Hi Everyone, This is a bit off topic but it ultimately does involve the exchange of Civil war data so please bear with me. If anyone can help me, feel free to contact me off list at nelehyram@earthlink.net I'd like to create a website for the 10th Ohio Cav with a search engine that will search the entire roster by name - first and last using both exact spelling and soundex. I'd also like the database searchable by several other criteria such as age, company etc. So here are some of my questions: 1. Does anyone know of any coding or any program in the public domain that would allow such searches? 2. Has anyone had experience with web site creation programs that they have purchased that did include some search engine mechanism? Or, that they were pleased overall with the program? 3. In general, any ideas or suggestions on where to seek additional information on creating such a search mechanism? I would also be interested in hearing other ways that people have handled roster searches on their websites and what methods provided easy and efficient access to the data for the site visitor. Thanks for you time and patience. Mary Helen nelehyram@earthlink.net but once I figure out how to set up and create the search engine and database, I know the rest of the website I can definitely handle.