Thanks for the tips Wanda. I appreciate your help. --- On Sat, 3/22/08, wmc2310@ftc-i.net <wmc2310@ftc-i.net> wrote: > From: wmc2310@ftc-i.net <wmc2310@ftc-i.net> > Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Martin Springs Cemetery > To: tnmarion-l@rootsweb.com > Cc: tnmarion-l@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, March 22, 2008, 7:11 PM > Just earlier today I attended a workshop in which one of > state archivists > spoke the first two hours. > One of the ladies attending spoke of cleaning up a > cemetery and the teenagers > had brought shaving cream and were squirting the tombstones > to make them > easier to read. Several ladies just sat there shaking > their heads. I was > also aware this is not the best thing to do. The > archivist said if you just > squirt/spray the letters with water and a very > soft bristle brush you will get as good as you can get! > It seems some of the > things like shaving > cream and baby powder that we have heard of, does not > entirely wash off and > the chemicals are > very lasting and will ruin the tombstone. > > Quite recently a friend asked me to go out in the country > and bring my digital > camera. There was a tombstone out there for a > revolutionary soldier who died > in 1812. I took some pictures and > when I got home and downloaded them, I played with the > lighting and a couple > of adjustments and could get some letters much much better > than what we could > see with the eye. I was sort of lucky this time. > > wanda casker > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, > comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related > information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or > a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is > no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale > allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- macbetty2@peoplepc.com > Marion County Web Site: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ