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From: "Angl Eyz" <>
Subject: RE: [ILOGLE] Ogle County Tombstone Photos
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 19:51:11 -0400
In-Reply-To: <00a501c5c75b$ec79be00$dc1bd20c@STAUFFER>


Thank you for the link,, it was really interesting to see what you had in
your listings of cemeteries. I wished you'd had more in White Rock Cemetery,
but maybe another time you will.

Thanks again.
Angl


>From: "Laverne & Kathy Stauffer" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [ILOGLE] Ogle County Tombstone Photos Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005
>09:16:46 -0500
>
>Hello all,
>
>By now I am sure many of you are familiar with the Tombstone Photos site
>at:
>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourcousins/
>
>This past year my husband Laverne Stauffer, Donna Baumann, and myself have
>been working
>hard at the site providing as many completed cemeteries as is possible
>before the snow fly's.
>
>This county has about 23 townships with several cemeteries in most. The
>project is a
>long and tedious labor of love. We are taking a little longer because we
>are working hard at
>putting a name with those older, hard to read stones. When placed on the
>computer many
>of these stones are easier to make out because we can blow them up some and
>this is helping.
>
>Many people have written to me, sending me their individual photos of their
>family stones to be
>placed on the site. We greatly appreciate these folks and their
>thoughtfulness in wanting to help.
>However we are actually finding it easier and quicker just to take photos
>of each stone rather than
>trying to sort through what has already been taken. Especially in the
>larger cemeteries.
>
>What we truly need and would welcome is for more folks who live in the area
>and have a digital camera
>to volunteer to take on a complete cemetery that they would photograph. It
>is a very rewarding experience.
>So many stones are fading fast and we are preserving many of them before it
>happens. The more involvement,
>the faster we can complete the project. We also give name recognition on
>the web site to those that
>complete a cemetery.
>
>If you have an interest in this, e-mail me at
>Let me know the cemetery you are interested in and I will give you simple
>instructions on how to proceed.
>
>Thank you and happy hunting!
>
>Sincerely,
>
> Kathryn Arnold-Stauffer
>
>
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