> Then there is > a > symbol of some sort, that I'm wondering if anyone on the list would know > what it > means. Description is rather hard, but it looks sort of like a circle > (not full > circle - open on the top left side) and has a dot beneath it. The following sight has a list of symbols. http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/misc/gensig.html Maybe the symbol you're speaking of is (*) for born illegitimate. Nancy