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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 1 206 Send Message	Trudy	Report	26 Apr 2005 17:03
	Hi can anyone tell me what the best thing is for writing on the back of photo's. Obvioulsy nothing with acid, and pencil fades - what else can I try. Have inherited a whole book of photo's with nothing on the back - am trying to work out who they are and need to identify them somehow!! Trudy
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 226 Send Message	Dorothy	Report	26 Apr 2005 17:19
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 226 Send Message	I've seen some pens specially designed for writing on CD's - I wonder if they might be any good? Di
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Andrea	Report	26 Apr 2005 17:21
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	I read the excellent magazine 'Your FamilyTree'. Their Photo experts advice is: 'You should only ever use a soft pencil to write on the back of a photo. Never use self-adhesive labels.' Sorry its not the answer you were looking for. Regards Andrea
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 1 206 Send Message	Trudy	Report	26 Apr 2005 17:24
	Thanks both of you.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 1 161 Send Message	Janet	Report	26 Apr 2005 18:48
	Pencil was good enough for my ancestors back in the late 1800's, and the names and addresses on backs of Victorian photographs are still very clear after 110 years. I would go along with soft pencil. Janet