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From: "Dean Taylor" <delytata(a)southwind.net>
To: HATCHER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [HATCHER-L] NEW process?? Probably not.
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 13:45:28 -0600
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