Sad Fact: not everyone can afford a grave marker.
on this page we applaud homemade grave markers. Below you may find some ideas to create your own and even a few links on where to purchase some more reasonably priced grave markers.
So many cemeteries have plots with no identification on them at all. If you know who is buried there, then it is important that you record and mark that grave. Here is an excellent set of instructions for a inexpensive, easy to assemble homemade grave maker. Home-Made Tombstones.
(http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~handcosd/Cem/tombtips.html)
And next is a link to a slightly more complicated process for Making Your Own Headstone
(http://www.apcrp.org/Headstone%20Making/How%20to%20make%20a%20headstone.htm)
And finally, if you do not want to make a grave marker, but are on a low budget here is a great company that sells small markers for $25.99 + free shipping. www.markeverygrave.com_
(http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~handcosd/Cem/tombtips.html)
And next is a link to a slightly more complicated process for Making Your Own Headstone
(http://www.apcrp.org/Headstone%20Making/How%20to%20make%20a%20headstone.htm)
And finally, if you do not want to make a grave marker, but are on a low budget here is a great company that sells small markers for $25.99 + free shipping. www.markeverygrave.com_
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