Sheila, I can understand your frustration on trying to combine two or more files on Family Tree Maker. When you sent me your file a while back, I assumed you had combined two or three at some time. I went through several merge operations and wound up doing a manual merge several times also. Do you have an instruction book with your program? It probably explains how to do a merge, but if it's like mine it won't work the way they say it should. Family Tree Maker leaves a lot to be desired in the merge department.Good luck with your efforts. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com