Shirley wrote: > Bob I have had several that I couldn't find but later discovered the > person went by another name ie I spent some line looking for Esther and > because I knew the name of her husband I went at it from that direction > only to find that she was refered to as Hester and sure enough when I > went to the death records she was there under that name. I have also > found that the individual used what I had thought was a middle name Then try given name _contains_ "ester" of if you know a person is often called by given and middle try both. bob gillis