I have noticed quite a few people using Gordon Beavington's 1851 et al census CDs. I came across some freeware quite by accident which I use to search the CD and have found it very useful. It's author is Duncan Weir and the programme is called Cen Sort. There is another programme on his site which can be used to search other census CDs. These programmes are well worth looking at and can be found at www.duncanweir.co.uk I have not seen any comments or write ups on these programmes anywhere so I thought it might be helpful for me to spread the word to other users. Happy searching Pat in Biggin Hill