Thanks Dave - I wondered if James Fox was a "onenamer" and if this would prove to be the answer. And I did read to the end of your reply and, I think, understood the principle. Now another question - what happens when the second keying is done and there are now three entries for some of this particular batch of "Friends"? Christopher Richards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Mayall" <dave@research-group.co.uk> To: <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:33 AM Subject: Re: Matching entries > > Why not sort each block first? > > Because that would completely defeat the object of doing the alignment in > the first place! > > The whole purpose is to trap missing records, and we can only do that by > looking at them in the as transcribed order. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >