Hello All, I would like to thank Dianne Sutton for pointing me in the direction of the Bucks FHS website for memorial inscriptions. I'm off to post my letter now, as it's very inexpensive, even if they don't find anything, I won't have lost much. Also, thank you to Peter Nelms, who had a similar experience of a graveyard in another part of Bucks. I wondered if the type of stone used on the old stones was a bit too porous for the stones to last, and they had practically crumbled away. I once visited a Kirkyard on a remote hill, near the coast in wild western Scotland, and could easily read gravestones that were nearly 300 years old, so maybe it was a harder stone. Diane > From: fraggle.roscoe@hotmail.co.uk > To: eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:19:16 +0000 > Subject: [ENG-Buck] graveyard transcriptions > > >> _________________________________________________________________ > The next generation of Windows Live is here > http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Win 100’s of Virgin Experience days with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com

Diane, I suspect that the Scottish tombstones were made of granite, which is very hardwearing. English tombstones could be made of sandstone, which does not weather well. The location of the stones within a grave yard is also an important factor. In my local churchyard, some 1600's stones, protected by yew trees, are probably as clear as the day they were carved. Whereas, some 20th century stones, exposed to the elements in open ground, are barely readable. Regards Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "diane roscoe" <fraggle.roscoe@hotmail.co.uk> To: <eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-Buck] graveyard transcriptions Hello All, I would like to thank Dianne Sutton for pointing me in the direction of the Bucks FHS website for memorial inscriptions. I'm off to post my letter now, as it's very inexpensive, even if they don't find anything, I won't have lost much. Also, thank you to Peter Nelms, who had a similar experience of a graveyard in another part of Bucks. I wondered if the type of stone used on the old stones was a bit too porous for the stones to last, and they had practically crumbled away. I once visited a Kirkyard on a remote hill, near the coast in wild western Scotland, and could easily read gravestones that were nearly 300 years old, so maybe it was a harder stone. Diane > From: fraggle.roscoe@hotmail.co.uk > To: eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:19:16 +0000 > Subject: [ENG-Buck] graveyard transcriptions > > >> _________________________________________________________________ > The next generation of Windows Live is here > http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Win 100’s of Virgin Experience days with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com _____________________________________________ Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1352 - Release Date: 31/03/2008 10:13