By V.Q.C. |

Hi, I would like to know what the difference was between entierros "humildes" and entierros "de limosna". I have also seen in records, that people actually gave money to the church (fabrica de ? pesos) so that the corpse could stay buried for a couple of years. I have also seen that in the burial records of San Martin Hidalgo of the 1820s, next to the corpse's race (e.g. español, yndio, mulato) the priest would write initials, most notably P. next to yndios, mulatos, and some españoles, and A. or Ad. to españoles. Has anybody encountered these initials before in burial records?

V. Quintero Castro

Entierro humilde was a humble burial. It was a simple burial, did not include high mass with a cross and candles

Entierro Mayor would include the capa, cruz, (cross) and ciriales (candles)
Entierro Humilde is a humble burial - Fee was paid for the burial
Entierro de Limosna -  A Pauper's burial

At least this is how it was explained to me.

Alicia,
San Jose, Ca

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Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Entierros "humildes" and "de limosna"

Hi, I would like to know what the difference was between entierros "humildes" and entierros "de limosna". I have also seen in records, that people actually gave money to the church (fabrica de ? pesos) so that the corpse could stay buried for a couple of years. I have also seen that in the burial records of San Martin Hidalgo of the 1820s, next to the corpse's race (e.g. español, yndio, mulato) the priest would write initials, most notably P. next to yndios, mulatos, and some españoles, and A. or Ad. to españoles. Has anybody encountered these initials before in burial records?

V. Quintero Castro

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