As Carol says, using the comma can also get around transcription errors and problems such as changes in name after marriage. Searching for the first name, with comma in the surname field and other things such as date of birth or place of birth, will help you uncover all sorts of things which you couldn't otherwise find. 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