Hi Miles - thanks to you, and Lisa, for pointing me in the right direction.
I have found a host who can register my domain and has msofp extensions.
One final (dummy) question -
where is my site ? - it is not yet in a search engine so if I use my browser home page (google) and enter my site name will it be found or should I type the name directly in the address bar of the browser (IE 6.0).

Again thanks - great forum
Roy