Thank you all for your kind replies - it seems a bit hit or miss but mainly a miss :-( I managed to register but then a site search threw up links to elsewhere on their own site only for their own links not to work. Ended up just trying surname 'Robinson' and got less than 10 hits, despite the amount of records they are supposed to have, i tried these hits and those links were not working. I spend half my life on web sites so either the site has hiccups or I am missing something REALLY basic....... Have now given up in frustration. Thank you all once again Lozzie