Question about cursive writing (aka "real writing.")

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33. It's harder than you might think to take a legible photo of a tombstone

Depending on the age, type of stone, depth of inscription, and lighting it can be very hard to get a good, readable photo. Just take a look at examples of good and bad on FindAGrave.com.

From early childhood on, I spent many summers in the cemeteries of Perry County, Alabama, as my mother traced her ancestry. Since Mom wasn't confident with a camera, one of us kids (most often my older sisters) took the pictures for her. We were never sure if we got good photos - Mom always took notes just in case, but needed those pictures as documentation to provide to organizations.

Sometimes the pictures were not clear so the next summer vacation we'd have to return to the same cemeteries to get better photos.

Many people like to do rubbings - but those can wear on the stones and if the inscription is in poor condition they may not be clear.

Even with modern monuments, lighting is important - a little over a week ago my mother and father in law were interred (she passed away in January and they had to move his ashes so they could be interred together). The photos taken at the time of ceremony were not clear since they were taken around noon and the lighting was bad. The next morning my husband and I returned to the cemetery and took additional photos to clearly show the inscriptions.