Hi all: Those of you on the list who are fairly PC nimble might want to take the lifelines program for a spin. You can refer to the following web page ... http://lifelines.sourceforge.net/ I do not use lifelines as my principle genealogy database "keeper". Rather, I create a gedcom file which I import into the lifelines program. Lifelines has a rather flexible report writing capability, which I use to generate ad hoc sorts of reports. I'm working on a report that views my database and tells me what individuals were *probably* in a given geographic area in 1880. It makes doing 1880 U.S. census lookups a much more organized activity. Note that lifelines originated in the Unix world. If you are uncomfortable with a program that dosn't have the typical GUI interface, just ignore this message. Best regards H.A. Kippenhan, Jr. _________________________________________________________________ Help protect your PC: Get a free online virus scan at McAfee.com. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963