Thanks for the tips - still need my hand held! I backed up my home directory a while ago - I think I did it through Nautilus / Brasero - but wasn't aware that there might be hidden files.
I've not been able to find where GRAMPS saves its data although I have found a lot of its material in /usr/share/gramps. Thanks for everyone's patience! Greg -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/