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Janet

[@Lorriann63]

Beautiful monuments and mausoleums, such a pretty and peaceful place, Thank you GV for taking us along.

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@judyhazell316]

Wow beautiful cemetery thank you God Bless 🙏❤️

[@tompena7487]

Amazing love watching thanks

[@Jean-dq2sm]

Thanks for sharing . May they all RIP.....Greetings from New York

[@ElijahRetro1982]

Yes indeed, another instant classic in the books 👍🏽😎👍🏽

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for the visit 👍

[@susangreasby8741]

Looks. Great. Big. Thumbs. Up.

[@Truth_Advocate]

It looks like a Quonset hut. It would make sense to have some kind of modular mausoleums.

[@navycorpsmanveteran61]

Bones were mixed in with the concrete pieces. Question is, how did they get down there.

[@GraveVisitations]

Mind boggling 😏

[@MikeF-op4gs]

Animals, small critters ! You would be surprised the little holes animals can fit thru! Once saw a rat in a 2 liter coke bottle dead! Couldn't believe it could fit thru the opening but it did and then couldn't get out !! Sad to think of critters in there but it happens!!

[@haroldmclean3755]

That Grey Granite Mausoleum would have cost a considerable amount of cash as well as the Red granite Column style memorial , It was interesting to see what had happened to the Good Dr over the last 100 years 💀 , You are doing great work there, have a Good one 👍

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

It sounds like you may have picked up some voices (EVP) in this video. Afternoon listening closely to some of my own videos years ago , I picked up quite a few. Seeing the Beautiful country in your visits to many different areas, I often think how difficult it was for my Ancestors to have taken what little they could, left friends, family and that beautiful homeland back in 1815. And so many others as well. Then that long and dangerous journey across the ocean! What courage and what sadness they must have endured. My Honor and Great Respect I hold for so many. Thank You So Much and Many Many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@christenedoering7720]

Yes I think the same❤

[@debyoder8342]

And those who left their homeland so many years ago must have known they most likely never see their loved ones again....strong folks

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

@@debyoder8342 So true Deb! You think of leaving your beloved homeland, friends and family and of course all those customs and traditions as well. Then a long and dangerous journey across 3000 miles of ocean, sea sickness may be, little food and water, storms and perhaps being an indentured servant meaning you’d be a slave for 7 years. The the courage and terrible sadness of all you Love behind never to be seen again? Wow, that’s very tough! My GGGGrandparents landed in Philadelphia in 1815. Alexander was born in Northern Ireland in 1772 so he was 43 when he left all he knew and his wife Rachel. He died in 1860 and I have both their photographs taken late 1850s. I’m very fortunate to have them. The reasons the immigrants had for leaving doesn’t make it any easier. This is why our United States has been a beacon to many. I will add the legal ones. Thank You and Many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@user-xd7td9mc3h]

Yes beautiful graveyard love walking around it you should come to Killyleagh parish church co down

[@GraveVisitations]

I'll definitely be back

[@Eldarwen999]

With the 2nd mausoleum, there might have been some attempt of grave robbery and the grave robbers got caught. Or the coffin was placed in a bad spot and just disintegrated. It is wonderful to see an old cemetery actually maintained.

[@GraveVisitations]

All that mixed stone and bones is bizarre

[@belindawilson1350]

Evening GV and Sue ,and everyone on else who is watching. This looks really interesting❤

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi belinda 👋

[@allys537]

Can I just say I love your accent. Its wonderful. Very interesting video, i assume theres no stone sarcophagus to place the coffin in whilst in the mausoleum. Seems they just used wood and now the bones are open to the elements

[@GraveVisitations]

@@allys537 thank you ❤️ seems alot are built here like that

[@wadewelch3798]

My great Grandfather was from Dublin area, last name Welch. Do you come across any head stones with that last name?.... Wade Welch from Alberta Canada.

[@TheRealDeadhorse]

@@wadewelch3798 lots of Welch’s down in SW Virginia, too

[@TheRealDeadhorse]

Lots of Welch’s down in SW Virginia.

[@paulademarco1585]

❤bless your walking through.

[@MotorHomeBeepBeep]

The first one the barrel shape I'm always amazed at the reasonable condition my cottage was built in 1840 in Whitby but it's had much maintenance since then I'm sure !.... The second one how elaborate with the balcony effect but they always seem so achingly desolate inside and forgotten but still very appealing to watch these memories and symbols of past people's lives. Very intersting film

[@nevillegoddard4966]

Very nice place. Good to see some maintenance & upkeep has been going on here, & it not left for nature to obliterate the memories of those long lost.

[@humphries71]

beautiful graveyard g v

[@simpleminded1uk]

Would you consider getting an endoscope, for trying to see through the holes in the doors?

[@GraveVisitations]

No they useless

[@carlaperry1784]

Really interesting from Alberta Canada.

[@gwreidmo]

I love your videos. Very informative and intriguing.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you!

[@johndean5251]

Beautiful

[@ginabarrows2454]

Great job, i love it❤

[@3mate1]

2:38 I guess you can see where the coffins disintigrated, you can make out the skeleton and rib cages are more or less in position on the right, with the one in the center above the skull on the screen looking like the outline is there. I can't believe they haven't been disturbed at some point in the last 180 years. That iron door isn't much of a barrier for vandals. 12:16 That 2nd mausoleum was surely broken into at some point... you can see where they bricked up a hole in the back of one of the upper vaults. If there's more vaults behind it, that makes sense. The rubble pile is just were the workers put all the broken masonry and scattered bones before re-sealing the building. You can see a coffin handle on the left, beside the stone masonry pile. Looking at the back, the height of that bricked up hole may correspond with the height of the hill, and the stone pile could be the broken stones from the stone facade before getting to the red brick... and they tossed it all in there and re bricked up the hole. Probelm is I don't see any obvious stone replacement on the back side when he walks around... but it's pretty quick. and the stone weathers over time. A place like that would be a magnet for teenagers in the states.

[@matthieuwillot6093]

Love U ! Still really interseting places !! ☘🍀🌺

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed

[@rchrdjms62]

I've seen a few crypts and tombs like you show above the ground. I've never seen the remains on the floor exposed but I haven't seen into many crypts. What I have seen looked more or less like the day that people were interred. Is that typical where you go or would it be common where I am in the states if I could see into more tombs?

[@GraveVisitations]

It's more of a European thing I think

[@aliciabrewer9444]

The Ireland country landscape is so beautiful and the cemeteries are beautiful as well.

[@marilynbrown5274]

That one Mausoleum is the size of a small house!. In the States they have vents at the back of the Mausoleums..because of "blowouts." They say that when you see wood on the place where the stained glass windows are..means either vandalism or a blowout. A woman from a Southern State..went to visit her Father's grave..and got the shock of her life seeing the coffin..and remains out on the pavement. Her Father was recently deceased..and the poor woman has to think of that for the rest of her life..poor thing. Anyway..it happens..and I was told that if a blowout occurs from a Mausoleum..the Undertaker is called..and has to take care of "things." Creepy stuff..but true.

[@Jkk55]

I am puzzled about the pieces of bones and concrete mixed like that 🤷‍♀ those old coffins always fascinate me it was a big mausoleum for sure. Thank you GV 👏👏👏👏

[@GraveVisitations]

Strange to see the bones on the ground and coffins so high 🤔