Family History Societies exist to support and promote genealogical research. They are very useful resources in providing help, access to others researching the same surname or area and many also publish transcripts and indexes of records which can be purchased in different formats and may be...
Today I had a tour of the new Glamorgan Archive building. All the records have been transferred (all now on site with purpose built storage areas) but there is still some delay on the fixtures and fittings for the search room and the installation of computers etc. The current estimate is for an...
Hiya, A Mary Stribley married a chap called Thomas Harris in 1841 in Cornwall. I believe they moved to Swansea or the general area and a daughter - Catherine - was born there in 1846 or so. If anyone could find them on the 1851 census and note the details of places of birth etc, plus the...
|help| I've hit the brickwall, as so often is the case! Trying to find the birth cert of Llewelyn Thomas c.1815 poss from Llanblethian (or so it states on the 1851 census) Father is Robert Thomas 1776, mother Mary Evan 1778. I've had 5 requests to the NR rejected so far!! Really trying to find...
I would like to be able to get hold of the inquest report on a relative who committed suicide. This took place on 6th April 1954 at High Street Station, Swansea - he was found dead on a train from gunshot wounds. I have no idea whether it is possible for a member of the public to request an...
Hi, Hoping there is someone out there who can help me find this person. His mothers Name was Morfydd T Griffiths who married a Frederick Titshall (1930)in Croydon England. I know that Morfydd was born in Wales. Apparently Thomas and parents lived in Tonypandy, however I think he was aborn in...
A rare piece of 17th Century church history which was feared lost in Powys has been found - nearly 75 years later. The register from the parish of Llandeilo Graban, near Builth Wells, went missing in 1935, and mysteriously turned up in the Midlands. Dating from 1669 to 1812, it has been...
I am searchig for any information on Jenkin Jenkins b. abt 1800. Are there any photos of the houses in Water Street where he lived 1841 and Canal Side Green 1851? He was a cordwainer. By 1861 he had moved to OLd Market Street and was both cordwainer and Publican so I think he must have improved his...
Hi, Can anyone help i am searching for any information on two family's the family of Richard John Attwood, born 11/04/1906, father Ernest William Attwood , mother Rosina Gray. Richard married Lilian Beatrice Wilson,Alfred Wilson , on the 6/11/1928 in Merthyr Tydfil both Ernest and Alfred were...
Hi, I am getting a bit confused with districts and places. I have Elizabeth Ann Evans born around 1858 as the person I would like to work back from. She married William Thomas from Wick (not sure when). Margaret Evans from Wenvoe was a great help in finding Elizabeth A's parents. In 1891...
I am researching a couple named John Isherwood & Susanna Tanner who married in Q4 Bridgend, 1867. They apparently married in Maesteg (near Bridgend) in south Wales. Does anyone have access to parish records for Maesteg, that could possibly do a look up for me? John & Susanna then emigrated...
hi i'm trying to find info on owen moses born about 1833,he had a daughter annie born in 1855-1885,annie married my ancestor morgan edwards but i can't find anything on owen so i'd be grateful if anyone can enlighten me. many thanks glynis
Im looking for a birth record for Gladys (or Gwladys) Llewellyn b.1903/4. I can trace her in 1911 census (as Gladys age 7) she married George Emrys Davies 1923 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan (spelt Gwladys, age 19) and lived at both No. 11 + 12 Lewis Street, Pentre, Rhondda - she could possibly have been...
I think I have found my grandmother in Merthyr workhouse in 1901. The records show her discharged in 1902 'Transferred to 3A'. Can anyone shed any light on what 3A might be. Thanks Bron
I am researching a friend of mine's ancesters. She told me that they where Welsh and all came from Tonypandy. Well not quite. She was amazed to hear what I had found about her family. Samuel Pryor was her great great great grandfather and his wife was Elizabeth Ann (nee Edwards) Samuel was a tin...
I am trying to find any information about Alfred Shaw. He had a tobacconists/ confectioners/newsagent at 156 City Road Roath and appears on the 1911 census but I couldn't get right into the census to see the name of his wife or my aunt (Fanny Olivia Mitchell) I believe they were her guardians....
Does anyone know if this hospital is still in existence? Full address is: Penrhiewtyn, Llantwit Lower, Neath UD, County of Glamorgan. I presume it was a military hospital of some sort. Now the second question. I have traced an ancestor who died there in 1919 as a private in the Royal Defence...
Please could sks help me with my ”Thomas” problem? I am trying to find: The birth of Thomas THOMAS 1856 Ystalavera, son of Frederick THOMAS c1827 Llandeilo. I cannot as yet identify which birth it may be on freeBMD. The birth, and eventual parents, of Bridget Thomas c1830 Morriston. The...
Need info on any Sydenhams or descendants of Sydenhams, especially those in Cardiff on the 1901 census. Girls were Rose Ellen, Lilly, Jessie Ida and Bessie. Boys were Sydney Oliver R and Harry (he died WW1). These were siblings and a cousin of my g/mother, Mary Ann and children of Elizabeth Ann and...
Hi I'm looking for a possible link Mary Griffiths who was born in the Ystradgynlais area abt 1907. Her father Thomas worked as a fireman at the local colliery. Her mother was Susanah Griffiths who was the daughter of Thomas , a farmer, and Hannah Jones. Mary had a sister Hannah born abt...
Hi I've been researching the 1911 Wales census for my gandparents and come across them at Glan Terrace, Morriston. I've checked my A-Z of the Swansea area and can find no reference to Glan Terrace. I wonder if this road has been re-named or did it disappear when the M4 motorway to Carmarthen...
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