There seems to be some misunderstanding that one has to own Family Tree Maker to use this site. That is not the case, I don't own FTM and I use this procedure all the time. So for those that ignored this because of the misundering, I am posting this aid again. To find out if a surname or person you are looking for is on a particular FTM CD, go to this site. You do NOT have to be an owner of FTM. http://www.familytreemaker.com/iffintro.html Read the intro, then click on "Try Internet Family Finder Now." Type in the name of interest and in the "Search On" section, unmark all choices except "Family Archive CDs - More than 130 in the Collection!", then click on search. If you don't find what you are looking for, then try again under alternate spellings. Once you have found an entry of interest in the index, then to get free lookups in the CD-ROMS, and the additional details show therein, go to this internet site: http://web.mountain.net/~wfmoney/cd/ They do have a limit of one CD and two names per CD per day. They usually respond within 1-2 days and the service is free.