If you go to the cemetery in the winter, you can pack the headstone with snow if there is any. Works the same way. I've done it. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Hacker" <bethhacker@insightbb.com> To: <kyclay@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Question > thanks > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stella Pitt" <stella.pitt@sbcglobal.net> > To: <kyclay@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:55 AM > Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Question > > >> You can do a rubbing of the headstone - put a piece of white paper on the >> headstone and take a pencil and rub it over the paper - the engravings >> will appear on the paper and then you can read the info. Also, I have >> heard of people using a piece of chalk - just rub it on the headstone. >> It >> washes right off with the rain. Good luck. >> >> Stella Bowling Pitt >> >> Beth Hacker <bethhacker@insightbb.com> wrote: I am looking for someone >> who >> e-mailed me who is doing Cemeteries, I am so sorry I forgot your name, >> but >> I need help. There is a Cemetery in Mercer County West Va., where I >> believe my granddad was buried, but someone used a white wash I guess to >> try to keep the old head stones in shape, and now you can not read the >> name, if the guy who e-mailed me, would please e-mail me, it would mean >> so >> much, I need to know if anything can be done to clean the headstones off. >> Thanks Myrtle >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> >> To review the Welcome message and find useful links for Clay County >> research, please visit >> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~beckyjs3/clayco.html. If you have >> any >> questions or need help regarding this mailing list, please email >> kyclay-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> KYCLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> >> To review the Welcome message and find useful links for Clay County >> research, please visit >> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~beckyjs3/clayco.html. If you have >> any >> questions or need help regarding this mailing list, please email >> kyclay-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> KYCLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ---------------------------------------- > > > To review the Welcome message and find useful links for Clay County > research, please visit > http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~beckyjs3/clayco.html. If you have any > questions or need help regarding this mailing list, please email > kyclay-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYCLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "sue benge" <csbenge@comcast.net> To: <kyclay@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Question > If you go to the cemetery in the winter, you can pack the headstone with > snow if there is any. Works the same way. I've done it. > > Carolyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beth Hacker" <bethhacker@insightbb.com> > To: <kyclay@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:06 AM > Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Question > > >> thanks >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Stella Pitt" <stella.pitt@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <kyclay@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:55 AM >> Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Question >> >> >>> You can do a rubbing of the headstone - put a piece of white paper on >>> the >>> headstone and take a pencil and rub it over the paper - the engravings >>> will appear on the paper and then you can read the info. Also, I have >>> heard of people using a piece of chalk - just rub it on the headstone. >>> It >>> washes right off with the rain. Good luck. >>> >>> Stella Bowling Pitt >>> >>> Beth Hacker <bethhacker@insightbb.com> wrote: I am looking for someone >>> who >>> e-mailed me who is doing Cemeteries, I am so sorry I forgot your name, >>> but >>> I need help. There is a Cemetery in Mercer County West Va., where I >>> believe my granddad was buried, but someone used a white wash I guess to >>> try to keep the old head stones in shape, and now you can not read the >>> name, if the guy who e-mailed me, would please e-mail me, it would mean >>> so >>> much, I need to know if anything can be done to clean the headstones >>> off. >>> Thanks Myrtle >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> To review the Welcome message and find useful links for Clay County >>> research, please visit >>> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~beckyjs3/clayco.html. If you have >>> any >>> questions or need help regarding this mailing list, please email >>> kyclay-admin@rootsweb.com. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> KYCLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> To review the Welcome message and find useful links for Clay County >>> research, please visit >>> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~beckyjs3/clayco.html. If you have >>> any >>> questions or need help regarding this mailing list, please email >>> kyclay-admin@rootsweb.com. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> KYCLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> >> To review the Welcome message and find useful links for Clay County >> research, please visit >> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~beckyjs3/clayco.html. If you have >> any >> questions or need help regarding this mailing list, please email >> kyclay-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> KYCLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------- > > > To review the Welcome message and find useful links for Clay County > research, please visit > http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~beckyjs3/clayco.html. If you have any > questions or need help regarding this mailing list, please email > kyclay-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYCLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >