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Anyone out there have any tips for floor sanding an old parquet floor?

The parquet is full 3/4″ thick, and has been sanded only once before. I hate to admit this, but I think I sanded it 20 years ago, but I can’t remember.

There are marks from cross cut sanding, (I know, always sand with the grain) but how does one sand parquet that goes both directions?

Does any one out there have a tradesperson who has done a good job on parquet?

I will need to patch a few areas, so i have to take up some material from one area and reinstall it in another. Is there any good trick or getting the parquet strips up intact? They are the old 11″X 2 1/4″ strips, nailed to the strip under floor with cut nails. I figure this was a renovation performed between 1890 and 1910, partly because I can tell that the floor was laid before old steam radiators were installed, so it predates central heat.

House dates from 1846, but this floor covers what must have been hearth in front of fireplace, so it cannot be original. Any ideas about my dating?