Hi Denise, I have seen large round magnifyiers that you hang around your neck that include a light being sold in Spotlight stores. I think they are to help embroiders but it sounds just like what you're after Cheers, Robynne ----- Original Message ----- From: Denise McMahon To: AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:52 PM Subject: [AVNE] Resources Can anyone tell me where I can buy a magnifying glass. Not the little ones you buy in the newsagencies but much stronger. I have been using a magnifying sheet, under a lamp with a torch shining onto the subject. I now have a photo of a minutes book taken in the St. Johns Lodge and I am trying to read the names. I have found that shining a good torch onto the paper,/photo/book/newsprint/whatever makes things much clearer. It also shows up marks which naked eye can't see on the back of photos. I have found a few names on the backs of 1800 photos which I couldn't see, until the torch was shone on it.. Obviously the pen/pencil or whatever was used has faded, but the indentation is still there. Thought it may be a good clue for everyone. Denise