This is a great resource for all things tombstone:

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

Good luck.

Christine End


-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list on behalf of Marguerite Radhakrishnan
Sent: Sat 11/29/2008 10:22 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Tombstones
 
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

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