I promised to post details of any fix that finally sorted the complete failure of the LDS Viewer (1881 Census CD set) to run on my computer. It was sent to me by Dai Rowlands, but unfortunately having been totally worn out after the Carlisle Rock Challenge event last Friday (and also apparently having picked up a bug there that's not let me stray TOO far from the loo these last few days :) I only finally got around to applying the fix this afternoon, and it worked perfectly. Many many thanks, Dai ! And the fix was as follows:- >Put the Viewer 4.0 CD in the CD-ROM. >Double-click My Computer. >Right-click the CD-ROM drive. >Select Open. >Double-click the Windows folder. >Double-click the MDAC 2.5 SP1 folder. >Double-click the appropriate language folder (En for English). >Double-click the mdac_typ.exe file. >An installation will run and a large button will appear. Click it to start >the installation. After installation, try launching the Viewer. (Wow :)) So I now know pretty much where my Mum's Dad was born (Llantarnam, Mon) and his parents (Etchingham, Sussex for his dad, Herstmonceaux for his Mum) and they lived in Ticehurst for the first 2 kids in the family and were in Llantarnam for the next 2. And also where my dad's Mum was born (Stoke Prior, Hfds) and her parents (father - Bodenham, mother - Stoke Prior) so at last the "Gosh ... fancy that !!!" element is here at last :))) And now I know why it's so ******* frustrating not to be able to get one's hands on the 1901 Census data in a similar fashion ! Take care, everyone, and - once again - thanks, Dai! Geriatric John :) -- Website Provider and grey-bearded occasional stagehand for UK Rock Challenge, the creative-dance-drama adrenaline-packed fun-laden big- stage experience that's also the anti-substance-abuse lifestyle adopted by 15000+ 11-to-18s this year (http://www.rockchallenge.co.uk)