In a message dated 05/12/2009 18:42:52 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I can never read or hear about historical characters without wanting to know about their ancestry - it must be the "anorak genealogist" in me! It's a simple addiction, Roy ! I know only too well...... The other day I was able to claim an eminent woman mathematician, Dorothy Maud WRINCH , into my tree . What an adrenaline-rush ! Sorry....this is not connected to the WRY lists . Pat Oliver