Maurine, The after-thought here is that the digitization of books may be the first step into the digitization of what so far has been on film. There also have been tales going around about the eventual processing of what has been the LDS filmed Church Registers into a digitized format. I understand that even now it takes only six minutes to transfer a normal length roll of microfilm into a digital base. I have read that the LDS is no longer using microfilming equipment in its copying of Church Registers. To be exact, microfilm, soon, will be the new horse and buggy of information. Twenty years ago, it was simple to purchase many items of genealogical value on microfiche; no longer. Today, microfilm may be heading in the same direction. Recently, one of the larger companies which handled (I believe it was that Michigan outfit which had been affliated with the University of Michigan originally) thousands of microfilmed items was discontinuing its major operations. Use the Brigham Young University site with its digitized books as your new step to what may be a wonderful future. djweber [email protected]