Linda: I agree about your "nice thought," especially the shed idea. Young people in Lewis County have also prepared cemetery lists detailing the contents of the headstones. Many are available in the library in Lowville, the county seat. We agree on the value of the Boy and Girl Scouts to this country. The values taught last a lifetime. A member of this list also had an interesting suggestion. She recalled that some DAR members have suggested spraying a hard-to-read headstone with shaving cream that does no damage to the stone, but which makes the reading of letters somewhat easier. Ken Everard >This is a little off base of what you were talking about restoring >headstones. But here in TX a lot of Scout Troops have been reading >stones and submitting the data to the local Genealogical Societies. One >troop also built a little shed type room with a book of those buried >there for visitors to find and perhaps sign in. A nice touch I thought. >I believe this endeavor is happening in all the States. A big Thank You >to the Boy and Girl Scouts for doing this job. Linda > >