----- Original Message ----- From: "Tommy Hunt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] submissions for January 2009 newsletter > Since I see so many tombstones that are hard to read I would think it > might > be nice to have someting in the newslatter as to how to clean them or how > to > read what is inscribed when it is either worn or molded over. This may not > be a good idea but it does interest me and someone in the group may know . > Thanks , Tommy Hunt ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Ellington" <[email protected]> > To: "D-OGS closed list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:55 PM > Subject: [NCDOGS] submissions for January 2009 newsletter > > >> Ig you have anything that you want included in the January newsletter, >> please send it to me by noon this Friday, 12/19. >> >> >> -- Richard >> >> =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= >> >> Richard K. Ellington >> ITS Data Centers Manager >> Information Technology Services >> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill >> 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 >> Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 >> Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu >> >> 919-698-8591 (voice) >> 919-843-9153 (fax) >> [email protected] >> >> >> "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken >> or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". >> >> -Winston Churchill >> >> =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= >> ************************* >> Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ >> Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

> >> Since I see so many tombstones that are hard to read I would think it >> might be nice to have someting in the newslatter as to how to clean them >> or how >> to read what is inscribed when it is either worn or molded over. This may >> not >> be a good idea but it does interest me and someone in the group may know >> . >> Thanks , Tommy Hunt >>> If you have anything that you want included in the January newsletter, >>> please send it to me by noon this Friday, 12/19. >>> -- Richard Here's the "fount of all knowledge" on the subject of gravestone preservation: http://www.gravestonestudies.org/. Prowl around on that site for much information! For many years, I have used with success plain table flour which, applied by the handful, and gently rubbed into the inscriptions, will bring out even very worn inscriptions, so they may be successfully photographed. It is organic, and avoids all the chemical objections of gravestone preservationists. There are those who prefer chalk or some other powder, but I find if I run out of my supply unexpectedly, I can replentish it at the corner store in Orange County! Of course, NEVER use wire brushes, or metal devices of any kind to "clean" the lichen off grave markers. And NEVER chemicals like purex or cholorox!! A new topic that has surfaced hereabouts, is the use of "divining rods" to locate lost graves that have no stone markers. There's controversy about it's effectiveness, but I've been convinced by a fellow from IL, who came to give a program on it at the Cheatham County [TN] Historical and Genealogical Association at Ashland City, TN last summer. It's an individual learning experience, but seems to work! He located and platted the graves in a long lost family cemetery behind a house within the city, that had been encroached upon, and only some vinca minor remained in a tiny patch. Seems there were perhaps a dozen gravesites there that had been lost. Cleo Hogan, JD Clarksville, TN Past Director & Life Member, NC Gen Soc Founding Director, Old Buncombe Co. Gen Soc Desc of Hogan, Holt, King, Lloyd, Craig, Blackwood of Orange

Thanks to Tommy for the original suggestion and to Cleo for the great information. It's great to have our distant "D-OGS cuzzins" contribute to our discussions. Perhaps this would be a good topic for an upcoming Trading Path Journal article or even a series of articles. Who out there in D-OGS land would like to take on the subject? I do have some info in a short article that I will include in the next newsletter. - Richard Cleo wrote: >>> Since I see so many tombstones that are hard to read I would think it >>> might be nice to have someting in the newslatter as to how to clean them >>> or how >>> to read what is inscribed when it is either worn or molded over. This may >>> not >>> be a good idea but it does interest me and someone in the group may know >>> . >>> Thanks , Tommy Hunt > >>>> If you have anything that you want included in the January newsletter, >>>> please send it to me by noon this Friday, 12/19. >>>> -- Richard > > > Here's the "fount of all knowledge" on the subject of gravestone > preservation: http://www.gravestonestudies.org/. Prowl around on that site > for much information! > > For many years, I have used with success plain table flour which, applied by > the handful, and gently rubbed into the inscriptions, will bring out even > very worn inscriptions, so they may be successfully photographed. It is > organic, and avoids all the chemical objections of gravestone > preservationists. > > There are those who prefer chalk or some other powder, but I find if I run > out of my supply unexpectedly, I can replentish it at the corner store in > Orange County! > > Of course, NEVER use wire brushes, or metal devices of any kind to "clean" > the lichen off grave markers. And NEVER chemicals like purex or cholorox!! > > A new topic that has surfaced hereabouts, is the use of "divining rods" to > locate lost graves that have no stone markers. There's controversy about > it's effectiveness, but I've been convinced by a fellow from IL, who came to > give a program on it at the Cheatham County [TN] Historical and Genealogical > Association at Ashland City, TN last summer. It's an individual learning > experience, but seems to work! He located and platted the graves in a long > lost family cemetery behind a house within the city, that had been > encroached upon, and only some vinca minor remained in a tiny patch. Seems > there were perhaps a dozen gravesites there that had been lost. > > Cleo Hogan, JD > Clarksville, TN > Past Director & Life Member, NC Gen Soc > Founding Director, Old Buncombe Co. Gen Soc > Desc of Hogan, Holt, King, Lloyd, Craig, Blackwood of Orange > > > > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Richard K. Ellington ITS Data Centers Manager Information Technology Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) [email protected] "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Shaving cream works very well.  Spray the lettering, then use the edge of your hand or the edge of a piece of cardboard to remove excess. In the event you forget your shaving cream try photographing the stone from an angle rather than straight on as that way a shadow will be visable and make the lettering legible if no too far gone.   The shaving cream was a recommendation at a large genealogical conference in VA.  We were assured that the cream would not harm the stone and would wash away by rain.   Bebe Fox -----Original Message----- From: Richard Ellington <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:18 am Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Fw: submissions for January 2009 newsletter Thanks to Tommy for the original suggestion and to Cleo for the great information. It's great to have our distant "D-OGS cuzzins" contribute to our discussions. Perhaps this would be a good topic for an upcoming Trading Path Journal article or even a series of articles. Who out there in D-OGS land would like to take on the subject? I do have some info in a short article that I will include in the next newsletter. - Richard Cleo wrote: >>> Since I see so many tombstones that are hard to read I would think it >>> might be nice to have someting in the newslatter as to how to clean them >>> or how >>> to read what is inscribed when it is either worn or molded over. This may >>> not >>> be a good i dea but it does interest me and someone in the group may know >>> . >>> Thanks , Tommy Hunt > >>>> If you have anything that you want included in the January newsletter, >>>> please send it to me by noon this Friday, 12/19. >>>> -- Richard > > > Here's the "fount of all knowledge" on the subject of gravestone > preservation: http://www.gravestonestudies.org/. Prowl around on that site > for much information! > > For many years, I have used with success plain table flour which, applied by > the handful, and gently rubbed into the inscriptions, will bring out even > very worn inscriptions, so they may be successfully photographed. It is > organic, and avoids all the chemical objections of gravestone > preservationists. > > There are those who prefer chalk or some other powder, but I find if I run > out of my supply unexpectedly, I can replentish it at the corner store in > Orange County! > > Of course, NEVER use wire brushes, or metal devices of any kind to "clean" > the lichen off grave markers. And NEVER chemicals like purex or cholorox!! > > A new topic that has surfaced hereabouts, is the use of "divining rods" to > locate lost graves that have no stone markers. There's controversy about > it's effectiveness, but I've been convinced by a fellow from IL, who came to > give a program on it at the Cheatham County [TN] Historical and Genealogical > Association at Ashland City, TN last summer. It's an individual learning=2 0 > experience, but seems to work! He located and platted the graves in a long > lost family cemetery behind a house within the city, that had been > encroached upon, and only some vinca minor remained in a tiny patch. Seems > there were perhaps a dozen gravesites there that had been lost. > > Cleo Hogan, JD > Clarksville, TN > Past Director & Life Member, NC Gen Soc > Founding Director, Old Buncombe Co. Gen Soc > Desc of Hogan, Holt, King, Lloyd, Craig, Blackwood of Orange > > > > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Richard K. Ellington ITS Data Centers Manager Information Technology Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) [email protected] "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=3 D ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message