I found the following information at this site... http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm I used the search engine to enter Sarah J Furman.. Below is what came up. I went throught 177 files and didn't find her What am I doing wrong??? Thanks Marita This is a copy of the screen: Operation Summary Query: Sarah Jane Furman Matching Record Count: 177 Total Retrieved: 50 Interpreted Query: Sarah Jane Furman Total Database Records: 544 Query Time: 1 seconds Filename: ioof-ac.txt Match Number: 1 of 177 Score: 100 Headline Field [HEADLINE]: ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY (I.O.O.F.), Tumwater Select: [Full] [HEADLINE] Filename: ioof-mq.txt Match Number: 2 of 177 Score: 79 Headline Field [HEADLINE]: ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY (I.O.O.F.), Tumwater Select: [Full] [HEADLINE] Filename: ioof-rt.txt Match Number: 3 of 177 Score: 75 Headline Field [HEADLINE]: ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY (I.O.O.F.), Tumwater Select: [Full] [HEADLINE] Filename: ioof-dg.txt Match Number: 4 of 177 Score: 70 Headline Field [HEADLINE]: ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY (I.O.O.F.), Tumwater Select: [Full] [HEADLINE]