I love this idea! Thank you. I used a zip lock bag to leave a message in a bunch of silk flowers after having the cemetery people trash my flowers over and over when they were brand new. (I guess it was easier to trash them than put them back.) Anyway, I used the ziploc bag method but if you're careful you can use a hole punch in the top of the bag, just above the zipper. No tape to weather. In my case, I plucked one of the flowers off, put the stem through the hole and popped the flower back on. Shirley Pearson ----- Original Message ----- From: W. Wilton To: OHDARKE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 8:44 AM Subject: [OHDARKE] Memorial Day IDEA at CEM'S Good idea as I have done this. I also take some good strong nylon cord, wrap the end of the plastic zip lock seal bag (with my Gen. info of name E mail and ph # ( at least a dozen copies) inside. and tape it around the cord. I use a large enough bag so the front of the page can show. Then the bottom of the bag can be unzipped and remove 1 sheet and zip back leaving for the next person. Can also put a ballon or two on the cord to attract attention. I then if an old above ground stone, I wrap the cord around it and tie securely tight. Hang so the bag shows the front of the sheet of paper with info showing to see. If not a above ground stone, I take some good strong waterproof tape and tape to stone after cleaning with a brush for the tape. OR Can also take a good bamboo stake ( can be bought in garden stores for use in gardens), and stick in ground along side top edge of ground stone with a balloon attatched. and tape end of bag same as above so bottom can be unzipped etc. I also have had contact with someone who has visited even several months after. W Wilton willma@sprynet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "kenr" <kenr@arkansas.net> To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 10:41 PM Subject: [ILPIKE] Good Idea > Now with Memorial Day coming perhaps, it might be a good time to tell > everyone. > > On or about Memorial Day, when you visit your family graves, why not > take a plastic bag > that contains your name and where any other relative might find you ie: > name, number, > or email address. Put it on the stone with a stone or poke it into the > dirt with a stick. In > some cemeteries this may not work but in the really old ones you might > be surprised. > Who knows you might find a long lost cousin who has the photo's, family > Bible and all > the really 'good' stuff. > > > > ==== ILPIKE Mailing List ==== > Pike Co Cemeteries > http://www.PikeCoILGenWeb.org/cemeteries.html > ==== OHDARKE Mailing List ==== Contact the OHDARKE List administrator at OHDARKE-admin@rootsweb.com http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/darke.html Subscribe, unsubscribe, view list archives, etc. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237