How exactly do you do that? Hold the paper up to the stone and press really hard with the charcoal or chalk? ----- Original Message ----- From: lorelle marinello To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] MY PREFERENCE IS SIDEWALK CHALK When I was in England, it was customary to make rubbings of tombs on butcher paper charcoal or chalk. Then you have something to take home. >Good idea Wayne...I always take sidewalk chalk & rub over the >stones. White really makes the pics show up really well..looks very >antiqued..really makes a nice pic..and it just washes off in the >rain..no harm done. But shaving cream would serve the same >purpose..With the chalk, you can rub over the whole outline of the >stone..and some of the very old ones have beautiful designs on >them..In the pic, it all shows up so well..My 3 yr old granddaughter >loves to help me with the art work...only problem is she does not >like to use white..blue seems to be her color of choice..but it too >looks good in a pic.and she really enjoys helping so much. She also >loves finding any kind of critter at the cemeteries (particularly >lizards)..They certainly don't hang around long with her after them. >LOL!! She chased 3 deer out the other day..She is the only weapon >that I carry with me. > >Joan Broach Morris -- >Mail To: >S. Lorelle Marinello or >Fred Marinello >P.O.BOX 231185 >Encinitas. CA 92023 >













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>How exactly do you do that? Hold the paper up to the stone and press >really hard with the charcoal or chalk? That's the general idea. You could use masking tape or duct tape to hold it in place. Then rub with the flat side of a piece or artist charcoal or a crayon. -- Lorelle Marinello [email protected]

I've sometimes found my best results by taking a picture with a digital camera. Take the picture when the sun is at an angle so it will cast slight shadows. Look at the picture on a computer so you can enlarge it. I've often found that this gives me wonderful photos that will show the detail in the engravings that I couldn't see with my eye. By changing the contrast & brightness, I can find even more. If you go to the genealogy.com Virtual Cemetery, you will see some photos that I donated. If you look at Thomas Montgomery Alcorn's heastone, you'll see what I mean. This headstone is over 100 years old and was impossible to see with the naked eye. The raised lettering was practically gone from erosion and time. I had taken this picture and then done a rubbing. When I got home, I looked at my picture on the computer and was amazed at the detail that came through. I then played with the contrast and brightness for even better results. The digital photo was better than the rubbing. Thomas Montgomery Alcorn's headstone: http://www.genealogy.com/VG/00/00/10/30/60/0000103060/index.html Virtual Cemetery: http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/VG/vcem_search.html