Hi ron do you have an occupation for John Rees Carmarthen is indeed a parish, and in its time a large one, it was known as St Peters Carmarthen........there were three parish churches there.....St Peters, Llanllwch and St Davids, amongst very many non-conformist chapels.... I can look in 1851 for you.......do you have a few more clues.... Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Rees" <rdrees@verizon.net> To: <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:14 PM Subject: [Cmn-L] Morgan Rees,1861, Carmarthen > Hello List, > I'm still trying to find my grandfather's family in Carmarthen. Would > Carmarthen be found in the census or isn't that considered a parish? I got > leads to several John Reeses, but they don't seem right. John and his wife > whom I think was Ann Williams, had three children, John, Ann, and Morgan, > who was my grandfather,born May 12, 1852. His sister Ann was born Dec. 20, > 1845, and I don't know John's birthday. > The father was born about 1823. All I remember my father saying is that > they came from Carmarthen, I don't remember any other name. > If they were from Carmarthen would they have married or had children > christened in St. Peters Church? > Thanks for any help you can give me. > Ron Rees > > > ==== CARMARTHENSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Wales Genealogy CD's for Wales research > http://www.Wales-Genealogy.co.uk >