One other thing. Once you have them flatten out enough, make photocopies to have to show to family. This will help protect the original certificates. ----- 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 >