Dear All,
I have three specifically-targeted queries about the above-captioned people. Please read my entire post before replying.
Background:
These people are not in my direct line and I do realize that POTTS is not an uncommon surname in the NE. However I do have documented interactions between a POTTS family and my line over several generations. What I am trying to discover is whether these are merely coincidental or whether it is always the same POTTS family.
Queries:
1) Is anyone here researching this POTTS family with whom I could correspond? G. R. POTTS had been "an ardent cyclist" and "a great pedestrian" (competitive long-distance walker).
2) To confirm the connexion dating back to the 1790's, I would need to discover the names of the POTTS antecedents of Taylor POTTS - parents, possibly grandparents, possibly greatgrandparents. I don't have home internet and am dependent on access allowed at my public library and I do have a lot of other queries in the works so I feel unable to cope with a POTTS family history on my own. Hence this request to see if anybody here is already working on that line. However, I am not asking for something-for-nothing. If I can connect with a POTTS researcher, I will contribute what snippetts I have.
3) Can anyone here confirm the proper title of Taylor POTTS' History of Sunderland and where a copy can be found? I would very much like to read it as I do have links to Sunderland.
Cheers,
Westoe
