I could send you an example of a serializable dictionary I created from examples on line I don't have a book I could point you at I just did a lot of searching on google to find the info. Ken From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rick watson Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:14 AM To: BlindGeeks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: deserializing and serializing generic collections Good morning listers, Does anyone out there have pointers for serialization / deserialization of generic collections in c#. I wish to create xml for a defined generic collection. Thanks for any pointers. Rick