Hi, I'm not sure if someone else has suggested this to the list buta good friend of mine told me that while she was doing research on her family she ran into several headstones where the names and info were not easily readable. She and her husband took ordinary chalk and rubbed it over the headstone and it brought the info to the surface. I just went today and tried this on some of the stones that I hadn't been able to read before and low and behold they stood out very well...in fact... I took pictures of the headstones and the info is readable in them now too :-) And the best parts?? The chalk will wash away in the first rain and u don't have to press down on the headstone and worry about causing damage to them :-) Thought I'd pass this tidbit on and hope it helps someone else as much as it has me :-) Thanks Stephanie