Ira and all, Now it is possible to find a person by entering the IRN or choose from the name list sorted by surnames. These options work fine and are quick to use. However - I often want the option to very quickly search a person by given name. The main reason for this is that in Norway before 1900 most people had no real surname following them as they moved - as also Ira has pointed out in the Manual and in the help file. People were identified by a Given name followed by the Father's given name with the proper ending -son or -daughter followed by the Locality name where they lived. For example: Kristi /RASMUSDAUGHTER/ Hollesli - in Ira's sample database. Then I am having the following situation: Let us say I am entering Ingeborg /Olsdotter/ Brandal. Then I know that her father's name was Ola and that he lived at Brandal. Pressing N will not help me to search and find out if he is already in the database because I don't know the given name of Ola's father. If it was possible to do a quick search by given name, as quick as pressing N for the Surname list, I could just enter Ola and look if I can find any Ola living at Brandal in the actual period of time - and link him to his daughter. I am aware that I can do a Global search using the Tools Menu, but that works too slowly for me. The reason is that my database now contains about 12,700 individuals. Is this a problem just for Norwegian names? In 1990 there was about 3.9 million inhabitants in The United States with ancestors from Norway - so a lot of you over there may end up like me. So I want Ira to seriously consider my proposal. I think it is an important option especially for big databases helping to link people together as we are working backwards with our ancestors and their children. Regards Sigurd Eliassen Norway