Ron Cushman from the Ireland list posted this today and graciously allowed it to be copied to other lists. I suggest that anyone who wishes to enquire about what is on a CD, do the following, to obtain FREE searches: Please do a search of either "The Master Name Index" or the "Family Finder Index" (FamilyTree Maker) for your subject name. OR try the On-line Family Finder Index , http://www.familytreemaker.com/cdhome.html . (ONLY THESE, NOT the simlarly named Family Research /Report that can be generated.) Please copy, for inclusion in your request, the information found on the above search. This indicates to the volunteers that the name is found on this CD (and that you have checked). These 2 Master Name Index/Family Name Index are the same CDs, just different companies, and will tell you if your subject's name appears on any disk and will provide the number of the disk(s) to look into further. With the CD numbers in hand, you can visit the vollunteer CD lookup page: http://genweb.net/~gen-cds/cdlist.html to find out who is volunteering to do lookups on that CD. In most cases, you can click on the volunteer name/email address to send a request. ***IMPORTANT***: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, read (and observe) the rules posted on the volunteers page. As one of the volunteers listed, I certainly appreciate it when requestors do so... - you may also want to read descriptions of the CD's where your name was found, on the Family Tree Maker site, ( http://www.familytreemaker.com/ ), to become familiar with what each CD holds. This will set your expecations, and enable you to supply useful information for the volunteer to use in searching for you. Ron (permission granted to copy this info to other lists...just make sure the same info has not recently been covered, please.)