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For people who love FindaGrave.com, especially taking volunteer photos!

Website: http://www.findagrave.com
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Latest Activity: Nov 10

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Comment by Al Hibbard on September 9, 2010 at 9:06pm: What do others do when you have a photo of a tombstone with one spouse living and one spouse deceased. I see basic options: (1) don't add the photo when one person is still alive; (2) edit the photo so that the living person's name is blocked; or (3) add the stone as is. Perhaps there are other options. What is the recommended approach? I just took a number of photos from a cemetery and there are numerous in this camp. Suggestions? Thanks.

Al

Comment by Robert Lee Gavin on September 9, 2010 at 5:41pm: Brand on the scene; looking forward to getting involved.

Bob

Comment by Sheri Putnam-Cline on August 30, 2010 at 5:14pm: Thank you so much for the information Stuart. I'll check out your group.

Comment by Stuart Churchill on August 30, 2010 at 1:49pm: Of possible interest to FAG addicts, is a new website - http://www.gravestonephotos.com/index.php

Mainly has coverage of the United Kingdom, but is looking for volunteers worldwide to take photographs of gravestone's. Is very family history based linking named people together, the photos are available on request via email.
Any questions please check the website or join my new group titled Gravestonephoto.com on this website.

Many thanks
Stuart

Comment by John Gage on August 19, 2010 at 5:58pm: Hi everyone. Happy to look up graves in Lincolnshire, England and take photos.

Comment by Chip Taylor on August 17, 2010 at 6:41pm: Cindy, they are most probably fence posts as others have said. I have seen many like them. An iron rail ran through the tops. They usually delineated family plots.

Comment by Cindy Abrams on August 17, 2010 at 3:53pm: There are some funeral homes who also sell tombstones, this may be more common in small towns. But, a local monument company would probably know more about the care and maintenance of gravestones.

Comment by Gary Smith on August 17, 2010 at 3:02pm: As the business of funeral homes is to conduct funeral services, I doubt that very few if any have working knowledge of the care and preservation of the stone used for grave monuments. A better choice would be a local stone monument carving company, as their profession is dealing with stone in its many forms, and, their business demands that the finished product endure. In another direction, the employee of a large cemetery whose specialty is gravestone maintenance might have good knowledge.

Comment by Cindy Abrams on August 17, 2010 at 12:21pm: Rebecca, Have you been able to talk to the funeral home about the spray? I am curious about what they said, I'm sure others are too.

Comment by Rebecca Poertner on August 11, 2010 at 11:48pm: I spoke to the company, and they assured me there were no "harmful chemicals." I think what I'll do is go to the local funeral home and see what they think. Maybe if they've got some old stones, they'll let me try it out. With my luck, they probably would sell me a bottle of water!