That sounds like a good thing to do. This is going to be a good winter to go find the cemeteries in the woods and also look again a the stones full of lichen. The growth is fairly dormant in the cold months. It's much easier to see the details before you photograph, or use water to scrub and re-read. Take those photos before it gets warm again. I'm off Saturday for a vacation. I hope you all continue to share what your doing in your counties. It is important to try to talk about your ideas for others that are new on the list as well as others just understanding the process. Have a good Jan. L.A. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Rooker" <gravefinder2003@yahoo.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:00 AM Subject: [INPCRP] winter activity > Hey Group ! > > We here in Putnam County are doing research, taking pics on sunny days > and getting ready for spring.. Sheila and Larry > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Photos - Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover > Photo Books. You design it and we'll bind it! > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you > have." > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) > >

Hey Group ! We here in Putnam County are doing research, taking pics on sunny days and getting ready for spring.. Sheila and Larry --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos – Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover Photo Books. You design it and we’ll bind it!

Mark: Can you elaborate on what you are doing for the Trustees? Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Kreps" <mjkreps@gmail.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] INPCRP Delaware County is busy doing presentations to Township Trustees this week. On 1/11/06, NTFCANNON@aol.com <NTFCANNON@aol.com> wrote: > > Floyd County is busy busy busy with locating graves and place > and repairring > stones. > to busy to talk this unpredictable warm spell has the hills humming with > activity! > > All the best, Tom > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you > have." > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.

Hi Melody, I hope everythings going well at the Cemetery Commission. I am still working on my house, and should be done and moved in soon, then I can go back to working on the cemeterys. What was that about concrete? Just joking. Amy

Hopefully only in a good way. Sharon At 06:35 PM 1/11/2006, you wrote: >oh, you are just holding a blowtorch, aintcha?!?! > >-----Original Message----- >From: Sharon and Joe Mills <mills@rnetinc.net> >To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:16:52 -0500 >Subject: [INPCRP] lighting a fire > > >How about this issue? One of my husband's distant cousins is encouraging >me to raise funds and get a single tombstone restored. > >I can manage that, and I know the stone needs to be reset, but he also >wants to tell me how to do it. His advisor is a stone mason who wants to >add a final coating that will guarantee the etching never erodes. > >Sharon Mills > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of >England and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli: > "Show me the manner in which a nation or community > cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical > exactness the tender mercies of its people, their > respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty > to high ideals." > > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >"Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have." > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

oh, you are just holding a blowtorch, aintcha?!?! -----Original Message----- From: Sharon and Joe Mills <mills@rnetinc.net> To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:16:52 -0500 Subject: [INPCRP] lighting a fire How about this issue? One of my husband's distant cousins is encouraging me to raise funds and get a single tombstone restored. I can manage that, and I know the stone needs to be reset, but he also wants to tell me how to do it. His advisor is a stone mason who wants to add a final coating that will guarantee the etching never erodes. Sharon Mills ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of England and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli: "Show me the manner in which a nation or community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty to high ideals."

How about this issue? One of my husband's distant cousins is encouraging me to raise funds and get a single tombstone restored. I can manage that, and I know the stone needs to be reset, but he also wants to tell me how to do it. His advisor is a stone mason who wants to add a final coating that will guarantee the etching never erodes. Sharon Mills

Delaware County is busy doing presentations to Township Trustees this week. On 1/11/06, NTFCANNON@aol.com <NTFCANNON@aol.com> wrote: > > Floyd County is busy busy busy with locating graves and place > and repairring > stones. > to busy to talk this unpredictable warm spell has the hills humming with > activity! > > All the best, Tom > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you > have." > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) > >

Floyd County is busy busy busy with locating graves and place and repairring stones. to busy to talk this unpredictable warm spell has the hills humming with activity! All the best, Tom

I could light a fire again by making a comment about resetting stones in cement. That seems to bring everyone to life. Melody in Madison County At 11:26 PM 1/10/2006, you wrote: >Has the INPCRP folded. > > >BJ > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.

I'm here. I think everyone hibernated. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bjreal332@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:26 PM Subject: [INPCRP] INPCRP Has the INPCRP folded. BJ ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.

Has the INPCRP folded. BJ

I've visited the German Ridge Cemetery in Perry County; it's a neat old cemetery. Here's a local contact that may be of assistance: Rick Brumfield <rick.brumfield@tellcity-cannelton.com> Happy Holidays, Rich Green Historic Archaeological Research 4338 Hadley Court West Lafayette, IN 47906 Office: (765) 464-8735 Mobile: (765) 427-4082 www.har-indy.com ----- Original Message ----- From: L.A. CLUGH To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:27 AM Subject: [INPCRP] Fw: Suggestions for INPCRP Main Page List, This man is looking for help near Tell City. Anyone close to this area? LA ----- Original Message ----- From: ELMGCM@aol.com<mailto:ELMGCM@aol.com> To: clugh_la@msn.com<mailto:clugh_la@msn.com> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 8:37 AM Subject: Re: Suggestions for INPCRP Main Page Hi Lou Ann , german ridge is in perry county , near tell city ind thanks greg ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== This list is for discussion of topics related to the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project only. Please do not send genealogical queries through this list. The surname and geographic Mailing Lists on Rootsweb at http://lists.rootsweb.com are a better venue. Thank you.

List, This man is looking for help near Tell City. Anyone close to this area? LA ----- Original Message ----- From: ELMGCM@aol.com<mailto:ELMGCM@aol.com> To: clugh_la@msn.com<mailto:clugh_la@msn.com> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 8:37 AM Subject: Re: Suggestions for INPCRP Main Page Hi Lou Ann , german ridge is in perry county , near tell city ind thanks greg

In a message dated 12/8/05 9:01:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, crfordy@comcast.net writes: > Subj:Re: Rutlands Cleaner > Date:12/8/05 9:01:29 PM Eastern Standard Time > From:crfordy@comcast.net > To:Jackbriles@aol.com > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hi Jack, > After reading your article on Rutlands Brick and Stone Cleaner Code 83, I > looked up Rutlands on the Internet and since they said they would answer > questions I asked them about using the product to clean all types of stone > cemetery monuments without damage to the surface of the stone. I received a > response from Jessica Oberg and this is what she wrote: > Mr. Huffman, > > Thank you for your e-mail and your interest in Rutland Products! > > I am not sure who advised you that our Brick & Stone Cleaner would be > appropriate to clean stone cemetery monuments. We have not done any testing > > and don't know what the effects would be. I spoke with our chemist and he > indicated that he would not recommend that you use the brick & stone cleaner > > to clean something that is not dirtied by soot, creosote or other by > products of fires. He indicated that while it may work it does not contain > the same detergents as many household cleaners. Its a specialized cleaner > for a specific application. > The chemicals in our Brick & Stone cleaner are mild, however, as with any > chemical you want to exhibit some caution when using it. I hope that this > answers your questions. Should you have any further questions or wish to > discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you again > > for your e-mail and for using Rutland Products! > > Regards, > Jess > > Jessica Oberg > Customer Service Manager > Rutland Products > 800-544-1307 > www.rutland.com > jessica@rutland.com > > Thought you might be interested in the resopnse. > Don Huffman > crfordy@comcast.net > Don, I appreciate your response. I wont know for sure until after I try the product on some Scrap Tombstones. I'll let you know what the results of my tests are. Thanks jackbriles@aol.com Jack E. Briles Sr.

In a message dated 12/7/05 8:27:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, Tewastar@aol.com writes: > someone, on this listserve, recently wrote about reading the above book > and > recommended it.....SO....whoever you are...do know the publisher? > > I am trying to locate the book via inter library loan>>>> > > thanks so much~~~ > > Marilynn in NM marilynn, the book is living among headstones and was written by shannon applegate. the publisher is thunder's mouth press, a division of avalon publishing group, and is distributed by publishers group west. i got my copy from amazon. scot

someone, on this listserve, recently wrote about reading the above book and recommended it.....SO....whoever you are...do know the publisher? I am trying to locate the book via inter library loan>>>> thanks so much~~~ Marilynn in NM

In a message dated 12/5/05 11:39:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, gravefinder2003@yahoo.com writes: > Information on accepted cleaning methods can be found at: The > Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project, > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/, The Association for Gravestone > Studies, http://www.gravestonestudies.org/, Saving Graves, > http://www.savinggraves.com, The Chicora Foundation, > http://chicora.org/cemetery_preservation.htm, Connecticut Gravestone > Network, http://www.ctgravestones.com/Conservation/cleaning.htm, and the > book A Graveyard Preservation Primer by Lynette Strangstad, available > from Amazon.com. > > > Rhonda Stoffer > Head of Indiana History and Genealogy Services > Marion Public Library > > > Rhonda, An " Old" Stone mason {I'm 72] gave me 8 ounces of "Rutlands Brick And Stone Cleaner" Code 83. Directions: Rutland Brick and Stone Cleaner, Concentrated. A concentrated formula for hard to remove baked on soot and creosote deposits on brick and stone Fireplaces. The Formula for the really tough problem jobs. DIRECTIONS: Have a stiff bristled scrub brush, soft cloths and a pail of potable water handy. Spray Rutland Brick And Stone Cleaner liberally on area to be cleaned. Wet brush and scrub vigorously to clean deep inside pores. Rinse with clean water. Repeat if necessary. CAUTION: Contains strong solvent. Wear Rubber gloves when using. Do not get in eyes. Do not take internally. Contains no added Phosphorus. For more information, Contact: Rutland Products Gastonia, North Carolina 28052 I haven't had a chance to try it out on a test stone yet, but he said it would clean stone without damaging it. This remains to be seen by me. If it works, I'll be back. Jack Briles jackbriles@aol.Com

In a message dated 12/4/05 5:21:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, md9105@rogerscomputers.net writes: > When God sees fit to relieve me of my earthly body to go and live with my > Savior, I will not need my earthly body. Least of all I hope and pray that I > will not need a stone for people to remember me. > Who Gives a Fury Rodents Behind" > Mark, 'It sounds to me like if he is lucky, the only one who would miss him is whats left of the furry rodents behind,and i'm not sure about that? He must really live a miserable life. And who told him God would be the one to call him, there is another way to go ! Jack Briles

Hey Jack! Excellent observation, as usual. Some people forget they may never get to meet their "maker." Personally, if I were the maker, there are some mistakes I'd never want to face either! Good to hear from you! Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackbriles@aol.com To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Fury Rodent Says Cemetery Restoration is a Waste of Money In a message dated 12/4/05 5:21:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, md9105@rogerscomputers.net writes: > When God sees fit to relieve me of my earthly body to go and live with my > Savior, I will not need my earthly body. Least of all I hope and pray that I > will not need a stone for people to remember me. > Who Gives a Fury Rodents Behind" > Mark, 'It sounds to me like if he is lucky, the only one who would miss him is whats left of the furry rodents behind,and i'm not sure about that? He must really live a miserable life. And who told him God would be the one to call him, there is another way to go ! Jack Briles ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is undisguised. This is a cemetery. "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union, IA