Julie, Does your head hurt? If so, go to google's ADVANCED SEARCH. It'll save you from having to worry about whether it should be a plus or minus that you're looking for. It's also more simpler for most to learn. Al At 11:08 AM 5/11/2004, you wrote: > Hello Carol, > Use the Google search engine and enter the following ; > surname+nee also try this +surname+nee-(nee) leave no spaces >between the plus and minus signs and the words. What you are doing is >saying I want you to find all the all the info on the surname Nee. In the >second example you are saying find all the surname nee but exclude (nee) as >a maiden name. > > In the 2nd example you get the 1st 9 with the Nee surname then go to the >2nd set ( 11 - 20) there is a ' Genealogy Register Nee Genealogy site'. I >didn't look any further , but play with it. I find looking beyond the first >20 or 30 hits I usually find something I am looking for. > > Also play with how you search in a search engine for example try looking >for a time period in a state example ; New York City 1890-1940 ; or ; >+churches+new york 1920 ' try different ways to search. > > In genealogy searches try Hunter+genealogy you can also add + and the >state you need i.e. Hunter+genealogy+new york now you will mostly get >Hunters in NY state. > > One more neat thing you should do with Google is open your searches on the >word (cached) below the main line. When you do this they high light your >search words and you can easily find what you need. > All the best and have fun. > Julie B in NC