>I have a form that allows users to select people by name, and I also have a search button to look up by SSN. When the record pointer in the table is moved by the search, how can I update the list to point to the new record. I have tried this.list.requery and this.list.refresh but these don't seem to work?

Following is simplified example, for the case when physical record sequence the same as index order (btw, you can provide it collecting records into cursor):
Select table1
Set Order to Name && it's physical sequence
Seek cName
IF found()
Thisform.List1.Selected(recno())=.t.
Endif