No, I can guarantee that we cannot claim Thomas Fleming as an ancestor.*grin*...As the 'father' in the article, I have to confess that, although the chantey songbook was a present to my son, all I did was print it from a PDF file sent to me. It was actually compiled by an old friend who has sung these things professionally. Darriel has added to it from other printed sources, so he now has a pretty extensive collection of lyrics to fuel his growing knowledge of sea songs.