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Adam writes: >> Well, I'd certainly look at Pisan since Pisa ruled Corsica during the 1200's and 1300's IIRC. Genoese too. << Any ideas where I could look for info? No Uni libraries handy... :) >> Actually everything in the region traded back and forth between Genoa and Pisa for ages till Pisa took a ride with the tidybowl man and never recovered. << You may need to explain that expression! >> Corsican, Sicilian, Provencal and perhaps Catalan are non-Italian langs that should also be of interest. << True - Corsican will certainly be an influence. I take your point on the others. >> Your little island is in a volatile area and has likely had many foreign rulers/overlords. You probably need to concider Byzantium, Saracens, Pisa, Genoa, the Kingdom of Sicily, Aragon, France, Naples at least, up to the 1400's. Any or all of them could have had profound influence on the history of your island. How many of them left tongue prints? Only you can decide. << Now you're scaring me :) Thanks for the input! James ========================================================================== james@hidden.email James Campbell www.zolid.com Jameld web site: www.zolid.com/zm Plexus Inventions: www.zolid.com/plexus ==========================================================================