Following a pointer from Eastman I looked again at the US Access to Archival Databases site (AAD) <<http://www.archives.gov/aad>http://www.archives.gov/aad> And was pleased to find several interesting references to my main variants (including Foreign Policy Telegrams & Soldiers enlistment records) I note that Chris Pomery mentioned the potential of this site some 4 years ago Best regards Gordon +Z [+Z] <http://www.adshead.com/> Gordon Adshead <gordon@adshead.com> [+Z] Beaumont House, 2 Goodrington Road, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3AT, UK [+Z] Tel:+44-1625-549770 Mob:+44-7776-145602