Hello List, I wanted to pass on some search tips that came across one of the Tennessee lists. I had never thought of using the + or - with my searches. Enjoy! I hope it proves useful, Gina Dear list: When using Google and most other search engines: Not only can you add quotation marks "around a name" when searching for a specific person, you can also narrow your search by adding a + (plus) or a - (minus) to specific words of interest. For example, when I'm searching for my gg-grandfather, John Young, b. 1807, Fentress County, TN -- here's one way I can search for him: "John Young" +1807 +"Fentress County, TN" +genealogy If I find no matches, I would eliminate Fentress County and probably the year, too, and research using his name, +TN, and +genealogy. (It has been suggested to use +genealogy, in order to stay on genealogy sites and information. You can use a - (minus) in front of a word if, for example, you continue to get a news story on someone famous who happens to have the same name as your ancestor. In my case, it's an astronaut, so I enter the search like this: "John Young" +TN -astronaut +genealogy This will bring results of all John Youngs in TN mentioned on genealogy pages or sites, but no astronauts! Karen LeJeune