If you are using AOL as your server, no point in sending me any personal messages as AOL is no longer delivering any messages to their customers from freeserve. This means I cannot reply to you. AOL say that freeserve sends their subscribers too much spam. Freeserve must be one of the UK's largest ISPs so this is great fun. Brian Davis in Concord - in response to your personal message to me. I did reply but it bounced. Alan has answered part of your query re the address for Charminster Local History Society. You also wanted to know if this would be the same local history society which covers Poole and produces books about Parkstone and Boscombe. The answer to that is no. I don't know which books you were looking for but maybe someone can help you with the address of a local history society for Poole and if you send details of the books you are looking for to the list, maybe someone can tell you where you can obtain copies. If you are on freeserve yourself you may experience similar problems if you try to get in touch with friends and fellow researchers who use AOL Helen who is fed up! Helen Jones, Weymouth, Dorset http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk List Admin Rootsweb Eng Dorset & Scammell Lists, and British Genealogy Eng-Dorset, Surnames & Forenames list