Thanks Barbara. --- On Sat, 3/22/08, Barbara Turner <turner.barbara@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Barbara Turner <turner.barbara@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Martin Springs Cemetery > To: tnmarion@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, March 22, 2008, 8:40 PM > That is why I use charcoal. It is not as messy as shaving > cream and since > it is a natural kind of thing it won't hurt the stones > at all. It washes > off with the first rain and it makes the stones easier to > read. I learned > about charcoal from a cemetery sextant. > Barbara > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 7:11 PM, <wmc2310@ftc-i.net> > wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs