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How to Record a Cemetery!
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Cleaning and Reading Tombstons
Gravestone Rubbing for Beginners 
By Jessie Lie Farber.
Saving Graves: How to do Gravestone Rubbings 
Shaving Cream...What's Right? What's Wrong? 
Article on the use of shaving cream on a gravestone.
THE TOMBSTONE TECHNIQUE


THE RECORDING OF A CEMETERY
       
        Today we walked where others walked
        On a lonely, windswept hill;
        Today we talked where other cried
        For Loved Ones whose lives are stilled.
    
        Today our hearts were touched
        By graves of tiny babies;
        Snatched from the arms of loving kin,
        In the heartbreak of the ages.
  
        Today we saw where the grandparents lay
        In the last sleep of their time;
        Lying under the trees and clouds -
        Their beds kissed by the sun and wind.
        
        Today we wondered about an unmarked spot;
        Who lies beneath this hollowed ground?
        Was it a babe, child, young or old?
        No indication could be found.
        
        Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay.
        We had been here once before
        On a day we'd all like to forget,
        But will remember forever more.
        
        Today we recorded for kith and kin
        The graves of ancestors past;
        To be preserved for generations hence,
        A record we hope will last.
        
        Cherish it, my friend; preserve it, my friend,
        For stones sometimes crumble to dust
        And generations of folks yet to come
        Will be grateful for your trust.
        
        by Thelma Greene Reagan