I'm certainly no expert, so I had no particular advice to present on the page. It is usually done on a case-by-case basis. From my observations, those old marble stones are the worst. In many cemeteries, they are reduced to just rounded humps with the writing lost forever. The only real long-term solution would be total replacement, assuming that you found someone who could do them in an "old" style. I think there is a cemetery-interest list on Rootsweb somewhere. You could look for advice there. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim-Almquist" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [OhBrown] Cemetery restoration page > Hey Doug - way to go! It's good that someone cares and sounds like you may > have gotten the ball rollin. You have a nice web site, but was hoping the > page on cemetery restoration would have been a little more informative - > but, that is not your job. > I've been looking for awhile to get an idea to solve a tombstone problem on > my ggrands and grands stone. Their stones are "soft marble" and after about > 50 years the engraving was nearly weathered away. That was 30 years ago, > and though they were "recarved", the engraving is again almost unreadable. > I'm kind of "end-of-the-line" for this family group and was hoping there was > a way to fix these stones so they would still be legible 100 years from > now - even if it meant a little stainless steel plaque that could be affixed > to the stone or something. After I'm gone, I don't think there will be any > others around to update or restore the stones in another 30 or 40 years. > Anybody have any ideas? > I probably need to find a Discussion List for this topic, but thought I'd > ask. > thanks, Jim > >