Good Day All I know that many on the list are also subscribed to other South African Lists and might have seen the posting by Delia Robertson on the rumour that the Pretoria Archives might be about to ban the use of digital cameras. It is important that we discuss this issue amongst ourselves so that we can come up with some kind of standpoint before it becomes official. We as genealogists are dedicated users of Archival facilities and must go out of our way to preserve the material from wear and tear but when a non destructive method of copying a document (without a flash if the experts feel that it might damage material in the long term) is about to be banned then I think we should put our heads together and talk about it. Regards Sharon Warr View 1800s SOUTH AFRICAN PASSENGER LISTS at http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/DataArchive.htm SCRIBES PUBLISHING for Colonial Books on CD - visit http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/Scribes.htm