A laminating response. -----Original Message----- From: Fred Merrick [mailto:fmerrick@jps.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:15 PM To: Gene Sears; NCSURRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Preservation of documents... At 12:00 PM 2/16/00 -0500, Gene Sears wrote: >3- I have an ink jet printer, what do you think of laminating the photo's >for protection? > >RESPONSE >I don't know much about the laminating materials currently available. My >own experience with laminating is limited to some laminating I did about 25 >years ago with terrible results. Perhaps someone on the list with more experience will share with us. > The Maryland state archives in Annapolis has all the original wills from the 1700s laminated. If there is a question about varying quality of materials, you might ask them what they use. Fred