I'm not sure if this is the best thing but you can always try to putting several heavy books on them. This might help in flattening them out a little bit. I would definitely put them in a frame or something just to protect them even more. Carolyn Caplinger genbuff@atlascomm.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tennin5@aol.com> To: <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 2:58 PM Subject: [GT] Restoring Old Paper > I recently aquired some old baptism and birth certificates for my > grandmother, 1894, and need some help. > These certificates have been rolled up for many years and are very brittle. > Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can flatten these out? And > should these be framed or just what might I be able to do with them to keep > them from any further deteriation? > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Thank you, > Vickie >