We've all had that feeling. We have a new lead! Investigating our lead will be easy thanks to a new database or a CD-ROM that has indexed the records that will prove our theory. They just HAVE to be there. We do a search and suddenly the bottom falls out-our hopes are sent careening as we see the dreaded "0 Hits." How can this be? They have to be there. We have entered all the information we have. We have double-checked the facts. Everything adds up. What gives?

Maybe we are entering too much information. Databases are picky things. They only pull up results for exactly what we put in.

It may be that something as simple as a variation of the given name is holding us back.