Thanks Abbie for the input. I started out the first day of extracting thinking I too was going to make some copies but both printers are broke for both film readers. Need board approval before they can get repaired, so I do the long hand. Which isn't all that bad, it's just the long sitting that gets me. I figure I'm already going to be at the library, might as well take as much time as they'll give me. Yesterday I did 7 1/2 hrs & progressed six months. It's always so amazing to me how long it took people to travel back in the 1900's & earlier. One article yesterday commented that leaving the Globe Hotel in Jackson at 6 a.m. you would arrive in Stockton at 3 p.m., that was a speedy trip. It's 50 miles from one point to the other & today can be done in under an hour. All these tidbits bring home the reality of what life was really like for my ancestors. And Pam, don't know if you've ever had children or not, but all the talk we do about the aches & pains is kind of like child birth. It may not be a great deal of fun while you're going through it but how rewarding when it's all over. I keep thinking about all the little nuggets of information that are buried (using the word loosely) within these articles, that may unlock the door to the whereabouts of someones ancestor. I really feel blessed that I was included to work on this project. Jackie in Jackson