Hi, I am not an expert but do have a college degree in Business Data Processing. I believe that is because of the programming language that they are using. They may have to completely redo their system to accomplish what you are wanting, a name search. Just a good guess. Judy Minihan In a message dated 1/7/2010 10:55:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, harand8479@aol.com writes: Could someone on the list who knows a lot about computer programming and search engines, please tell us why the county court could not list the records to INCLUDE a name search. how is it that Ancestry, LDS site, Rootsweb, and on and on..............search by name and the probate court site cannot. is it not possible with the records they have, or is it a monetary thing. no long detailed technical explanation required..........just any ideas of why. thanks..............Helen in Florida To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: Kaesemein@aol.com Did you miss a message? You can find it in the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamil ton/mb.ashx ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message