Lesley Uebel wrote: > What I usually do when you need to type in a first name is type in the most > common names such as William, Thomas John, James, Henry etc and the same with > the females, Mary, Elizabeth Catherine etc. My Uebel family, for example, has a > set of about 10 male Christian names that were used throughout the first 3 > generations in Australia so I always try those as well. >ear/ > > Well yes I did find John 1927 but then Amelia and Matilda are not there presumably the others are also not there. Perhaps there is a block on more recent deaths. Still I expect my cousin John's descendent knows more - I had not looked for burials until this appeared. I suppose you use in conjunction with NSW BDM but a Surname only search would be handy -- Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/