Go thru the GARBAGE to get to an interesting idea......Dale
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I thought this idea was worth sharing.
Jane Foley
Hey Cousins,
It is said there is nothing new under the sun, but I saw something
yesterday, though it may not be new, it
is certainly new to me. I'll try to describe it for you.
While walking through an old cemetery here in Harvey
County, KS, I ran across five headstones, broken from their bases.
The people who are keeping the cemetery, in very good condition
I might add, have built wooden forms the thickness of the
various broken stones, laid the stones flat at the head of the
grave with the wooden forms around them (with about a 6
inch space all around the stones) and poured concrete into the
forms flush with the face of the stones.
The stones appear to have been cleaned with mild detergent and a brush.
Once dried, it appears that they have poured a coating of
either automotive clear coat, or the hard acrylic
clear coating found in hobby shops.
The end result is a stone too heavy to steal, a coating to protect the
face of the stone and the preservation of information for years to come.
This may not be new, but it is novel and certainly crucial to
genealogy researchers in the years to come.
Just thought I would share this with the list, in hopes that it will
generate some protection across the nation for the many
broken or damaged stones. I might add, that the ones
that were in two or three or more pieces, were put together and
once coated, all you see are the break lines but they can't be moved.
Dean Taylor
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