I had the exact same problem up until a year ago. I don't know if this is a good solution for you, but I have many of those old 120mm negatives from the early 1900s and nobody will even print from them anymore. Ritz Camera was one of the few who still would until a few years ago and they told me that many of those old negative sizes are not popular anymore so they discontinued printing from them. I have about 300 of these as well as larger sizes that the typical film and slide scanners will not accept. I found a scanner by HP that will scan negatives and slides up to 5" x 5" and I've been very pleased with it ever since. It cost around $300, including the scanner and the special negative scanning thing that goes on top of it. I got it a year ago so the price has probably dropped or there may be cheaper ones from other companies. You can also pay in the thousands for the commercial film scanners, but why bother if you can do it cheaper. I had the same feeling as you. I wasn't going to let go of negatives and slides, especially since I have so many of them, to some unknown company and probably never see them again. And the cost for scanning to CD would be astronomical for 300 or more negatives. The scanner would pay for itself and I have the peace of mind that my negatives are safe. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Baclem5656@aol.com [mailto:Baclem5656@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 4:04 PM To: WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] Obtaining Photos from Old Negatives Does anyone on the list know of a photo processor, preferrably in the Washington, DC area, but if not anywhere, that will make prints from old negatives. I have found a treasure trove of old "Kodak Safety Film" negatives which, from the age of some of the individuals, appear to be from the 1930s and early 1940s. I have contacted Ritz Camera, and at their suggestion both DC Photo and Motophoto, none of whom process this kind of film. Motophoto suggested I call Kodak. They gave me the name of a photo processor in North Dakota who will process the film. However, if possible, I'd like to have the negatives processed closer to home as most of the negatives appear to be photographs for which I do not have an original copy. Any suggestions? Barbara ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237