Just a quick note on this database, Suppose you were looking for Elizabeth Crawford, OK Elizabeth can be a first name, a middle name, or shortened to Eliz, right? To search this database for all these possibilities, simply do this: Choose the Search Full Name option from the Search Select box. Type in the name Eliz in the Search For Box, Last Click the Search Button. This should give you every single person in this database with the name Eliz somewhere in their names. I hope you can apply this to other possible names such as William, Will, Willy. The options are unlimited here. Good Luck with your research,, Mark Floyd