In a message dated 12/29/2004 11:52:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Thank you for your explanation, I would never have figured that out. > when you have 30 tre files and 80,000 names space is important just to fill lines but also the size of the files.i am forced to use 3.1 kith &kin because its the only program i can cut and paste in and out of the progran no retyping. for that reason i cant useXP i use ME which i think is better anyways i have 80+ emails working a time each with the names at the top. the judge email wasnt one of them i title them stuff- judge-denning-cassidy-brown -malone-dever- or the like what happens is since i am working in years of weds,births deaths the people have a good chance of being related who are in those emails . you might not know they are but eventually you find that out. thats how i have clusters of 1-300 families . It also solves the biggest problem no maiden names John Farrell marries Mary egad which mary. well i am doing marys and say creamers eventually mary creamer shows up and then i might get the wedding but usually some clue dictates mary as being the wife of JohnFarrell. and i wind with all the Farrells and Creamers. This judge is part of my clans 300+ family cluster its enormus its that probem that made me start the genetics it can line females to each other . say i have these dennings and cassidies malones devers heslins brownes cogans and the different bubbles have pink and blue lines connecting you can foollow the pink female decendents of the first mom should match. that clues me into which names i should look for and when to find Mary. and it can provided marys last name too hope you see why i do that style beside s i can never figure out the John[2]5[7] son of James [9]3 stuff Jim Denning -Ygenealogist-MTgenealogist using dna to connect Chelsea,Ma.-Woburn,Ma.-denning-dennen-danin-dinan-dinihey-denningston-dinning- carlon-carroll-dever-cogan-malone-heslin-piscopo-mazzola-martini-farrell-mchug h-farley-grimes-lynch-doherty-SanDanto,Ita-Adargh,longford-Revere,Ma-Wintrop,M a.- and ever an growing list