Hi Brian - thanks for your response.

As you can see, there is no shortage of likely Robert Quirks, my problem is going to be in identifying which of them is the one I'm looking for!

As I mentioned, the only Robert I found in Ramsey was a fisherman on the 'True Blue' but there is no mention of where he was born or his parentage etc, so I'm not sure if he is one of the ones you located.

I also don't know what else you will see when you're home and able to check the fiche! But I will wait with great interest, because I have come to a standstill. Of course I realise that there is not necessarily going to be a definitive answer to this puzzle, but if I have all the candidates, at least I can make an educated guess at which is the most likely 'culprit'!

Thanks again Brian

Regards
Maggie