All, One of my neighbors is second-in command for the census. I forwarded the Eastman article to him. See his comments below. Sounds like it is not a problem to me. Frank Gattis ............................ I am second-in-command for the Census. Pretty exciting right now as Census Day is April 1. Returned Census forms are shredded and recycled, but only after a full-color image is made. NARA will receive those images. That's what was done (though through lower-tech microfilm) for past decades. The article below seems to be about a contract for safely destroying confidential data from our HQ facility and does not actually have anything to do with 2010 Census data. We never destroy the last copy of such data, but for example the payroll data for employees (with their SSN) must be safely destroyed. Best, Dan In a message dated 02/18/10 9:51:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, HubbellGen@aol.com writes: Dick Eastman has an article about the topic here: _http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/02/2010-census-no-image s-to-be-preserved.html_ (http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/02/2010-census-no-image s-to-be-preserved.html) Carol ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message