Tony very kindly did some look ups in this index for me for which I am extremely grateful. HOWEVER, I have since found that the Allen Index and other Herts databases are now online. I haven't seen this publicised on this list before now (although I could have missed it of course), so for the benefit of all the web address is: http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/indexes/ Sandra