Does anyone know of a way to search in PAF for an individual by the first names? I'm particularly interested in being able to locate a female within the database; but say for instance, I have forgotten her married name and her maiden name, yet easily recall her given name. (This could be true for a man as well, but compounded with married females.) Is there a simple method to search on the first name only? Yes, you can do it by using the advanced search feature. 1 - Click on search on your tool bar across the top of main screen 2 - Click on Advanced Focus/Filter 3 - Click on define 4 - Click on Name It will bring up the option of searching for surname, given names, or surname only OR given names only. On the drop down menu, you can click on different options - you may want either matches, or if you want someone and you remember only their middle name, say, you can click on contains, and then you just type in the search criteria. I hope I haven't confused you. Kathy