Even fairly recent g/stones are quite eroded and if the Memorial is not memorized it will just get washed away like so many have already! In memory of..... In remembrance of means the memory of them should live on!! The memorial to my great great great great uncle is completely eroded, the memory of him gone forever.... g/stone completely eroded... thankfully someone recorded it over 50 years ago!!! Do we let the memorials of these people be just washed away like they never existed?? On 21/06/2015 23:42, Eilish via wrote: > Hi Valerie and All, > I too have the same experience when transcribing headstones. I too > wonder where the missing spouse is -- did they remarry and they are > buried elsewhere or was there no one left to record their passage? I > also notice how many adult children are buried with their parents and > wonder did they not marry and why? Some graves express deep love for the > body below, but as you say, they are sometimes untended and hence > unvisited. I too think of each individual/family as I type them out and > ponder about their ages, how one spouse got on after the other died and > how they coped with dead young children. Transcribing and therefore > taking pictures to do so, is just another way of remembering these > people and hoping that one day, some descendant in some land will find > it easier to find their ancestor and their own history. > > I'd be thrilled to find my relatives graves. I still can't find them > after all these years. But I am happy to do this work so that others may > find theirs. > > Eilish --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Dave, Are these gravestones not made of granite or hard substance? Perhaps it is not available? I am talking newer ones. I have relatives in NY with headstones 100 years old and clearly readable. Is weather a factor also with all the dampness? Janet Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 21, 2015, at 7:57 PM, Dave H via <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Even fairly recent g/stones are quite eroded and if the Memorial is not > memorized it will just get washed away like so many have already! > > In memory of..... In remembrance of > > means the memory of them should live on!! > > The memorial to my great great great great uncle is completely eroded, > the memory of him gone forever.... g/stone completely eroded... > thankfully someone recorded it over 50 years ago!!! > > Do we let the memorials of these people be just washed away like they > never existed?? > > > > >> On 21/06/2015 23:42, Eilish via wrote: >> Hi Valerie and All, >> I too have the same experience when transcribing headstones. I too >> wonder where the missing spouse is -- did they remarry and they are >> buried elsewhere or was there no one left to record their passage? I >> also notice how many adult children are buried with their parents and >> wonder did they not marry and why? Some graves express deep love for the >> body below, but as you say, they are sometimes untended and hence >> unvisited. I too think of each individual/family as I type them out and >> ponder about their ages, how one spouse got on after the other died and >> how they coped with dead young children. Transcribing and therefore >> taking pictures to do so, is just another way of remembering these >> people and hoping that one day, some descendant in some land will find >> it easier to find their ancestor and their own history. >> >> I'd be thrilled to find my relatives graves. I still can't find them >> after all these years. But I am happy to do this work so that others may >> find theirs. >> >> Eilish > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ================================== > > https://www.google.ie/ > ================================== > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No! We snap 'em and transcribe them as best we can! On 22/06/2015 9:57 AM, Dave H via wrote: > Even fairly recent g/stones are quite eroded and if the Memorial is not > memorized it will just get washed away like so many have already! > > In memory of..... In remembrance of > > means the memory of them should live on!! > > The memorial to my great great great great uncle is completely eroded, > the memory of him gone forever.... g/stone completely eroded... > thankfully someone recorded it over 50 years ago!!! > > Do we let the memorials of these people be just washed away like they > never existed?? > > > > > On 21/06/2015 23:42, Eilish via wrote: >> Hi Valerie and All, >> I too have the same experience when transcribing headstones. I too >> wonder where the missing spouse is -- did they remarry and they are >> buried elsewhere or was there no one left to record their passage? I >> also notice how many adult children are buried with their parents and >> wonder did they not marry and why? Some graves express deep love for the >> body below, but as you say, they are sometimes untended and hence >> unvisited. I too think of each individual/family as I type them out and >> ponder about their ages, how one spouse got on after the other died and >> how they coped with dead young children. Transcribing and therefore >> taking pictures to do so, is just another way of remembering these >> people and hoping that one day, some descendant in some land will find >> it easier to find their ancestor and their own history. >> >> I'd be thrilled to find my relatives graves. I still can't find them >> after all these years. But I am happy to do this work so that others may >> find theirs. >> >> Eilish > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ================================== > > https://www.google.ie/ > ================================== > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >