Thanks. I did something similar -- I got the spouse field back when I opened a new file and invoked the marriages and date in what seemed to be the desired order. (Whatever order I was doing before didn't seem to be the right one.) I think that I didn't have the problem before because I left the file open and just put the Mac to sleep rather than quitting the software. But it is odd that it disappears for completed scans. Regards, Kate McCain Shirley Saunders <shirley@idiom.com> 01/13/2006 02:23 PM To Kate McCain <kate.mccain@cis.drexel.edu> cc FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject Re: entering spouse name in 1913 records with MacBMD At 5:01 AM -0700 12/1/06, Kate McCain wrote: >When I reopened a saved MacBMD file to continue entering 1913 marriage >data, which include the spouse name, I found that the spouse name field >block had disappeared. There are, of course, blocks for potential middle >names. I've tried beginning a new scan twice -- specifying MARRIAGES and >the year (1913) and in neither case does a spouse name field reappear. I've >also opened completed pages for this time frame and they open without >spouse blocks. > >Does anyone have a suggestion? I DID search through the knowledge base but >none of the entries on marriages seemed to deal with this particular issue. I've had problems in the past and usually I just get to where I was in the file and if it doesn't have the right fields open then I click on Entry and (for this case) select Marriages, and then Source and put in the Year. It puts the two lines in the file which I then delete and then carry on my merry way. It sounds to me like you've tried that and it's not working - I would check that the MacBMD that is opening is the latest version - I have version 1.9.1, check under About MacBMD - I assume you're using OS X. It also has written there Ben's email address. If you've tried all this, then I'd recommend re-downloading and re-installing MacBMD. Let us/me know if you still have problems after this. Thanks SHirley Scan2 1440