It is my understanding that the filming is NOT done at the village level, but, to get the most bang for the buck, at established archives, usually state archives, or in some cases, church diocesan archvies. If they find a private archive that contains materials they feel are useful to their acquisitions, they might also film there. It isn't that they sneak into a village, and get out quick. It takes time to film any amount of records, and they train archive personnel to use the equipment they provide to film or image the records.They also pay a 'royalty' per page filmed. I do know that if asked of someone in acquisitions, one can find out if 1) a particular town/village records have been filmed 2) they are filming in a particular archive. What they may choose to not disclose is what archives they are negotiating with at a particular time. Anettka *********************** > The staff at my local Family History Center told me the Mormon > microfilming teams do not announce when they are arriving into a > village - they only publicize their work AFTER the microfilming is > completed. This is to fly under the radar from those who oppose their > mission to microfilm church records. **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)