Judy: I purchased an Epson Color Scanner last year and I just love it. The program is simple to use and it comes with a program that you use to edit the picture. Right now, it's late, and I can't remember the program. I will remember it about 3:00 a.m.. I just love it. I've already scanned old pictures of ancestors into my FTM program to start a family history book. I'm sure that there will be other people answering your questions with other suggestions. The only good suggestion I can give you is to shop around and ask a whole lot of questions. Let them show you how to use it and look at the user's guide book and see if you can understand the instructions. If you are not comfortable with it, don't buy it. Get a scanner that you can use and be comfortable with. -- Joanne Moore Researching: Eickert/Eickest, Franz, Gienau, Hausch, Kestner, Kusher, Rieve, Waltens, and Urban, all from Brooklyn and Queens, New York Eickert/Eickest, Rieve, Gienau Hausch, and Kusher, are also from Germany or Austria.