Further detail on the history and location of St Lucia can be found at the Caribbean Gen Web site below: http://www.britishislesgenweb.org/~stlucia/ The settlement history of St Lucia, particularly in the 17th century was very unstable....there are a couple of good historical accounts on the net The one above is basic...but a decent start if I find the others while playing sick here today will forward them to the list Cod -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 379 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len