In our efforts we discovered that when we would locate a newly found relation, that in a large number of the cases we would have to return to the cemetery to locate others who were related and we did not have knowledge of until a later time. It seems that a lot of older cemeteries were occupied by any number of related people who were not always of the same last name. So in an effort to solve this problem we began to take pictures of all of the stones we could locate in each cemetery we went to. At first we were only interested in the informative writings and inscriptions on the stones, and did not take much care in the cleaning of the stones before picturing them. Nor did we take much time to look for the stones of names sometimes included on the list for the cemetery we were searching but could not locate. We soon found that a large number of people were interested in what we were doing. And wanted to see the stones of their relatives as well. We began to return to all of the visited cemeteries we have recorded, and to clean with a dry brush and if the inscriptions were still not visible to use various means of highlighting the stone for better pictures. We tried different lighting techniques, and chalk of different colors,{ at no point was any method used that would cause any damage or change in these grave markers} and any number of other ideas. Until we came upon the idea of using clean foam and a squeegee to bring out the highlights of the stones we were picturing. We came upon this foam idea from a man who was on the cemetery board of one of the larger cemeteries in our county and who since has passed away himself. We were introduced to him on several different Memorial Day visits to the cemetery where he volunteered.

We have located several cemeteries which have ceased to exist at least on the surface, but which still contain human remains. And there are a number of others, which were moved by the Corp. of Engineers during the Truman Lake development. For these we have site photos. In addition we are providing GPS information for anyone else who wishes to locate these cemeteries. Some of them are difficult to locate, and there are yet some we have not located. We also try to record with each cemetery the spoken history we have been given by those who we come in contact with during our searches. And we record written directions to the location as well. At present we have recorded mostly in Henry County Missouri. And we have completed a large number of the cemeteries listed for this county. But still have several to do work on. We have invested a considerable amount of time and money into these endeavors, and would now like to offer them for use to all interested parties as an aid in family history studies. We will be offering them on CD, or DVD, and the schedule included here will help in pricing. The release versions are reduced in size from the original and watermarked and all of the pictures are copyrighted. Please do not copy and give them away. For larger format pictures better suited for printing of display images please contact us. All license's offered with the sale of these pictures are limited to private individual use only.

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