They could be sorted so that all Williams appear at the top in whatever order you wish. You could also sort so that all Braswells who were born in Anson Co, NC were listed at the top. With the FIND feature, you could tell the program to find Valentine Braswell. It would then start at the top and stop at each Valentine it found. In a database, each row is a record and represents a Braswell or a spouse.
Fields are the columns.
This number is not used for permanent identification of an individual as it changes when individuals are added, deleted or records are sorted. See explanation above. Dates include the usual notation denoting the accuracy of the date. A question mark means that the entry is unknown. Female Braswells will not be carried to the next generation in the primary index as their children are then no longer Braswells by surname.