>Larry Thompson wrote: >Goto: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 for the birth and death indexes. >To get the soundex code for the years it is needed, goto: http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter >enter the surname and click on get soundex code. Hi Mickey, Almost all computer genealogical programs now automatically include the Soundex code with any surname. On my MacIntosh REUNION program, soundex is included on the Name section of an individual¹s card. THOMAS T520 McQUAID M230 FISCHER F260 HEYD H300, etc. Cari Thomas