This could be very stupid question but I am stuck with this situation. I have class A derived from List<B> and B derived from C. How do I write Serialize method for A? See below, both options I tried are not working. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. class B : public C { private: friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) { ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(C); } }; class A : public list<B> { public: void Append( const list<string>& rBList ); A::const_iterator FindSpecialB(const B& rB); private: friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) { ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(List<B>); OR ar & boost::serialization::make_nvp("AddressList", boost::serialization::base_object(*this)); OR ?? } };