Someone on the message board just asked about changing the spelling of a surname. I mentioned that it is always best to have a backup before doing something like this. Shame on you id you don't have one. But, to get a list of everyone in the database with a given name which contains "Alan" you can: Go to the Reports menu, Select "Lists" Select "Individual List" - Hit the create button -- on the Individual List dialog window, Select "Select Individuals" And any other options you want on the list Send it to a file or screen printer to preview and/or print == Select OK -- On the green side, the mark side of the "Print which individuals?" dialog window, choose "Find" Then choose given name for "Which field" Choose "Contains" as the comparison And enter "Alan " in the "Search for? Field and hit the Ok button, hit Ok again and you should have your list. Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "gnolte2" <gnolte2@ametro.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:25 PM Subject: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name > I'm trying to identify all the "Allen" given names in my data base as I made a very stupid mistake using Global Search and Replace. (new laptop, NOT used to the hair trigger touch pad!!) I changed all given names "Allen" to "Alan". I have a lot of "Alan"s now and want to correct the spelling of those that need it... I have over 32,000 people in my data base so it is hard to scan them all. > > I have tried to use Explorer- Fine- but all I come up with is the 1st Allen listed in the Explorer. What do I need to do to find all of them? Can I print out a list? Perhaps I'm using the wrong tool for this? > > Tried to search archives this evening but am having a problem staying online. > > Thanks for any and all help. > > Mary Nolte >