Hi list Here is a helpful soundex converter site. I'm still learning the ropes.It had been about 5 months since I had originally learned to use Soundex. My "cheat" sheet didn't say not to use the first letter when figuring the code, so I converted my new surname wrong last week at the FHC. It wasn't a real common name so wasn't too surprised to not find it, so I didn't catch my mistake at the time. I now have all my surnames at this time converted and written on a divider sheet in my notebook. http://www.genexchange.com/soundex.cfm How this helps and saves you time! Jeanne