{"id":38,"date":"2023-05-30T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T08:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/?p=38"},"modified":"2023-05-30T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T08:00:59","slug":"cemetery-field-research-supply-kit-checklist-essential-items-for-diy-investigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/30\/cemetery-field-research-supply-kit-checklist-essential-items-for-diy-investigators\/","title":{"rendered":"Cemetery Field Research Supply Kit Checklist: Essential Items for DIY Investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39\" src=\"http:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1-1-300x177.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1-1-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1-1.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just like going on research trips to libraries or courts, trips to cemeteries require preparation. I keep my cemetery tools handy in a tote bag so when the need arises to visit one I am ready!<\/p>\n<p>Cemetery Field Research Kit Supplies Blowup This Cemetery Field Research Kit Blowup Includes cell phone car charger and cord; digital camera with extra batteries and storage card; whisk broom for clearing away grass or dirt off stones&#8217; bases, soft paintbrush for gently cleaning off stone surface, whisk broom to clear away grass or dirt off base stones and handheld whisk broom to easily clear grass\/dirt off them, whisk broom for clearing grass from stones&#8217; bases as well as soft paintbrush to gently brush away dust from stones<br \/>\nSmall garden sheers or scissors to trim grass from around stones; water to wet them for better readability; and a knee pad are essential in clearing away overgrown vegetation that obstruct reading or photographing an inscription.<br \/>\nPortable Light Reflector or Full-length Mirror for Reflected Lighting in Photos; CenTrac Form (also downloadable online); Tombstone Iconography Quick Guide, Notepad, Pen and\/or Pencils to take down tombstone inscriptions even when taking photographs<br \/>\nVest or apron with multiple pockets to store equipment, water bottles and snacks; sunscreen; moist towelettes to clean hands before using sunscreen; insect repellent and bug spray; as well as bug repellent, repellent bug spray and first aid supplies can all come in handy when traveling abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like going on research trips to libraries or courts, trips to cemeteries require preparation. I keep my cemetery tools handy in a tote bag so when the need arises to visit one I&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familytreecemeteries.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}