Has anyone who's used these got any views on them - are they worth the £20 or so per hour, and how likely are they to find something that I wouldn't myself? I wouldn't usually consider it, but when I enquired of Essex RO I was told that the Overseers of the Poor's account book, which they considered the likeliest place to find a record of my illegitimate 3g-grandmother (having failed to trace her in the baptism register), was too fragile to be entrusted to an amateur so my only option if I wished to learn of its contents was to pay them to look for me. I've hesitated about doing so, not sure if it would be better to spend the £20 on a train ticket to go and have a look for her myself in any documents they will allow me access to (obviously the latter option relies on me both being in the UK and having free time, neither of which is the case at the moment). Any advice would be appreciated.
Michael
Michael
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