A word of caution here. Marking graves is a good idea and would honor our ancestors. BUT. If the cemetery is on private land and even though they are "protected", you have to take into consideration the land owner and his position. Not that I think they should disregard a burial plot in any case. We have a cemetery here in Washington county. I have been to it and photographed it for a descendant of one of the buried. There are no headstones and only a couple base stones in place. Someone has placed some inexpensive marble stones, engraved by template it looks like, flat on the side of a small pond near the cemetery. The land owner told me he was going to remove them because they were on the slope of the dam and his cattle could (and probably will) step on them and slip and become injured. These markers would in all probability be left alone if placed in the fence line closer to the burial spot and not likely stepped on by the livestock nor damaged/removed by the property owner. Just a tip. Also, if in pastures, keep one eye on the cattle, but that is another story that is humerous.....now..lol Rich & Terri Moberly Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma Looking for my John D LANE in Newton/Jasper County. He is buried there somewhere. Just have to keep "digging"..16 Aug 1889 aged 45