I'm pretty sure that what I want isn't possible but my motto is "if you don't ask, the answer is no; if you do ask, the answer MIGHT be yes". I have a lot of "children" who don't have birth tags. They end up like this: http://babcockancestry.com/storage/TMGissues/ChildrenSortDateQuestion.jpg Is there a way, either directly in TMG or using the Utility to do what I want to do?. I'd like a way to add birth tags with a sort date either the same or just after their parents' marriage. Doesn't have to be run on the entire database, but using this screen shot as an example, when I encounter someone like this, doing something. For instance here, for each of the children of ID 1464, without a birth tag, add a birth tag with a sort date of "after 21 Mar 1645" (or whatever date I need to choose). Fingers crossed! -- Kathryn Bassett kathrynatgwens@socal.rr.com (work) kathryn@bassett.net (home)