My thinking on how to make sure my genealogy materials have a good home is to try to get my letters, correspondence, photocopied files from books, etc. organized (I have these in file folders alphabetized by surname, etc.). Then I plan to have the correspondence and everything microfilmed. There are a couple of microfilming agencies now that could do this for me, or many offices also have microfilming machines. Once it is microfilmed I would give the microfilm copy to the Family History Center genealogy library in Salt Lake City with permission for them to duplicate the roll of microfilm and distribute it just like they do their other films. If the surname is for a certain locality (such as Hunterdon Co., NJ; or TN, etc.) then I would also want to send a copy of the microfilm to the local historical society or to the State Historical Society. If the item was on microfilm, I believe they would accept it without any reservations. Also, today, many people have scanners, so an alternative to this would be to scan the correspondence, etc. on to disks, etc. & then donate to the Family History Center genealogy library and/or elsewhere. I'm not sure how many disks or CD-ROMS this kind of information might take up. It could be a lot. This would entail some extra work in getting things organized and microfilmed or scanned, but it would have a good outcome in the end and be worth the extra effort. I would recommend just putting info. from one family line on a microfilm or disk, but that might not be too practical. Thus if you are researching several lines, you'd have to have several microfilm reels made up. 've seen microfilms of correspondence on the Dodson Family and the Sewell Family. I believe both are located in the Tennessee State Historical Society Library and can be ordered through interlibrary loan. Sincerely, Glenn Gohr ggohr01@mail.orion.org