More at http://expertgenealogy.com/?x=Potter Genealogical and historical researcher, and lecturer. England: Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset & Hampshire Genealogical Research Over 30 years experience of research. Specialist area: the local records of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, England. Family history;local history; transcription of wills and other documents into modern English. Please contact me to discuss your requirements without obligation. Also,lectures, talks and courses. Locations for research Dorset: most original records are held in the Dorset County Record office in Dorchester. Only a small number of Dorset parish registers are available online; the total number of parishes in the county is over 270. Most of the wills proved within the county are also in the Dorset Record Office; some are in the Diocesan Record Office in Wiltshire; wills for Dorset people proved in the PCC are held in the PRO in London, and can be accessed online. Many other local records can only be accessed by visiting the Dorset Record Office. These include:overseers papers; estate papers; property deeds; court records. Further records are held in the Dorchester Local Studies Library. These include many newspaper archives, as well as collections of particular interest to the area. Somerset: most original records for Somerset are held in the Somerset County Record Office in Taunton. They are similar in type to those described above for Dorset. There is a further collection of material in the Somerset Studies Library,which houses newspaper archives and other collections of particular interest in the area. Wiltshire: The new Wiltshire and History Centre, in Chippenham, is where most of the original records are kept for the county of Wiltshire. It is also the Diocesan Record Office, so it is home to a large collection of original wills proved within the Salisbury Diocese. Genealogy Vacations If you are traveling to England on the trail of your ancestors you want to make the best possible use of time. I live and work in the south west so I can help you plan your trip to the area. I can assess the evidence you have and advise you what records you need and where to find them. I can advise you on travel and places to stay. If you want you can hire me to accompany you. We can search the records together and visit the places your ancestors knew. You will have your own genealogist to help you read the old handwriting, and your own local historian to interpret the landscape.