I bring my plastic scrub brush with a spray bottle.A crayon and blank paper for etchings. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley A Scott" <shirleyscott@juno.com> To: <MOMARIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 7:22 AM Subject: [MOMARIES] Tombstone Cleaning > I've not heard of such a project. The cleaning of tombstones is so > controversial. Anyone know of any good sites that discuss this topic? > > Shirley Scott <>< shirleyscott@juno.com > The Scott Family: http://www.geocities.com/shirleyascott > My Family Tree: http://www.angelfire.com/mo/winkeler/index.html > > On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 05:57:31 -0700 "Jim Hubbard" <hubbardjim@hotmail.com> > writes: > > Shirley: > > > > I ran across a technique for getting information off of tombstones > > that are > > weathered and difficult to read. A couple in Indiana use shaving > > cream and > > a putty knife to lift information on the headstones. "some of the > > stones > > look like there is nothing on them and once you put the shaving > > cream > > on-there it appears". The couple's names are Gary and Karen > > Baldwin, they > > live in Lawrence County, Indiana and are working with the Indiana > > Department > > of Natural Resources to locate and identify cemetaries and graves. > > Is > > anyone familiar with this technique? Do we have a project like this > > in > > Missouri? > > > > Jim Hubbard > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > ==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com