Cemetery searching

We had a spare week so decided to follow the family trace to Chasse sur Rhone. We have spent three days photographing gravestones with not a lot of “eureka” moments.

Strangely the earliest grave in the Chasse cemetery is about 1830. This town was settled in the early middle ages, the chapel dated from before 1600 so where did they bury them? We spoke with the cemetery officer at the Mairie this morning and the records were very patchy. She had no record of a family member who died in 1879 – we had a photo of the stone. She did refer to older records but they weren't available.

Interestingly the older graves list women with their maiden names,and if married “widow” and husbands surname, not first name. It makes for difficult for name matching with a common name.

On to Montelimar to eat nougat.

door in Chasse - cobbles uncovered

Laverie at Chasse

River Rhone at Vienne