The current profiles allow for specification of the place of burial, but as cremation becomes more common, would it not be better to indicate if the person was in fact cremated (or the body not recovered in some cases e.g. shipwreck) and that the monument is to mark that event?
In order to get around this, I have in some cases modified the Place name field to read "Cremated at XXXX", but this is less than ideal.
You know that you manually can add and name an event to a profile?
You find this option in the timeline tab of a profile.
There is a name for that type of monument which escapes me right now but I have used it in the about section. My wife's brother recently died and was cremated with the ashes to be spread and his profile shows that in place of burial. No need to go to the time line. http://www.geni.com/people/Donald-Raine/6000000008640147470 I have also found 3 examples in the project http://www.geni.com/projects/Japanese-prisoners-from-Wake-Island-Guam-and-Cavitie/914.
I knew the name would come to me!
A cenotaph is an "empty tomb" or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek κενοτάφιον = kenotaphion (kenos, one meaning being "empty", and taphos, "tomb"). Although the vast majority of cenotaphs are erected in honour of individuals, many of the best-known cenotaphs are instead dedicated to the memories of groups of individuals, such as the lost soldiers of one country or empire.
