On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 18:27:54 +0100, you wrote: >Hi Dave and Pete > I've uploaded 5 one name personal files, no +BREAK. 2 births, 1 marr >and 2 deaths. All various years. >I used this as the third line >+FORMAT,Surname,Firstname,District,Volume,Page,Quarter,Year,Type >Can you let me know if I need to change them. I think I need to write a good explanation of ONENAME, RANDOM, +PAGE +BREAK The +FORMAT is not relevant BTW. If your files are ONENAME, then you MUST; 1) Insert a +BREAK if you have included 2 variant surnames (or different surnames) in one quarter, so; Smith,John,Ashton,20,123,Mar,1838,M Smith,Robert,London,2,345,Mar,1838,M +BREAK Smythe,Ann,Aberystwyth,27,12,Mar,1838,m 2) Insert a +PAGE if a sequence of names started on one page and ended on another If your files are RANDOM and actually contain sequences of data, they should be ONENAME -- Dave Mayall