Here are a few suggestions: Boots! preferably high-top Thick work gloves, preferably leather palms Light colored clothes (for reduced bug attraction and for little critter check afterward, especially ticks) Manual weed whacker (if OK with property owner) Plastic baggies, note paper or index cards, a pen and something to attach or secure the baggie - to write a note with a contact point on it (email addie, e.g.) to leave at a grave site for future visitors who just might be long-lost relatives (put it partially under a rock or attach it to the stone, if possible) Believe it or not, binoculars and a magnifying glass sometimes come in handy Lots of tomato juice - cuz that mace will probably just make a skunk mad! <just joking> --- [email protected] wrote: > Well, Cacky, that machete may not work on SOME > things that could be lurking > in a cemetery. Thanks for the laughs. > > My next plan of attack is mob action. I figure > there is safety in numbers. > So far, I have four people that have agreed to > go to a cemetery that is in a > bottom south of Paris and probably hasn't had a > visitor in 100 years. We > are waiting for the weather to run the snakes > off, but I'm thinking of mace for > any other animals. > > I have been told to bring a probe for the > really old or neglected cemeteries > as the stones fall over and get covered up with > debris. Does anyone have > any experience with doing this? I don't think > I will be going to a few of > these cemeteries more than once, so I want to > make sure I've covered all the > bases. Besides the obvious tools needed, what > are some other useful items that > one might not think of? > > Peggy > > > ==== TNHENRY Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test > messages, chain letters, > politicalannouncements, current events, items > for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) > is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for > exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > [email protected] > > ============================== > 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 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail