I received this on another list. It's well worth checking out The new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography celebrates its first birthday with three days' free online access from 23 to 25 September. See the website at: http://www.oxforddnb.com/ for further details. Remember that besides searching for the biography of a particular individual you can also search for any name across all the 50,000 biographies. Frank BAYNHAM Researching TOMLINS in Worcestershire