Hello all, I have asked the expert on chalk to develop a response for your question. Chalk is thought to be okay for stones but it is not. I will forward you all the response when I get it. Andi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debby Beheler" <d001b@yahoo.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 5:25 PM Subject: [INPCRP] Chalk > I hope someone will enlighten us to the damage chalk > causes. I am an advocate of using chalk to bring out > the inscription, esp. when all else fails. It seems > to me that if it is the only way to read the stone, at > least we have preserved the information contained > there when there may be no way to read it in a few > years. I have been carrying a spray bottle of plain > water with me to rinse the chalk off afterwards. I > am, however, willing to listen to the reasons not to > use chalk. > > Debby Beheler > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. > http://phone.yahoo.com > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > If you know of some good cemetery related links, send them to LoisMauk@usa.net. > >