In a message dated 17/08/2004 09:08:14 GMT Standard Time, norman.lee1@virgin.net writes: Hi Leigh Can I just suggest a good book that will help you with general Latin translation of an historical type. It's a book by Eileen Gooder called 'Latin for Local History'. It's available in paper back and has been going a long time. I believe it's even used in some universities now but is also extremely easy to use and understand. It gives examples of various documents and would be of great help to anyone looking at old documents of varying kinds. I am not trying avoid translating the document you have on the web site - just giving you a title I'm sure you would find useful in future. Audrey Hi Audrey Thanks - I'd much rather be able to translate such documents myself as this is only the first field of ten and I know I'm going to have to do the other nine on my own! But having spent the last few days using various books and online Latin - English dictionaries plus my own rusty education from 25 years ago I was beginning to get so frustrated! I'm getting individual words but together they don't seem to make much sense. The most helpful book I've got in my own collection is 'A Latin Glossary for Family and Local Historians' by Janet Morris which I've found quite useful - I suppose that I'm just not sure that I'm stringing it all together in the correct form. When I get a chance later I'll upload my feeble attempt to my website so you can have a look at how far I've got. I'll certainly try to find the book you mention though. Thanks again Kind regards Leigh