From: "Monroe County Local History Room" <mclhr@centurytel.net> Subject: RE: How to Clean headstones Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:07:37 -0500 Message-ID: <EA4B7891E9CA43888B76990F2F3E05C0@Library>
Dear Ms. Terlinden,
The Monroe County Local History Room has been training individuals and
groups with how to clean gravestones for over five years. Feel free to give
us a call and we'll do our best to get you started.
Jarrod M. Roll
Director - County Historian
Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
200 West Main St.
Sparta, WI 54656
608-269-8680
www.MCLHR.org
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From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu
[mailto:localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth
Terlinden
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:06 PM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: How to Clean headstones
Hello,
I am part on a volunteer cemetery group in Pierce County, restoring a
cemetery which dates back to the Civil War. Does anyone have any ideas on
how to clean moss and lichen from the old limestone headstones without
damaging the headstones?
Thanks,
Bettsy Terlinden
Cemetery Committee member
Town of River Falls