Hi folks, I've just had a go at working out the decimal equivalent of the dates in my last posting that were in roman numerals, and it's fairly obvious that somethings awry (unless I can't translate Roman numerals properly. And I admit that I'm better with bits, bytes and hexadecimal numbers than Roman ones!). I reckon that I can work out which family this is, but it's more in the Tetlow camp than the Tetley one, even if they were ambivalent about the spelling of their name at times. Regards Richard -- Born in Sheffield, but currently in Nottingham UK. Family names:- ASHFORTH, CAVE, CHAMPION, HODGES, HOPE, JACKSON, NICHOLSON, SIMPSON, SLEE, TETLEY, WALKER, WESTOVER, WOOLLEN, WILLIAMS. Home Website: http://freespace.virgin.net/richard.tetley/