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From: Helen Rehm <>
Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] hint on gravestones
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:20:27 -0500
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Thanks, Ruth. This is a good idea.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Sprowls" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:10 AM
Subject: [MDALLEGA] hint on gravestones


> Found this today in an article from Ancestry.com; hope it helps.
> Ruth
>
>
> ALUMINUM FOIL AND UNREADABLE HEADSTONES
> If you have a headstone that is old and nearly impossible to
> read, try
> this.
>
> If you have a partner, have your partner hold a sheet of aluminum
> foil
> on the face of the stone. Take a four-inch paint-roller (the kind
> used
> to cut in corners) and gently roll across the foil sheet. It is
> sometimes possible to retrieve the information as the roller
> fills in
> the engraved impressions on the stone.
>
> Jim and Flo Hartley
>
>
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