OKayyyy,,,,, Let's start this thing all over,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (Take Two.,..) It seems I have riled a bunch of Family Origins Users out there and I apologize for copying and pasting the message intended for the OWNER of the program. I admit I did this in an angry mood and certainly didn't intend to step on the toes of so many FO people. I MADE A MISTAKE,,,,,,,,,, OK???? Let me back up and try again,,, I have 8,340 people in my "xxxxxx" data base; My cousin has 12,256 in her "oooooo" data base; Periodically, she finds information for my data and I find information for hers. When we visit, we exchange backup files on a CD. I have her data in my computer as well as my own, after backing up all of my information, I restore her backup file to her data in my PC, writing over the older data. I lose 100 or more people when this is done, there is no definite number. This happens to her as well. I bought my copy, she bought her copy. Both of them couldn't have the same discrepancies. This is what I need help in......... I have gone back to version 9.0 because I have lost information I'm unable to recover. Through the process of trying to correct or find what the problem is, I have lost info in my backup files as well. Surely, I'm not the only one this has happened to.............. Or, am I? Your FRIENDLY FO user, Harold Morris, Sr. age 71,,,,,, not exactly Ned, in the First Reader.