I think a good co.dealing in this type of work could change the O to a Q with out a big problem.I think all they would haft to do would cut the remaining part of the Q on the bottom of the O,Might not look 100% but i think it could be done. --- patriciamorano@bellsouth.net wrote: > First, can you find out who the gentleman is put the replacement headstone > in? Is it possible that the picture just makes it look like an O instead of > a Q? I have not seen a picture of the marker but is it brass or stone? > Brass markers cost anywhere from $600 to $750 to have made plus you have to > pay a small fee to have them installed, depending on the city and cemetery. > Stones cost much more. I know. I had to pay for a marker to be put on my > mother's grave about 3 years ago. The simplest thing, I would think would > be to go to the sextant of the cemetery or write and have a correction put > in the cemetery records or a notation. Pat Morano > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Arnold" <kevin-arnold@verizon.net> > To: <KY-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 7:37 AM > Subject: How to Correct Name on Tombstone > > > >I recently came across a website that provided pictures of the markers in > >Switzer Cemetery, located beside the North Fork Baptist Church in Franklin > >County. (The address is > >http://letsbehappy.net/David's%20GENEALOGY/switzercem1_files/switzercem.htm) > > > > I noticed that my g-g-grandfather's name is misspelled - they have a > > middle initial of O, but it should be Q. I have all the documentation to > > support the fact that it should be Q. > > > > The marker has obviously been replaced, given its condition and the date > > of death 1903. According to the gentleman who maintains the website, > > someone by the name of Clyde Hart probably was the one responsible for > > replacing it, using his own money during the 1970s. > > > > So my question is... How can I go about having the marker corrected? Can > > I simply contact a local monument company and have them do it? If so, > > could anyone recommend a trustworthy company? I live too far away to > > investigate myself. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Kevin Arnold > > http://arnold-history.org > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== KY-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Kentucky Cemetery list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to KY-CEMETERIES-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List to KY-CEMETERIES-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ===== roverstreet99@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com