Hi Ainslee, I asked this question on a list which relates to the program I use. I was sent a spreadsheet which seems pretty good (you need MS Excel to use it though). I can send it to you if you like. I note someone else uses a Word based solution. Personally I added another field to my family card (I use Reunion 7 for Macintosh) and I now have a "Research" and "Research Complete" fields for every person in my database. BTW I still have a small filing cabinet full of paperwork !! HTH Steve At 5:48 PM +1000 18/4/02, Ainslee Hooper wrote: >Hi all, does anyone know of any programs that can help keep a record >of what records you have searched etc and what information you have >obtained? i have 7 folders of information and am getting a bit >snowed under. Any info appreciated, thanks, ainslee >http://www.ainsleehooper.com/ -- ----------------------------------------------- Researching Farmer Family history http://www.farmergroup.com/ FARMER - Lanarkshire & Buteshire, SCT LOGIE - Perthshire , SCT PAUL - Morayshire , SCT PEARSE - Somerset, ENG LAWSON - Hamburg, Germany FRIEND - Sussex, ENG SAGER - Cheshire & Lancashire, ENG McLACHLAN - Argyll, SCT BOWN - Derby, ENG From beautiful Sydney, NSW, Australia A member of the Society of Australian Genealogists http://www.sag.org.au/ Minds are like parachutes, they work best when open.