Roots Expert
Penguin Genealogy
Valerie Brenton
Professional Dorset-based genealogy business supporting UK ancestry discovery
- Phone
- 07484 690940
How they can help
- Remote research
- APG member
- Researches in
- United Kingdom · Wiltshire
- Based in
- United Kingdom · Dorset
- Languages
- English
- Time periods
- 1841–1921 · 1939
About
Valerie Brenton, QG, BA (Hons), MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic Studies, is a professional genealogist specialising in Dorset records with full membership in AGRA, APG, and RQG.
Penguin Genealogy is owned and operated by Valerie Brenton, a professional full-time genealogist with a strong interest in family history that led to completion of a Post Graduate MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde. Specialising in Dorset records, Penguin Genealogy is ideally located to access record offices in Devon, Hampshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire. The business maintains extensive access to UK-wide resources including birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records, 1841–1921 population census, 1939 Register, electoral registers, directories, tithe and Ordnance Survey maps, military, occupation and travel databases. The name reflects Valerie's personal history and connection with the South Atlantic.
Specialties
- UK ancestry
- Dorset records
- birth records
- baptism records
- marriage records
- death records
- burial records
- census records
- electoral registers
- directories
- tithe maps
- Ordnance Survey maps
- military records
- occupation databases
- travel databases
Additional credentials
QG (Qualified Genealogist); BA (Hons); MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic Studies (University of Strathclyde); AGRA — apg — UK; RQG — apg — UK
Dorset, Dorset, United Kingdom
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