I'm fairly versed in PAF 5 but have never really understood how to find someone using the Subject technique. E.g., how do I find a female when all I have is her married name like Mrs. Barbara Jones. I know she's in my files simply can't find her by that handle. Thanks...

Baldy wrote: > I'm fairly versed in PAF 5 but have never really understood how to > find someone using the Subject technique. E.g., how do I find a > female when all I have is her married name like Mrs. Barbara Jones. I > know she's in my files simply can't find her by that handle. > Thanks... In the interests of locking the barn door? -- I had to go back and put it into the MARRIED NAME field (as Jones, Barbara) not as (Barbara Jones). That helps when tripping over cemetery inscriptions too, since the stone DOES insist on using the name-at-death instead of name-in-my-files. (g) Other than that, in Advanced focus, select ALL and filter for Name (given only) includes Barbara; marriage exists; then tick the SHOW MATCHES ONLY box and scroll through the list with an eye on the SPOUSE line on the right. There are other things you cannot do with advanced focus but sometimes can if you back in (f'instance ... I'm looking for a woman named Mary whose son is Zachariah ... but what I have to search for is a Zachariah and then scroll for one whose mother is mary...) HTH if not, drop by > paf-5-users@rootsweb.com Cheryl