I don't see how you have time to do much sitting on buckets if you are doing much cemetery canvassing. In the past two years, I have canvassed cemeteries in Pottawatomie, Cleveland and a few in Oklahoma counties and have over 80,000 names in my data base and on the http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm site. So you can see I don't have much time to sit and still work a part-time job and do the canvassing. I take a clipboard for the entry and in my pockets, a plastic windshield scraper, chalk and a rag. I go down one row and back up the next writing the row and plot numbers, names, dates and comments onto the clipboard. When I return to home, I enter the data into Microsoft Excel. Then, I e-mail a copy of the file to Tammie, who places it onto the web-site. I do agree with Dennis' comments/tips. It is great that he took the time to provide so much good information. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debra Garner" <dougg@hsnp.com> To: <OK-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 8:27 AM Subject: [OK-CEM] Bucket > Just a suggestion on use of the bucket while reading stone. > My husband works at a local sporting goods store, and brought home > a wonder gift for me. > It is a stool that hunters use in the woods, while sitting on their stand. > It looks likes a 5 gallon bucket, but has a padded screw off lid. > I carry whatever supplies I need in the bucket and this makes them accessible > at all times. No need to walk back to the car or carry them in my hands. > Plus the padded seat is an added comfort. > > In winter get the little cushions that warm up as you sit on them, we need all the > comfort we can get. ha. > > Also a word of caution. If you are not able to take someone with you on your readings, > please invest in a cell phone. You may never know when you might need one. > > Cudos to all that are preserving these cemeteries. I am in Arkansas, and appreciate all > of you that are doing this in Oklahoma. > > Debra Slater Garner > > > > > > > > ______________________________