Culpeper Genealogical Society is having a gravestone recording led by member Deb Koplen on Saturday, November 29 (time to be determined) at the Oakland Baptist Church cemetery in Richardsville, VA. If you would like to participate, dress appropriately for the weather. Bring a clipboard and a pen or pencil and a happy spirit. Forms will be provided on which to record the stones. We will meet at the parking lot at Southgate in front of where the old Safeway was. Rain date will be announced later. Let Donna Boyd (momdsb@summit.net; 540-825-5466) or Julie Bushong at the library (825-8691) know if you plan to participate. The more the merrier! See you there! "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Ralph Waldo Emerson Deb Koplen http://home.swbell.net/koplend/ koplend@swbell.net Grand Prairie, TX MSN Instant Messenger: Freckles6932 "Right Smak dab between Dallas & Fort Worth"

Hi Donna & Julie: Just sharing with you a great way to read old hard to read stones. I have used it for several years & it works great. I use an old mens dress sock & fill it with corn starch & tap the front of stone lightly. If anything there you can read it & it doesn't harm the stone like most other methods. It is not toxic or harm full in any way to the stone or our environment & the first rain that comes along washes it clean again. I tie a knot to the end of sock & carry it in a small box or container. You can use the end above the knot to wipe off excess powder if necessary for a better reading. Ony problem is if windy you need to use from the up wind side of stone. Best when used on a Quiet day. Good Luck & have a great day. Gayle M. Garrett Gayle M. Garrett & Ann Bush County Coordinator: Co-Coordinator Trego County Kansas GenWeb genealogy site. <http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/trego/> Graham County Kansas GenWeb genealogy site. <http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/index.html> Sheridan County Kansas GenWeb genealogy site. <http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/sheridan/index.html> ----- Original Message ----- From: "koplend" <koplend@swbell.net> To: <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 9:52 PM Subject: [VAROOTS] Culpeper County Event > Culpeper Genealogical Society is having a gravestone recording led by member > Deb Koplen on Saturday, November 29 (time to be determined) at the Oakland > Baptist Church cemetery in Richardsville, VA. If you would like to > participate, dress appropriately for the weather. Bring a clipboard and a > pen or pencil and a happy spirit. Forms will be provided on which to record > the stones. We will meet at the parking lot at Southgate in front of where > the old Safeway was. Rain date will be announced later. Let Donna Boyd > (momdsb@summit.net; 540-825-5466) or Julie Bushong at the library> (825-8691) know if you plan to participate. The more the merrier! See you > there! > > > > "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and > leave a trail." Ralph Waldo Emerson > > Deb Koplen > http://home.swbell.net/koplend/ > koplend@swbell.net > Grand Prairie, TX > MSN Instant Messenger: Freckles6932 > "Right Smak dab between Dallas & Fort Worth" > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >