Linda, If the sight your refering to is a commerical site, then yep they will charge, that because they are operating as a business. If it is personal site and they are offer to send copies to folks, then I guess they pay for the copies they make or ask for to be reinbursed for their expense. If I were requesting someone to snail me a copy of photo, then I would want to pay for their expense PLUS postage. If it's sent by email, then of course it would not be an expense to anyone and should definately be free. I do look ups in several counties in AR and do this because it takes nothing but my time which I ask nothing. But if I am to copy photos, marriage license, etc, then I would want to them to cover the expense. I work for a living and there is no way that I could pay for all the expense myself. I guess it all depends on the need of the photo. Debra Garner dougg@hsnp.com