Question: Recently I have been trying to learn a little Hebrew to understand some early gravestones for clues. Can you offer me a primer of how to read them?
Answer: I have bookmarked the following website: http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/tombstones.html This will not answer all your questions, but has a good breakdown of the basics you can use. I have also used online Hebrew to English translation applications, and turned to scholars who can read Hebrew fluently.