My answer was sent to the list and is showing here, so you should have seen it. Anyhow, looking at the previous image, all the entries for 'Unknown' come after the end of the A-Z surnames, so you just use 'Unknown' as the surname and 'Male' or 'Female' as the Christian name entry. > so what was the answer? - in case others of us come across the same > problem!! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John K.Eason > To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:10 PM > Subject: Re: Can't read surname > > > Thanks John; > > > > Fran > > Sarnia, ON, Canada > > No problem. > Regards John K.Eason (freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk)