Hi Sandra, You definitely can do a search with only one spouse - that's the beauty of the reintroduction of the wildcard. Enter surname of one and wildcard (*) in the other. Regards ......... Susie Z -----Original Message----- From: aus-nsw-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-nsw-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David and Sandra Bales via Sent: Sunday, 10 August 2014 11:25 AM To: Suzanne England; 'norman A'; aus-nsw@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW] NSW BDM`S There are still short-comings. We knew the year of marriage for a couple. It didn't show up in the index until we put in a year range. You need to know both partners' names so if aunt Emily's husband died in the war and you suspect she remarried but don't know the new husband's surname then you can't do a search by just the one partner's name. Sandra Central Coast NSW