At 03:00 AM 6/27/2003 -0600, ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 171 > > > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:02:04 -0700 >From: "Doris Mathis" <doris40@aeroinc.net> >To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <009101c33c36$fca9e8c0$b2cd940c@oemcomputer> >Subject: [RC-ROOTS] Genealogy - Ancestry Quick Tip 6-26-03 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Ancestry Quick Tip > >I have cut up tracing paper about the size of a 3 x 5 card and put it in a >letter size envelope and carry it with me at all times to trace words or >letters I can't make out right then and study them later. Seems to work for me. >Doris Williams > > >Thanks to Doris for today's Quick Tip! If you have a tip you would like to >share with researchers, you can send it to: ADNeditor@ancestry.com I love your tip. I have used tracing paper in a lot of "projects" and never thought of this. Big thank you for sharing. On old tombstones that are hard to read I use a spray bottle with plain WATER. Spray the lettering and let the stone itself dry this will leave water in the depressions. The water will highlight the letters and make it a little easier to read. No harm is done to the stones. Kay in Missouri