To Linda again, I no sooner sent that last email than my very next message from Family Tree Maker said: "We all think that tombstones will survive forever. After all, they are made of rock. Unfortunately that is not the case. Many people love to get images of the family tombstones. However, some of the methods of getting these images can damage the tombtones. There are certain products that will actually damage the tombstones, especially they older ones. For many years people would use shaving cream. And there are still debates about this. You can purchase kits for taking tombstone rubbings. And there are some wonderful sites on the Internet that will give you lists of needed materials and the steps for making safe tombstone rubbings. One such site is Sabina J. Murray's Tombstone Rubbings at http://www.firstct.com/fv/t_stone.html which in addition to having the steps has some great pictures of old tombstones." Hope this helps, Billie