One of the reasons I put the index in the email is the common misspelling of surnames. When searching for names, it is much easier to scroll down a page and see if anything is close to the pronunciation of the surname. Soundex gives so many variations, based on how many syllables a name has as well as sound. That makes it a bit harder to scroll through a soundex-based index. I like the ability to scroll down the neighborhoods of a township. Toni and Mike peace and love http://members.tripod.com/~tonirossi/index.html