Sandra, thank you for the guidance on BDM dates. Ah - Rootsweb Aus Military, hadn't thought of that. School admission registers made me grin. My subject's father was a schoolmaster, and I can track various schools to contact, but have to learn to control my urges for a month, remembering that for you lucky folk in the southern hemisphere, it is school summer vacation. Drat. Cheers Dave [email protected]