Is there a problem with the rootsweb.com email system? I sent the message to which Carol has responded but didn't receive it myself. Does the system not send you messages which you yourself have sent? Let's see what happens with this one... David ________________________________ From: "JohnASaul@aol.com" <JohnASaul@aol.com> To: eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com Cc: dsblake2004@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, 14 January, 2009 8:45:58 Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Searching without a surname on 1911 census - thanks In a message dated 14/01/2009 08:19:39 GMT Standard Time, dsblake2004@yahoo.co.uk writes: I have found that if you don't know a surname, just using a comma in the surname field works. Thank you so much for this great tip. Finally found my KNIGHT family as KNIGTH. Carol