Well, I thought I was scared of the critters and varmints that might be hanging around in old cemeteries, but now I'm terrified of cleaning products. I surely wouldn't want to harm a monument, but I won't live long enough to clean a tombstone with a Q-tip. What I have learned today is that I need to get out there and record what is left of some of these old tombstones and get the information onto the Internet. I think there is a compromise somewhere between the Q-tip method and the acid method. These stones are going to erode into nothing eventually, no matter how careful we are. If the information is recorded and shared, then it is not lost. And that is the point, isn't it? This discussion has really been fun. You're a terrific group of folks. Peggy