In message <6E02D08153654FCFAA2FED80B2D5D988@DavidHP>, dhyouse@comcast.net writes: >I have a problem with names which might be a shortcoming of the Names >Tab entries or, more certainly, the search function. >There are two families in my database which never decided on how to >spell their names. These families have used spelling variations in >different branches, among siblings and even within the same household. >The first family uses various combinations of ele/elle/ela/ella/ellen + >ba/be + rger. >The second family uses combinations of sad/sadd/sar/sat/sart + or + >ous/ious/us/is. >I’d like a way to be able to search for all of the combinations of >each family by entering any one of the varieties. The closest I can >come is using Soundex but even that misses some of the combinations. >Or am I missing something that is already available? [] I can't remember whether BK allows wildcards (* and ?) or not. I do remember that it only looks at the first five characters of forename and surname. Or did, not sure if that's still the case. (I can certainly search by entering just those, without any trailing wildcards.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "Bother," said Pooh, as Eeyore sneezed the crack all over Owl.