Lori that is terrific! Keep us posted if you should get proofs of book when it comes out. It amazes me the interest in cemeteries and tombstone photos that our researchers and visitors have. Also truly amazing the amount of work you all do to further that venue. I echo Mak, excellent job! Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Niemuth" <dawnlea@ticon.net> To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:57 AM Subject: [WIGEN-L] Speaking of cemeteries... >I received a letter from a publisher requesting permission to use one of my >cemetery photos in their new book. They weren't sure which photo it was >they wanted (saw it a while back & can't remember the details, just the >surname and that it was an old stone) and said if I didn't know which one >they meant (I was able to figure it out), could I recommend another good >photo? > > First of all, I'm honored. > > Second, I'm stumped. My photographic methods are odd, to say the least > (walk, point, shoot, walk, point, shoot), as is the "instrument" I use to > photograph (a 5+ year old digital camera that uses 3.5 floppies). > > Third, "recommend another good photo?" That's like asking me which is my > favorite piece of hay in the haystack! I have 3,327 tombstone photos > online (all but about 100 taken by me) and just over 2,000 sitting on my > computer waiting for me to edit them and put them online. > > Anyhow, I gave permission for the one they weren't sure they could > remember. If anyone's curious as to which one it was, here's the link to > it... > > <http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Tombstones/00777.jpg> > > Yeah... just an average photo, if you ask me... > > If anyone's curious about the book, I'm told it's The Source: A Guidebook > of American Genealogy, 3rd Edition. I (living in my hermit cave) have > never heard of Edition 1 or 2. > > Lori in Rock > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Taylor County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~witaylor/ > >