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From: Lynne Ranieri <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Tombstone Repair
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 08:00:07 -0400
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Perhaps this site can direct you to the information you need:

http://www.gravestonestudies.org/index.htm

I noted, however, that they give directions for resetting a gravestone in
a new concrete base and last week I talked to a woman who studies 18th c.
gravestones (and is affiliated with an NYC museum). She said that the
concrete in a new base can wick moisture from the ground right to the
gravestone, thereby hastening its decay, so that is not a recommended
procedure. She advised finding a knowledgeable person (through a funeral
home?) who can simply reset it in the soil directly.
Lynne

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> I have located an old marble grave marker of an ancestor in Hunterdon
> County and it is split in half. Does anyone know the proper method to
> fix it or someone who does this sort of thing?
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