Hello to all: A big thank you to Roy for his information on this topic. It brought in a diverse lot of opinions which I appreciate very much. A current Film I am reading at the FHC Library dates back to the 1600's but I was not able to read [translate is a better word] the records until into 1700's. I found a lot of family in the later years so can't help but wonder what I have missed by not being able to decipher any portion of the early faded pages. Some photo copies have turned out quite well with the aid of the darkening button on the copier! Regards, June Conklin Ridsdale