At 12:45 PM 2/15/2012, John Bibby wrote: >I have several people called Hartas in my database, but when I search for >? Hartas >I only get 3 of them. > >However, when I search >? Harta >I get many more of them. > >Can anyone please explain what is happening? The BK6 help file says: "You may type the first five letters of the first name then a space and the first five letters of the last name to find anyone. If there are a lot of people with similar names you may type the first 10 letters of the first and last name." The "?" wildcard in Windows matches only one character. For multiple characters use the "*" wildcard. A search for "* harta" or "* hartas*" should each find all of them. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net