right back where I started

You have referred me back to the save and continue process that I used unsuccessfully already.  That was my original question.  When I used that method, I am not able to see my work saved, I just get an empty form.

Thanks!

Could you share us the links to your forms? 

The main and the first form, so we will take a look and see why the feature is not working.

We will wait for your response.

Please try with the following URL instead:

https://form.jotform.com/60394282864160?session={email}&fullName[first]={firstName}&fullName[middle]={middleName6}&fullName[last]={lastName}&email={email} 

I would recommend you to check this guide:

http://www.jotform.com/help/71-Prepopulating-fields-to-your-JotForm-via-URL-parameters 

Let us know if you need more help.