On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 8:35:46 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 22:40:15 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
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> >>> I briefly dabbled with the idea of doing gravestone rubbings.
> >>>
> >>> Jill
> >>
> >> That was prior to the advent of photography. Nowadays those who are
> >> interested in genealogy take photographs of tombstones.
> >>
> >Did I say anything about genealogy? No, I did not.
> >
> >I'm talking about some of the fairly elaborately inscribed stones from
> >prior centuries.
>
> So what, nowadays photos are far better at capturing detail... hardly
> anyone does rubbings anymore.
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Photography does not show detail on very OLD, OLD tombstones.
On really old stone the only way to see the name and have any
detail a rubbing is the only solution.