For info. Ancestry.co.uk now has some images from telephone directories from 1880-1894. The first release is mainly London and large parts of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, and Surrey. you have to pay. I'm not on commission, just though you'd be interested as hopefully other areas will eventually be covered. Article is on the BBC news site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5360892.stm Sandra