Thank you I am quite attached to it as well :-) Log in to Ancestry - click on Search from the top menu, select Card Catalogue (last option) Enter Ireland and search , (this will also show the databases with an Irish connection) If you scroll down the list around number 12 is :- Dublin, Ireland, Probate Record and Marriage Licence Index, 1270-1858 Select that and enter your name of interest When searching generally with Ancestry across all databases, use "Old Search" rather than the default "New Search" (which I find a pointless waste of time and effort) When logged into Ancestry select Search from the top menu, on the following page look top right and select "go to Old Search" (unless it is already selected) on the following page enter a tick in the "Exact Matches Only" you are then in control Advanced search gives you various more options Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 26/08/2012 16:45, Sharon Oddie Brown wrote: > Nivard (what a great name - so much more unique than my name), > For the past few years, I have been compiling swats of information on a > range of JACKSONs from Ireland. My hunch is that many are inter-related, > but in many cases, I am still short one generational link. When you > refer to 531 hits on Ancestry, I am curious about which filters you may > have used since 531 is a small enough number that I am not daunted (fool > that I am!). I do have an Ancestry subscription (I finally succumbed), > so I could easily follow up on this. > Thanks, > Sharon > Sharon Oddie Brown, Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: