See how mistakes slip in........ "not" missing from line about experience of carvers :-))) ----- Original Message ----- From: "William C. Lathan, Jr." <wclathan@home.com> To: <VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [VAPWILLI-L] Help! > Your question prompts a question from me. I have visited a number of grave > yards on Quantico Marine Base and in the Prince William Forest Park which > abuts the Marine Base. You see a lot of what we today would call "Homemade" > markers. These folk did not always have the money to pay for a > professionally carved stone. The mistakes were also cause by the fact that > the carvers did have much call to carve headstones and either couldn't print > correctly or simply made mistakes. Nearly every old family cemetery has > mistakes like you describe. > Bill Lathan, Triangle VA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amber / Boyce Jaynes" <ambojay@bellsouth.net> > To: <VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 7:30 PM > Subject: [VAPWILLI-L] Help! > > > > Hello list members! > > I need some help please! My cousins visited a cemetery where Copen family > > are buried at Quantico. They said the last letter "N" was backward....does > > anyone know why??? I have not seen this only have been told this. They > took > > pictures but they live in Virginia and alas I live in Georgia. Thanks in > > advance for any help. > > Amber "Copen" Jaynes > > > > > > ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Prince William County, USGenWeb Home Page! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapwilli/pw.htm > > Check out the Prince William Archives and add your records! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/princewi.htm > > > > > > ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >