This does indeed work very well...especially for old, fragile and ovesize records. I've used my digital camera many times for this purpose. It's fast, easy and virtually no cost after you buy the camera. Bob Bryan Researching: Bryan, Boyett, Allen, Norwood, Watson, Johnson, Smith, King, Cutts, Pate, Strickland, Reese, Roland, Hathaway, Weeks, Ward, Williams, Carnley in NC, SC, South Alabama and NW Florida See database at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bbryan84 ----- Original Message ----- From: <CWBrazell@aol.com> To: <alhenry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:32 PM Subject: [ALHENRY] Records from Courthouses In my local genealogical society a woman gave us a program on using one of the new small cameras to take pictures of records. She showed many examples of ledger pages she had photographed. If they needed to be enlarged for ease of reading, she was able to do that. She said many courthouses which don't allow photocopying will allow a camera to be held over the page. Perhaps you could explore that option. Her record pictures were excellent. Her camera allowed her to see if she'd taken a good picture. If she had not, she deleted it and took another. We were all persuaded that was the wave of the future. Charlene Walker Brazell <<<<< The Probate Judge's office DOES NOT allow copies to be made. So, Henry County records must be transcribed in person or one must have another to do this for them. The reason is for the preservation of these olden records. When copies are made, the record books must be opened up flat, not what the printer intended as it is just TOO flat. I spent 10 years in the book printing and binding industry and know this to be a proven fact. This causes the spine of the books to crack and break apart thus allowing pages to