On 11/08/2013 23:15, PMR wrote: > However, even when I checked for the surname SMITH for the whole > of England for 300 years, I got the following message! > > No records found for Name: SMITH, Country: ENGLAND, > Event: Birth, Place: ENGLAND, Event Range: 1500-1800 Hallo This seems to be quite a common problem, most recently on the Kent list. If you have a look in the archives (general search, all lists) and use FamilySearch as the search term, you'll get the answer. You don't need to register or log in to search. -- Connie http://oursalmons.wordpress.com/