so i have some information in blocks, in a selection i want to find the
first cell with the name "Elder" in it then move down 2 rows and check if
this cell has "Elder" also, if the cell (after offset) doesn't have "Elder"
in it then i want to save the cell as an Object to display in a ListBox later
in the program.

my problem is when i try to do the If(j.Offset (2, 0) < "Elder" Then... a
Run-time error '13 Type mismatch. pops up. is this type mismatch saying
that i cant do the .Offset on a variable that comes from a (Set j =
..Find("Elder",,,,xlByColumns)) command earlier in the script?

do i have to somehow change this variable (j) to a different type before i
can do a .Offset command on it?

thanks for any and all suggestions