Online I met a wonderful witty man with a really wild hobby -- grave dowsing! With two little metal rods or even a bent coat hanger, he can workout the dimensions of a grave, and tell if it is a man or a woman. And I thought, how wonderful to be able to do this, especially in those little cemeteries way out there in someone's north pasture where all the gravestones are knocked down. I have one of those not far from me, and we have been trying to figure out how many graves are there and whose they may be. In my family plot, in a little country church cemetery, there are a couple of "mystery" graves that have us all bamboozled, and dowsing might shed a little bit more light on them too. So I visited with Mr. Grantham and he told me all about how he does what he does, and why it works (he doesn't know!) and I wrote about it for the current issue of the Signal, the biweekly newsletter of the US Internet Genealogical Society. You can read it at http://www.usigs.org/signal/signal.htm <A HREF="http://www.usigs.org/signal/signal.htm">Click here: USIGS SIGNAL</A> I hope you take a look. And P.S. Talking about cemeteries -- In the same issue, Pam Reitsch tells how a Boy Scout in her area took over the project of cleaning up and improving an old cemetery. It is worth considering as an Eagle Award project in your area. love joan