In a message dated 12/5/2006 6:51:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Kaesemein@aol.com writes: Hello Again, I have a question about the surname search engine on the boards. If a poster types the surnames ONLY in the subject line and body of the message, but not in the surname window, does the search engine still pick all of them up? I'm noticing some posts of Eastern European surnames on one of my boards, where the poster types variant spellings in the Subject line, but only types the main spelling in the surname window. Will the search engine also pick up the variant spellings in the subject line? Thanks for your help, Marilyn Marilyn- It depends on the type of search the person is doing. If they are searching with an "every word" general search -- then, yes...they will find the surname. However, if they do an advanced search of the surname field, they won't. Joan