I want to thank the several people who responded. Remembering that I am dealing with a somewhat small number of records........approx. 140 This routine may help if you are trying to capture other data in a similiar way. 1) Open a "new" excel spreadsheet (or other software). 2) Reduce it to "mid-size" and drag/move it to the lower letf. 3) "Open" the Griffith's CD. Reduce to mid-size and move to upper right. Find/select the first of the several records that you want. 4) There is a blue Icon if you want more information. Click that and you will get a new page with the name at the top. The "more information" is the field "location". I am trying to find out why that isn't "townland". In very few cases (2 for me), you will receive a "comments" section. The recorder was trying to differentiate between two O'Briens (we'll say). 5) Now select the spreadsheet (have the mouse hit it anywhere) and enter the data in the next open row going across the columns. (my columns are/seq. no./name/county/parish/location and the last one is location. 6) Hit the OK button in the shaded Griffith's page and you will back to the records. Start again at #4 7) Storing the spreadsheet every once in a while. Why did I do this? In the 140 GUNN records there are three OWENs....my gr-gr-grandfather's name. I sorted by parish. Found the first Owen and with him were JAMES AND THOMAS.....all reading the same Fermanagh/Clones/Killyfole......this is my "prime" suspect since the other two did not match as well. My apology to all of you but FELIX GUNN does not have that ring to it. Felix Gibson as Braveheart!!!!! Any comments, etc. should be directed to me off-line at gunnsr@compuserve.com Thanks, Jim Gunn Blue bell