Over the years it has surprised me how many other people are researching ancestry in the little village of Silton, just north of Gillingham. I have often referred people to the excellent book, 'Silton, Records of a Dorset Village" published by Silton Women's Institute in 1983 and sadly long out of print. Today I received my Greenwood Tree magazine (journal of the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society) and was interested to read that the book has been revised and reprinted. It costs £9.30, UK and £10 overseas surface mail. Send orders to Mrs Rachel Harris, Feltham Lodge, Silton, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 5JB, UK No email address and I would imagine that only sterling cheques will be acceptable. The book is a history of the village, starting with the history of the manor and church, and is full of names, maps, photos, extracts from records etc, plus legends, memoirs, even wedding photos of local folk. It is very well researched and if you have ancestry in the Silton area, I can recommend it. This posting comes under my rule that it is OK for subscribers to recommend books, CDs, fiche etc that they have bought and that they think others would find useful and interesting. It is not, of course, OK for people to advertise their own books and services. If you have produced a book that you think would be of interest to other people, please send me details and an email address by which people can contact you to find out more. If I agree that it is of Dorset interest, I will post a message about it on your behalf, but I will stress that I have not read the book and that it is not the same as a personal recommendation. I hope you think this is fair. I know from years of list running that people do like to know about Dorset books, CD and fiche that they can purchase for themselves. Many of these little village books and individual family histories have a very short print run and you need to get in quickly to buy them. They are rarely publicised outside of the local area. I will not let professional researchers advertise on the list, nor will I pass on messages from them. Helen Helen Jones, Weymouth, Dorset http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk List Admin Rootsweb Eng Dorset & Scammell Lists, and British Genealogy Eng-Dorset, Surnames & Forenames list