The only kind of a picture that WILL NOT degrade over time is a digital one. Once you have the very best printed image you can find, I suggest a VERY high resolution scan and judicious use of some image processing software which can do many things to enhance the picture (if you want to) such as: removing cracks and creases, selectively lightening areas and bringing detail out of the shadows. Once you have the best digital copy, it is trivial to create multiple copies which can be passed on to others for safekeeping and/or reference, or reduced for display on web sites, or printed on colour printers with a quality that likely exceeds that of the original. They never fade, they never get scratched, and every single copy is 100% as good as the original which means that as long as EVERYONE hasn't lost the file, the best picture still exists somewhere even if you lose yours. Some of this technology may be beyond the average home computer today, but some people can do it now, it gets closer every day and we should be looking forward to it. Regards - Glen C. Bodie Personal contacts------------------------------- Web http://www.glenbodie.com Home mailto:glen@glenbodie.com Office mailto:Glen.C.Bodie@esso.com My Tree http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/gbodie/index.htm ICQ http://wwp.mirabilis.com/7544260 Snail Mail: 76 Strathcona Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4J 1G8 Fax: (603) 250-8940 (via http://www.efax.com) Thornicroft surname----------------------------- Web http://genweb.net/~thornicroft Mail mailto:thornicroft@genweb.net Query http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/tho/Thornicroft Mail List mailto:thornicroft-l@rootsweb.com Antle surname----------------------------------- Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~antlenf/default.htm Mail mailto:antle@glenbodie.com Query http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/ant/Antle Mail List mailto:antle-l@rootsweb.com Researching------------------------------------- A.NTLE, B.ODIE, C.OFFIN, C.OMRIE, D.EWAR, F.ARQUHARSON, F.ORD, F.REEMAN, G.RAINGER, L.AW, M.ACHRAY, M.CNIE, M.CPHAIL, M.UTCH, O.SBORNE, R.ENNIE, S.MITH, S.TERNS, S.TEWART, T.HOMSON, T.HORNE, T.HORNICROFT, T.UPPER, W.ALKER >> M.UTCH+F.ARQUHARSON info at http://www.isn.net/~dhunter/index.html