I
had the opportunity to visit Barcus and Esquiule last year, their churches, graveyards and town halls. But only Marie Larrory was supposed to be
buried there (Marianne Etchegoren migrated with her family shortly
after Marguerite Lerdou was born). Unfortunately she was not in the
grave of the present-day Larrory and she could be buried in one of the
many unkept headstones which names are almost completely erased.
We
waited for the town hall to open and asked for information regarding
these tombs. They had none, the oldest records went missing a long
time ago and recommended to try to identify them by gravestone rubbing. They were many headstones in this pitiful condition and we
were only there for the day. I guess a collaborative restoration and
indexing project is in order.
