Crescent, I've got a 'Renaissance England' (sp?) reference at home - I'm at work of course. Think it's by Writer's Digest - I'll get back with publisher. It covers general areas such as govt/portlife/food/clothes/etc (like a D&D ecology guide if your familiar with that). I use baby naming books too, BellaMorte. There is a thick writer's name reference book (at home also darn it. If interested I'll post publisher name also. I've got way tooooooo many 'how to books'.