A death in the family not only causes emotional turmoil, but the task of planning a cremation adds to the anxiety. Knowing what you will face upfront regarding cremation costs will prevent you from spending too much in such a stressful time. In general, cremation costs are much less than burial costs. Basically, three types of cremation service are known. They are traditional service with visitation, cremation with a memorial service and direct cremation with no service. The cremation costs will certainly depend on which type of cremation you do. If you are conducting a traditional cremation, you are bound to have visitors. To perform it at an affordable price you can rent a casket and avoid buying one. This would reduce the cost. The visiting ceremony can be held in a church or even a funeral home chapel. After the visitation, the cremation is performed. A cremation with a memorial service only slightly differs from the traditional cremation. In this, the cremation is performed before, and later a memorial service is held at a particular place, and the urn with the remains can be present at the memorial service, but the body is not available as it is cremated before.

For centuries in the past, dead people were buried or cremated depending on the social and religious practices of those times. Ancient Greek civilization burned the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle field. It introduced the custom to Europe. However, long before the great Alexander arrived on the scene, people in the Stone Age used to practice cremation on a massive scale. In modern times, the process is performed in a giant container where the body is exhumed at 2100 degree centigrade. It is one of the best and cleanest ways to dispose of the dead body. The idea of cremation became popular in Europe and America at the end of the 19th century. It also resulted in concerns regarding sanitation when the process is accomplished. Roman Catholic Churches swung into action and banned burning for good. Instead, they asked people to opt for burial as it seemed to be an environment-friendly clean option. Initially the practice was discarded. But with the rise in scientific temper and modern technologies, it has again come into vogue. In countries such as the US, about 25% population prefer the bodies being cremated instead of buried. Once the dead is burned, the ashes are delivered to the family members and the well wishers.

Almost every person on the face of the earth wishes to trace their lineage. If a person was keen on doing so, it was a difficult process since they would have to conduct this search manually, and this might involve going through the public library, or requesting the state to grant access to public records. Since we are now thriving in the age of the Internet, we can easily overcome these hurdles. You can look through online obituary to trace your ancestors. At times, an obituary search has to be paid for; whereas, there are ways which will allow you to conduct the obituary search for free. Here are some ways you can search for an obituary for free online. One of the easiest ways to search obituaries for free is by finding newspapers obituaries online. There are certain websites that give its users free access to newspaper obituaries. Certain websites such as legacy.com are quite useful when it comes to searching obituary for free on the online platform. You can run a simple search with the person’s first and last name, or by naming a particular state or country to narrow down the search. Usually, when a person dies, the funeral home sends out death notices.