Hello- I now have the two 1870 Kosciusko Cnty Census films on order. They will arrive in about three weeks. With the 1880 Wabash, Noble and Steuben county census last month, I performed free look ups for people who emailed me. So far this has amounted to around fifty heads of households plus the members within the house. I used a day of annual leave, over a few weeks, plus paid the loaner fees of $3.50 each film (around $20 so far), to do this. I have a question for the discussion lists - Am I suppose to charge (nominally) for this, or is it acceptable to offer these things for free? I have no problem doing free lookups generally. If it becomes too much, I don't do them. I look up my stuff first, then others'. As for the rental fees, I don't know of any way to ask for people who want lookups for a share of the cost - it is too small an amount of money for each person. A stamp would exceed their share! Besides, I wanted to rent the film for my own purposes anyway, not because anyone requested it of me. I would not of spent less money, and only perhaps four hours of time less, if no one at all had requested anything of me. However - am I undermining other people who do lookups for a fee as their "side" or primary business? Should I ask for a share cost of the rental fee for the films if I do other lookups in them? My inclination is to charge nothing, do whatever I have time for, and keep an "account" of names to email in case I have a lookup favor they can do for me in return some day in the future. I have no desire to bring money issues into this hobby of mine. Please chime in with an opinion - I suppose to my private email address below unless anyone thinks this is a wider discussion list topic - in which case post to the list. Thanks. Kerry Butler. [email protected]