Is there anyone in the Indiana area who does monument repair work on a professional basis? Is this something that a person could reasonably have done just for a stone or 2 or is this something expensive enough that it's generally left to serious restoration groups with outside funding? I'm mostly asking just out of curiosity... > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:13:59 -0800 > From: "Mirra Meyer" <Mirra.Meyer@state.or.us> > To: CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Monument Repairers > > The Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries is > seeking contact information on individuals or > companies in Washington, Idaho, N.California, and of > course Oregon who are known to be skilled in the > repair of historic cemetery markers. > > Please reply with your recommendations to the > address or email below. > > Thank you for your help. > > Mirra Meyer > > > > > Visit our website at www.hcd.state.or.us > Select "Historic Cemeteries" from the menu. > > Mirra Meyer > Program Coordinator > mirra.meyer@state.or.us > 503-986-0685 > Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries > State Historic Preservation Office > 725 Summer Street NE, Suite C > Salem, OR 97301 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Lena, There are several folks that call themselves professional in the repair business. Saving the pioneer tombstones- is what sparked the INPCRP/Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project. I'm the coordinator for Tippecanoe county and also work the state page. Many monument companies work on stones. INPCRP works on education for restoration. There is a difference in restoring a tombstone from the 1800's and dumping it in cement. I know most genealogist have seen this. These workshops have been ongoing for six or seven years. They are sponsored by the Ind. Historical Society and the DNR. and they are held June and Sept., usually. Through this process there are many folks working on restoring and re-recording the old pioneer cemeteries in Indiana. I'm working on my eighth cemetery, and my second destroyed project. Where nothing was showing before we started. I'm proud to say we have over 12 standing now. And a whole bunch more to work on. :-) While I don't do this for a living, there are some in Indiana that will charge up to $150 to 200.00 per stone. I prefer to teach and share the knowledge. So if anyone is interested in joining us here in Tippecanoe County, I'd love to hear from you. As far as the best professional restoration person, that would be John Walters from Fayette Co. Indiana. His email: graveyardgroomer@skyenet.net L.A. Clugh Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Projects http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/ Tippecanoe County pioneer cemetery projects. http://www.rootsweb.com/~intcpcrg/Index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lena C." <gostraka@yahoo.com> To: <INTIPPEC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:54 AM Subject: [INTIPPEC] Fwd: Monument Repairers > Is there anyone in the Indiana area who does monument > repair work on a professional basis? Is this something > that a person could reasonably have done just for a > stone or 2 or is this something expensive enough that > it's generally left to serious restoration groups with > outside funding? > I'm mostly asking just out of curiosity... > > > ==== INTIPPEC Mailing List ==== > Visit the New Web site for the > Tippecanoe County Area Genealogical Society (TIPCOA) > http://www.rootsweb.com/~intcags/ > >