The Importance of Photographing Tombstones

On our way back from our research trip to Lafayette, Indiana, we drove through the area of Clinton Co., Indiana where other ancestors of my husband lived and are buried.  We stopped by the cemeteries to photograph the stones, even though we had taken pictures of them in the past.

These pictures below show an excellent example of why it is so important to photograph and transcribe tombstones.   They were taken 21 years apart - in 1994 and in 2015.

The first picture is one we took a few days ago (November 2015).

This is the tombstone of Burr Braden.  The stone is getting very worn and hard to read. 
Below is a photo of the same tombstone taken in 1994.

This next picture is one I took in 1994 of the same stone on his wife, Mary's side.  I am sure glad I took it!

Here is Mary's side of the stone taken November 2015.

It is still readable, at least. 

So photograph those tombstone while ye may.  They, too, shall fade.