This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lh.2ADE/1105.1142 Message Board Post: FYI: All CD-R's are not created equal. The coatings are different, I have heard (read) the Kodak Gold yields the longest archive life, thus I use these for my geneaology files. See URL: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/cdr/product/ultima.jhtml