I'm almost afraid to send this, I meant to send this message last month and just realized today I hadn't yet. I wrote a new article with the above title and have linked it to the website. You can access the article by the main page or directly at: http://www.gendepository.com/articles/conservation1.html The article is written in 6 sections: an introduction, document conservation, digital photographs, original photographs, conservation tools (a glossary), and resources where you can learn more. Although these articles don't address any specific surnames, they are relevant to anyone who has any family photographs or documents (including copies from the archives). Please feel free to take a look. Erin Bradford eabradfo@yahoo.com List manager http://www.ncalhn.org ALHN County Coordinator for multiple NC Counties http://www.gendepository.com (the Genealogy Depository-Barringer, Black, Bradford, Coventry, Eller, Hackett, Hupp, and Kern)