There is no professional genealogist, so far as I know, in Surry now. The Virginia Genealogical Society web site has a list of professionals from which you can choose. Most of them work primarily at the Library of VA in Richmond, which has copies of many county records. I'm sure you can find one who will travel, if that's what you want. www.vgs.org/ Best wishes, Eve S. Gregory, Web Mistress Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society and Museums, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/ Surry County VaGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry/ I'm interested in employing a professional genealogist to do some research. Can you put them in touch with me ? Thank you, Lawrence Schell Lawrence902@aol.com _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail