Also, "Algernon" is the correct spelling; it was mistyped in the indexing process. Cheers, BPN ------ I have found it curious how often Algernon Sidney is used as name in America. In my surname family, the name Sidney persisted for many generations. In other families it is Algernon that persists. Perhaps, someone of you historians can shed more light on this phenomenon which seems to be begin in the 19th Century. The web sites below gives a hint. http://www.constitution.org/as/foreword.htm http://www.bartleby.com/100/185.html http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch3s1.html Diana