Mary Inglis thoughtfully, put here on the List an exact transcript of the codes at **bottom** of each IGI fiche. And she adds...... > As you can see F does not stand for female. And M is not for male, but for > marriage. Logical assumption that F and M would be for sex of the person, > but not so on the IGI microfiche. The IGI fiche has many columns!! And the abbreviations F and M are shown at **fiche top**, to mean "M= MALE, F= FEMALE" when these appear in the <4th column> But in the fifth and eleventh column, Mary is absolutely correct! ============================================================ Scots tradition- disagree, without being disagreeable ;~) Thanks Mary, Cheers............ ALISTAIR M. CAMERON