Shropshire Family History

Whether you are just beginning the quest for your Shropshire ancestry, or if you are already an experienced researcher, I can help you track your ancestors down and put the jigsaw pieces of your family tree together.

To assist the research I carry out, I have built up an extensive personal archive of transcribed documents, registers, wills and specialist indexes from across Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire as well as a large collection of published sources and reference books. Living in the historic market town of Ludlow in south Shropshire, I am within easy reach of 'Shropshire Archives' at Shrewsbury, as well as the nearby County Record Offices at Hereford and Worcester. I also travel to Lichfield regularly for the Archives there.

Of particular use are the Probate Index of Wills and Administration, nearly 22,000, virtually complete for the Shropshire, Worcestershire and Montgomeryshire part of the Hereford Diocese from 1647 until 1858.    I now also have a growing data-base of Wills and Admons of the Lichfield Diocese, which covered much  of the northern part of Shropshire.

I have also compiled a marriage data-base for the area of south Shropshire covered by the Probate index of nearly 50,000 marriages from 1538-1837.

Please follow the links below to find  further information about my genealogical collections and the services which I can provide. 

If you are interested in finding more out about your ancestors from Shropshire, or elsewhere in the Welsh Marches, then I look forward to hearing from you.

Chris Potter

Updated April 2006

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