Hi Sandie Why don't you write to Capel Als and see if they can enlighten you, there are quite a few wardens, as I stated before they allow music examinations in their vestry and the wardens are in charge of the sittings.......they are very helpful ...... Its worth a try......Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandie Guthrie" <sandieg@telusplanet.net> To: <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 7:55 PM Subject: [Cmn-L] Capel Als > To everyone that answered my earlier question on Capel Als I thank you > very > much. > > To Jim Joseph: > > If you really don't mind looking in your fabulous book for me it would be > appreciated(and in all honesty a translation would be needed) > >>From a newspaper cutting I have for my g.grandparents 50th wedding > anniversary it shows the following: > > My g.grandparents were James Richard Hopkins who married Charlotte Jane > Harris in 1893 at St John's Church, Skewan. It also states that he was a > senior deacon at Capel Als at the time of there 50th anniversary in1943. > I > have been in contact with someone on another list that remembers the > Hopkins > family at Capal Al's and I know my mother always insisted that her mother > had a baby girl stillborn that they named Mary and she was buried at Capal > Als. > > I am slowly gathering information on Capal Al's and as stated above my > g.grandfather was a senior deacon and he was also a builder in Llanelli > for > many years and the house my grandmother lived in on James St was built by > him. > > > > Anyway anything you might find would be appreciated. > > > > Sandie > > > > ==== CARMARTHENSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Wales Genealogy CD's for Wales research > http://www.Wales-Genealogy.co.uk >