Being a Creative Memories consultant, I'm biased, but here's my opinion. Find a CM consultant in your area! The albums are the absolute best! I've been a CM consultant since 1990, and I would use nothing else for my photos. The album pages are nice and thick, acid-free, lignin-free, and buffered (even if you put an acidic postcard on the page, the paper won't soak up the acid and change the composition of the paper page). The binding of the album is patented and is the absolute best. Unlike a 3-ring binder that will tear the pages and eventually get "sprung" so that the rings don't match up anymore, the flex-hinge binding from CM stays together. You should be able to find a CM consultant in your local telephone book. If not, check out the website. If you're in CA or in the mid-Atlantic states, I know of a ton of consultants who would love to talk to you and any other genealogist who knows the importance of "archival" materials! :) Jackie researching REED, YINGLING, CUSHING, DELL, MORRIS, LAY, BALDWIN, JOSENHANS, SAGLE