A couple of suggestions which I have found to help. 1) I tried to search HARRIS , WAREHAM (Dorset) all types/all years and got the usual 'too complex' message. I solved it by searching in 10 year blocks. 2)Re Sally Maclean's comment about not picking up middle names on searches - as, I believe, Dave advised last week, if you enter the christian name + * i.e John* Smith then this will pick up any entries for John Smith entered with extra christian names. Regards Mervyn Wright --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.256 / Virus Database: 129 - Release Date: 31/05/2001