Hi Lynda, Cleaning gravestones - try warm soapy water and a soft brush. Rinse well afterwards. That worked quite well on my dad's kerbstone in Macclesfield Cemetery (sandstone). The inscription on the kerb was carved & then painted black, so my son in law re-did the lettering with black modelling enamel paint. It worked very well although I don't know how long the enamel will last in the weather. You could also try contacting the CWGC. They cleaned many of the gravestones in their care a few years ago & I believe they may have used a very dilute bleaching agent to clean the white marble. Regards Lesley Baxendale Colwyn Bay On 03/03/2014 11:10, Lynda Burke wrote: > Perhaps I'm not the only member who has forebears in Shropshire. I have > ten years' issues of the Shropshire FH Journal, and associated booklets > including a list of publications. I may be emigrating and need to cut down > on what I ship overseas. > > They and I are in Lancaster, but perhaps we could arrange to meet somewhere > for a handover. I still visit Nantwich, and also need to go and tidy up a > family grave in Weston-under-Redcastle. > > BTW, do you have any tips on cleaning up the stonework without damaging > it? In this cases there is no headstone, the framework around the grave has > the inscriptions, which are sadly are becoming illegible. The first burial > was in 1917, the last in 1986. > > Good wishes > > Lynda Burke, nee Chetwood > (researching Birchalls, Chetwoods/Chetwodes and their in-laws. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi I wonder if anyone is researching the Duckworth family who lived at Curzon House, Curzon Park, Chester early 1900s? I have just discovered that one of my relatives - Kathleen Nancy Jones from Wrexham - appears to have married the eldest son, William Innes Duckworth, 1938. The father, Walter Battersby Duckworth was a cotton merchant of English parentage but born in Savannah, Georgia, USA c. 1879. He was in partnership at Chester with Joseph Battersby Duckworth & Hubert Battersby Duckworth - probably three brothers. Walter was also at Liverpool. Just checked on a web page and seems Joseph was the father and Walter & Hubert sons. Anyone connected out there? Cheers Graham Melbourne Oz