Is there a name readable on this headstone?

[Joyful]

Hi RM, I made a negative image and sharpened etc and I can see 'buried'

but that's all apart from random letters 'Y' 'E' & 'L'.

I used irfanview to convert to negative, just go to image and come down the list and

there it is!!

I hate to admit defeat but I'm sorry RM that's the best I can do

Joy

[Wiggy]

Here's the inversion - agree Joy - I tried that too - it doesn't help much does it! Little bit, but not much.

Wiggy

[alpinecottage]

Have you thought about posting on the appropriate county board to see if anyone lives near enough to visit the graveyard?

The best way to read an old tombstone without causing any damage is to wrap it in cheap, thin tin foil then gently brush the face with a makeup brush or similar.  Judging by pictures on the web, the text then leaps out at you.  Alternatively the text is sometimes visible when the stone is wet and the light is falling on it obliquely.  Using chalk, flour or shaving foam is not recommended.

[RedMystic]

Thanks all.

I have a few other headstones that aren't quite as difficult as this one. I may post those in the next few days.

I love the idea of the tinfoil, alpinecottage. I hadn't heard that one before. 

Maybe, as I'm doing the heavy lifting transcribing the headstones & uploading them to FAG, I can engage someone from the genealogy society on Benbecula to do the tinfoil treatment to my most difficult interpretations.

Thanks again.

[RedMystic]

Here is another headstone for the cemetery on Benbecula. This one is a wee bit clearer. Can someone better at manipulation see what it says?

I think it includes the following. A second set of eyes would be much appreciated. 

In loving memory of

Alexander Boyd
________________ at Torlum
___________________ aged __ years.


Also his wife
S_____________ MacPherson
________________-
Aged 51?? years

Also their daughter
___________________________
___________________________
____________ September _______________
Aged 28? years

[Flattybasher9]

A quick version

Regards

Malky

[Wiggy]

Another try to make things easier.

[RedMystic]

Thanks loads Malky & Wiggy 

Is this what you're seeing:

Alexander Boyd died sometime in 1877 in his 62 year.

His wife's name was Salina MacPherson. She died ? November 1895, Aged 51 years.

And their daughter Christina died ??

Also their son Alek
Died ? November 1899
Aged 20 years.

Thanks again.

[Wiggy]

Thanks loads Malky & Wiggy 

Is this what you're seeing:

Alexander Boyd died at F . ?. .lum   
15th September? 1877 aged 62  (or 52) years.

Also his wife 
Salina MacPherson.
 Died 17th November 1895,
 Aged 51 years.

And their daughter ( Not sure about Christina  maybe Mary)
died 10 . (?March). . 1854??  aged 1 year??

Also their son Alick/Aleck
Died 11th November 1899 (or 0r 1866)
Aged 20 years.

Thanks again.

Wiggy