Help reading this if possible?

Question

Any ideas?

https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Items_I_need_help_reading/translating&errcode=new_profile

the above link goes to a page for photos I need help with. The photo on there is a headstone we found and photoed. When we got home and checked it out, this is the best we could get it. I can see there is one thing towards the top on the left and a couple on the top right side.

Answer 1

It looks to me like Ian in the circle top left and a drawing of a girl in a skirt slightly to the right facing the circle.

A and O (Greek O) for Alpha and Omega in the two circles on the top right. Possibly a small cross above the A.

A definite G on the bottom left.

Something that looks like a cigarette butt seems to be stuck  on just left of center, I am not sure of that is part of the original stone.

Answer 2

I ENLARGED THE HEADSTONE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PIXELS BECAME BLURRY.  I PUT IT IN WORD AND USED THE DARKER GREEN TO COLOR IT.  ON THE UPPER RIGHT FACING ARE TWO CIRCLES.  ON THE SIDE OF THE RIGHT FACING CIRCLE APPEAR TO BE A SPRAY OF TINY ETCHED FLOWERS COMING DOWN FROM THE TOP.  ON THE LEFTSIDE OF THE LEFT FACING CIRCLE THERE IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A STEM LEADING UP TOWARD THE CENTER TO A SMALL OVAL.  IN THAT OVAL THERE APPEAR TO BE A FEW OF THE SAME SMALL FLOWERS.  THE MARKER IS SMOOTH AND APPEARS TO BE WEATHER WORN.  THERE SEEMS TO BE A LETTER "G" ON THE LOWER LEFT BUT ENLARGED IT DISTORTED.  SINCE THERE ARE TWO CIRCLES ON THE UPPER RIGHT FACING, I WOULD THINK THAT THE GRAVE WAS FOR TWO.  WAS THERE NO FOOT MARKER WITH AN INITIAL OR NUMBER?  IF SO THE PLOT MAY BE LISTED IN THE CEMETERY RECORDS.

I WISH I COULD OFFER MORE HELP.  I ENLARGED IT 400%.  THAT WAS ALL IT WOULD GO WITHOUT BECOMING DISTORTED.

Comments

Thank you so very much!! I could not get that much. No, this is at a little country cemetery that is mostly a couple families. It sits in the middle of several farm fields and got a good dose of ash when St. Helens blew. I am going to see if we can get permission to go dig out the layers to uncover the many headstones that are unfindable and might have to take paper and do a rubbing of the headstone, maybe there is enough to get that, (hopefully).

Again, I really appreciate it! Thank you

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I don't think you're supposed to do rubbings anymore, it can cause damage. Try taking an ultra-powerful flashlight and/or a mirror, shine the light on it from different angles and take pictures, you may be able to combine what you see enough to read it all

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I did not know that about rubbings. I will try that with the lights. Thank you for the idea.