[email protected] wrote: > > 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 snip > 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." Billie, I just visited this site. I would quibble with one of her shown steps: when putting the paper on the stone, it should be a large enough piece that it can be *TAPED TO ITSELF*. There should be no tape that touches the stone. She also skimped on the cleaning step, which should be *very gentle.* The older the stone, the gentler! All the best, Valorie Cowan McBee Zimmerman, IBSSG Black Diamond, Washington USA New Listowner Baysinger-L and McBee-L, and related GenConnect suites Proud supporter of Rootsweb