> Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > > > > Singhals fed this fish to the penguins: > > > > > theory, the ?ieber would work. As you say, though, it wouldn't > > > find > > > > <blink><blink> Guess I hadn't considered the wild cards > > would work on single characters at the beginning of a name (I've > > been using xxx* style wild cards). > > Uhhh ... I thought that was what you were saying? (g) Anyway -- the > ?xxx doesn't always work, sometimes the clever programmer insists on > a real letter there, but if it DOES work, it's invaluable. > > I know it doesn't work with the 1901 British, but then Q*Q ... > > Cheryl <singhals@erols.com> Steve Morse, who has a "search portal" which provides enhanced search capability for those seeking information at Ellis Island has added some notable improved search capabilities for the 1920 and 1930 census images at Ancestry.com (must be a subscriber of Ancestry). Among the added search capabilities are "ends with." which would allow a search for different first letters in a name. There are also routines for finding an ED from street, etc. It is here: http://www.stevemorse.org/ Regards, Richard Pence "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com>