Hi Ralph: I don't know that Clinton is exactly in to genealogy, but he is in to preserving the heritage and hsitory, without which you can't have genealogy. I think what he is trying to do, is to make all of our heritage and history available to anyone, whether you have a computer, or not, whether you can afford to get to the place where these records are to be seen, etc. Not too many years ago, Genealogy was for the elderly who had retired with nothing else to do. The LDS states that it is each person's responsibility to submit his or her 4/5 generation lineage. In school today, the subject is touched on as part of the curriculum. I have gone to school a few times to teach the classes a bit about genealogy. This is something all families should do with their children, and for heaven sakes when you take pictures or are given pictures, to make certain "who, what, when, where and why" is given for each picture. Naturally old pictures may not be easy to do this with, but do your best. If you have the negatives, then make a copy of the "w's" and place with the negative so that the future generations will know about the picture. Also take a note from Sue's receipes - use acid-free materials for preserving these things. Remember the words "cool and dark"! For you camera buffs, film in the fridge lengthens the life, as it does flashlight batteries! The military keeps all of this in cold storage. Also, not genealogical - spices and extracts- been to the store lately? Have you priced the cost of these - names of the game is cold and dark. Shelf life on spices is 4 years if kept dark and cool, and 2 years on extracts (Vanilla). Now, if you don't use your spices every day, then put other than daily use into the freezer, and as for the extracts, lto include food coloring, put into the fridge. The psices etc you use every day, keep them away from the stove or the light. Oh the fancy spice racks with the pretty bottles are nice, but if you have then for "show", you are losing the the flavor, etc. Also, not "big is better" in some cases. This is what I did for 14 years, work as a merchandiser for the McCormick Co.; Shilling in some areas of the US. I read up on this, and made it my business to know about these things. Also before this I was a supply specialist for the Army, and the AF. alison _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]