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Subject: Re: [NC-SC] Tools for Reading Tombstones
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This thread goes around really often, but PLEASE, don't use shaving cream! It is an acid, mild granted, but an acid never the less and can damage stones. Don't use anything but clear water if you can help it, the less done the better. Below is a text file from the The Assoc. of Gravestone studies. Also a photograph is one of the best ways to read it. Spritzing with water and taking photo from an angle is best -- YOUR back to the sun.
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Cleaning stones - procedures to avoid
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- Avoid acidic cleaners on marble or limestone.
- Avoid sandblasting gravestones.
- Avoid high-pressure spraying.
- Do not attempt to clean any stone that is unstable.
- Do not attempt to clean stones without first receiving proper direction.
- Never use wire brushes or any metal instrument in cleaning stone.
- Do not substitute household cleaners for those listed here.
- Do not clean stones often. Even the most carefully clean stone loses stone particles with each cleaning.
- Do not plan to clean stones more often than once every several years, or longer.
- Avoid treating stones with "protective" coatings that are impermeable to water vapor.
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Tools for stone cleaning
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- Plastic pails
- Goggles
- Rubber gloves
- Tampico (natural bristle) or plastic scrub brushes
- Toothbrushes
- Smooth wooden sticks such as ice-cream sticks or tongue depressors
- Q-tips
- Spray bottles
- Water source
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Do's and DON'Ts of Stone Rubbing
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- Remember -- reverence! No running or jumping on stones or in their vicinity.
- Always supervise children, and consider not bringing children under 12 into the cemetery while you work. Some cemeteries forbid any children under the age of 10 from rubbing stones regardless of supervision.
- Limit gravestone rubbing to sound stones only. Before proceeding, check each stone for stability. Do not work with any stone that appears fragile or unsound.
- Limit the cleaning of a stone to dusting with a soft-bristled brush. Do not attempt to remove lichens or moss that may be growing
on stones. Never use a wire brush on gravestones.
- Use a heavy grade paper or pellon so was or ink doesn't not
bleed through onto the stone.
- Cover the image amply with paper to avoid over rubbing onto the
stone. Do not make any marks on the stone.
- Attach paper with masking tape to the back of the stone. Be
sure to remove all bits of tape from the stone and nearby ground
before leaving.
- Avoid rubbing deeply carved stones. Such stones can be easily damaged and generally do not make good rubbings anyway.
- Avoid rubbing marble or other stones with course-grained textures, as coloring agents may bleed through the paper onto the
stones.
- The best choice of stones for rubbing are slate stones in good condition with low-relief or incised carvings. These produce the best images on paper and are less easily damaged inadvertently.
- Check the work site before leaving to be sure no tape, paper or trash has been left behind.
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Snipes: cemetery data |
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Prospect Hill Cemetery Inscriptions, Front Royal, Virginia
Description: Located near the Shenandoah Valley in northern Virginia, Front Royal is the capital of Warren County.
This collection of headstone inscriptions from the Prospect Hill Cemetery contains over 6900 records of persons who lived in the area. Most records contain a birth and death date for the deceased and some records show additional information written on the headstone. Although most records are for persons who died in this century, there are many going back to the early half of the last century.
Bibliography: Carroll, Michael. Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, VA. Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1998.
Record Number: 767
Name: Perry Snipes III
Inscription: Our Baby
Birth Date: July 06, 1982
Death Date: July 08, 1982
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VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society
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p. 57 of Piedmont Lineage's, a quarterly publication
PO Box 2272
Danville, VA 24541-0272
e-mail vanncsoc@juno.com
Vol. XXII No. 2 May 2000
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Russell-Snipes Cemetery, Person County, NC
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Snipes, Daniel F., son of W. F. and L. M. Snipes
b. 29 Nov. 1888
d. 15 Feb 1897
Snipes, Ella Lee
b. 13 Dec 1891
d. 17 Jul. 1981
Snipes, Lula M., wf of Wm. F. Snipes
b. 24 May 1861
d. 23 Mar 1908
Snipes, Wm. Jackson
b. 2 Aug 1894
d. 17 Nov. 1954
Also 2 infant children of W. F. and L. M. Snipes.
This cemetery is 1/10th mi. off Branch Rd. in SW Person Co. 28 marked graves including 2 Claytons, 4 Howards, 4 Olivers, 3 Russells, and 2 Yarbroughs.
Inventoried in 1996 by Kyle S. Kendrick
4444 Gordonton Rd.
Hurdle Mills, NC 27541-9575
Ph. (910) 599-6321.
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