May I refer listers, at this point, to the fact that Jeremy wrote an article for B-J News 11 (page 5) explaining how to use Excel for genealogy. It seems logical that if people are interested in this aspect of "storage" they should use what has already been written. http://www.british-jewry.org.uk/New%20Member%20Area/BJ%20News/B-J%20News.htm Hopefully this will answer everybody's questions (and if it doesn't then they can either email Jeremy off-list or websearch for self-help articles/classes on how to use certain software). Best Sherry