Free AI Stone Assessment

Photograph the stone. We will tell you what it is made of, what is wrong with it, what is safe to do about it, and where to look up the person it remembers. No charge, no account.

Photographs of the stone (up to 3)

Tap to choose photos

or drag them here — phone photos are fine

Best set: the face square-on, one side to show lean, and a close-up of any damage

Where is it? (optional — town and state help identify the stone)

Name on the stone (optional — helps find the record)

Your email Send me the occasional note — new editions of the book, new free forms. Not often, never shared.

How It Works

Six steps, under a minute.

Upload photographs.Phone photos are fine. The front face, a side view, the base, and close-ups of damage are the most useful.
The AI identifies the material.Slate, marble, granite, sandstone, brownstone, limestone, zinc or fieldstone — and the era the stone likely comes from.
The AI assesses the condition.Biological growth, sugaring, staining, breaks, leaning, sinking — returned as a 1 to 5 condition rating (the same scale the manual uses) with a written breakdown of what it sees.
The AI recommends specific treatment.Step by step, matched to that material and that condition, using the methods taught in the manual — including when the right answer is not to clean.
The AI finds the historical record.If the inscription is legible, we read the name and dates off the stone and link you straight to the matching memorial searches on Find a Grave and BillionGraves — the full record, family connections, military service, and photographs other visitors have left.
The AI suggests the right products.D/2, NHL 3.5 lime, conservation epoxies, soft brushes — whatever that stone actually needs, with links to where to buy them.

Before You Touch Anything

Get permission first. Most cemeteries require it, and the stone belongs to the family or the town, not to whoever showed up with a bucket.

A bad cleaning cannot be undone. If the assessment says the stone is unstable, broken, or badly deteriorated, stop and call someone. That is not us being cautious — it is the difference between a marker that lasts another century and a pile of fragments.

This is a second opinion, not a verdict. The AI is reading a photograph. You are standing in front of the real thing. It can be wrong.