diff --git a/parsers/logbooks.py b/parsers/logbooks.py
index 12124ca..e5817a6 100644
--- a/parsers/logbooks.py
+++ b/parsers/logbooks.py
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ from utils import save_carefully
 #
 # the logbook loading section
 #
-def GetTripPersons(trippeople, expedition, logtime_underground):    
+def GetTripPersons(trippeople, expedition, logtime_underground):
     res = [ ]
     author = None
+    round_bracket_regex = re.compile(r"[\(\[].*?[\)\]]")
     for tripperson in re.split(r",|\+|&|&(?!\w+;)| and ", trippeople):
         tripperson = tripperson.strip()
         mul = re.match(r"<u>(.*?)</u>$(?i)", tripperson)
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ def GetTripPersons(trippeople, expedition, logtime_underground):
             tripperson = mul.group(1).strip()
         if tripperson and tripperson[0] != '*':
             #assert tripperson in personyearmap, "'%s' << %s\n\n %s" % (tripperson, trippeople, personyearmap)
+            tripperson = re.sub(round_bracket_regex, "", tripperson).strip()
             personyear = GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup(expedition).get(tripperson.lower())
             if not personyear:
                 print("   - No name match for: '%s'" % tripperson)
@@ -172,8 +174,8 @@ def Parseloghtmltxt(year, expedition, txt):
         tripid, tripid1, tripdate, trippeople, triptitle, triptext, tu = s.groups()
         ldate = ParseDate(tripdate.strip(), year)
         #assert tripid[:-1] == "t" + tripdate, (tripid, tripdate)
-        #trippeople = re.sub(r"Ol(?!l)", "Olly", trippeople)        
-        #trippeople = re.sub(r"Wook(?!e)", "Wookey", trippeople)        
+        #trippeople = re.sub(r"Ol(?!l)", "Olly", trippeople)
+        #trippeople = re.sub(r"Wook(?!e)", "Wookey", trippeople)
         triptitles = triptitle.split(" - ")
         if len(triptitles) >= 2:
             tripcave = triptitles[0]
diff --git a/parsers/people.py b/parsers/people.py
index eb877f2..34a5ff3 100644
--- a/parsers/people.py
+++ b/parsers/people.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from django.conf import settings
 import troggle.core.models as models
 import csv, re, datetime, os, shutil
 from utils import save_carefully
+from HTMLParser import HTMLParser
+from unidecode import unidecode
 
 def saveMugShot(mugShotPath, mugShotFilename, person):
     if mugShotFilename.startswith(r'i/'): #if filename in cell has the directory attached (I think they all do), remove it
@@ -132,11 +134,12 @@ def GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup(expedition):
     
     print("Calculating GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup for " + expedition.year)
     personexpeditions = models.PersonExpedition.objects.filter(expedition=expedition)
+    htmlparser = HTMLParser()
     for personexpedition in personexpeditions:
         possnames = [ ]
-        f = personexpedition.person.first_name.lower()
-        l = personexpedition.person.last_name.lower()
-        full = personexpedition.person.fullname.lower()
+        f = unidecode(htmlparser.unescape(personexpedition.person.first_name.lower()))
+        l = unidecode(htmlparser.unescape(personexpedition.person.last_name.lower()))
+        full = unidecode(htmlparser.unescape(personexpedition.person.fullname.lower()))
         if l:
             possnames.append(f + " " + l)
             possnames.append(f + " " + l[0])
@@ -154,6 +157,8 @@ def GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup(expedition):
                     possnames.append(personexpedition.nickname.lower() + " " + l)
                 if str(personexpedition.nickname.lower() + " " + l[0]) not in possnames:
                     possnames.append(personexpedition.nickname.lower() + " " + l[0])
+                if str(personexpedition.nickname.lower() + l[0]) not in possnames:
+                    possnames.append(personexpedition.nickname.lower() + l[0])
         
         for possname in possnames:
             if possname in res: