Marguerite, I would check with any local tombstone or graveyard societies or a local historical society to see if they are interested in caring for the tombstone - if possible it should be preserved somewhere. Here is a link I found that may be useful for research. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gonetotexas/cemetery.html Cheers! Dave David Harvey Conservator Los Angeles, CA On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Marguerite Radhakrishnan < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear list members, > > We received a hundred-year-old tombstone along with a collection of > documents. While we do want the documents, we are not interested in the > tombstone -- there is no information about its background (we were told that > someone found it while gardening, and we do not know the date or the address > where it was found), and the name does not show up in city directories for > the relevant dates, so we have no knowledge of the person. It does not fit > with our collecting policy and is also very heavy -- in short, we don't want > it. The question is: how does one go about properly deaccessioning a > tombstone? Does anyone have any suggestions for what type of facility might > be interested in a tombstone with just a name, a date, and a general > location for its unearthing? If no one wants it, what is the right way to > divest oneself of an unwanted tombstone? > > Thank you, > > Marguerite Radhakrishnan, Archivist I > > Houston Metropolitan Research Center > > 500 McKinney > > Houston, TX 77002 > > 832.393.1654 > > [log in to unmask] > > *If you would like to receive periodic emails from Mayor Bill White and > the City of Houston on topics of interest to you and your neighborhood, > please go to www.houstontx.gov and register with CitizensNet.* > > This email contains the thoughts and opinions of Marguerite Radhakrishnan > and does not necessarily represent official Houston Public Library policy. > > > ========================================================= Important > Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).