Hi all; When you take pictures you should do the following at the same time; 1...Take with you items to brush off stone if needed. Take appropriate items to clean off a spot if needed to be able to read it. This may be needed in some instances depending on condition of stone and Cemetery. Also take several or more gallon jugs of water. 2...Take a notebook( spiral preferably and pens. IMPORTANT: Write down the information also for each one. Depending on weather on days and or age etc. of stone, camera used, settings of it, and maybe other factors, it may not be or part may not be Completely readable in finished picture. Also if using batteries keep a supply of new or recharged rechargeable ones. Also if using digital take additional clips for filing up with more pictures than the one you have in camera. 3... In some cases you may have to take several pictures of same stone . Maxine Wilton [email protected]