Hi again, This may or may not work for most folks, but one idea i have tried to use is this. Consider a date 186?. This tells us it unsure. 186+ tells me after 1860 186- tells me before 1860 Consider a census information; I bet you may like this, there is census info already in this database, as well as marriage. Try this, Search Option, Search Email Address, Type in 'ResourceCensus' in the Search for box. Click the Search button. This will bring up all Census info in the database. If one were looking for Census data in the Country of US, try Search Option, Search Researcher, type in 'US' and click the Search button. Next, say one was looking for the state of Florida, type in 'US, FL' and click the search button, finally if one was looking for the county of Walton, type in 'US, FL, Walton' and click the search button. Now naturally all states and counties have not been entered yet, but they can be, the options are available. Hope this is not too confusing yet, but i will try to simplify as i go on. This is one idea, open to others, Good Luck again, Mark Floyd