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From: Helen Rehm <>
Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Reading Old Monuments
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:14:26 -0500
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Fran. Thanks to you and to all the replies to my question about how to read
an old headstone. There have been some really interesting answers.
Certainly appreciate all of the thoughtful answers. I certainly will give
this a lot of thought before doing anything to the old stones.

Helen Rehm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Branches & Lil' Twigs" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 4:03 PM
Subject: [MDALLEGA] Reading Old Monuments


>I had contacted a local funeral home and monument dealer a couple of years
>ago inquiring about this very subject. Many of the stones I had an
>interest in reading resembled having been sand blasted, many were early to
>mid 1800's to early 1900's.
>
> These are the sugestions they gave me.
>
> 1. Rubbing Paper, this is a special paper that can be purchased from
> either a monument dealer or many funeral homes. This paper is specific
> for this purpose. It is a two sided treated paper, one side is blue, this
> is the side placed on the stone, the other side is white, this is the side
> that faces out. Take a folded dollar bill and rub across the paper, the
> impression transfers to the paper.
>
> 2. Use a small brush, and brush around the lettering, allowing the dirt
> buildup to remain in the lettering, while clearing the outside of the
> lettering.
>
> 3. Baby Powder
>
> 4. Try not to work in direct sun light.
>
> These are only suggestions, maybe they will help someone. I have tried
> the rubbing paper and it worked very well.
>
> Fran
>
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