Hello Russ, Thank you for helping with the Boolean question. I love the website and would read every word of it if I had time! Marilyn In a message dated 6/23/2006 6:13:55 AM Central Daylight Time, russxsprague@hotmail.com writes: At the Fulton site if you click on the 'Help FAQ' link, and scroll down quite a bit there is a nice section on Boolean search. FAQ is for 'Frequently Asked Questions'. I would not scroll down quickly though as there is quite a bit of useful info before you get to Boolean search. An example of Boolean search I found useful recently was 'Sprague w/5 married' and 'Sprague w/5 died' (use the words but not the quotes in your own searched. This means I want to find the word Sprague within 5 words of married or within 5 words of died. If I was searching for my own name I could search 'Sprague w/5 Russell'. Once you put the search term in use the drop down list to select 'Boolean' as the type of search. A hi speed connection can make a very nice difference. The site is images, not text and can be slow to load. Most public libraries will have pcs with hi speed connections. What you could do to become familiar with the way the search methods work is find something ahead of time on some page and then search for it using the different ways mentioned in the site help link. Hope this helps - Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland (My Oswego and Cayuga County family names: Baggs, Buck, Demass/Dumas, Hamilton, Ostrander, Perkins, Stock, Upcraft, Van Vlack/Van Vleck)