Whilst reading old newspapers from 1871 I had to smile at the differences between newspaper content then and today, and the following little snippets about Pembroke and Pembroke Dock in the Western Mail made me smile and I thought I would share them with you:   1.         The weather – the snow and frost up to Saturday, have entirely disappeared, the weather being extremely mild, presenting a very marked contrast to the severe weather of the preceding week.  Numbers of wild gees have been shot in this neighbourhood. (I am still trying to work out what the second sentence has to do with the first!)   2.         The paucity of drunkenness, and other crimes in this and the neighbouring town of Pembroke Dock, is somewhat remarkable, especially at this festive season of the year, there not being any business for transaction on Saturday, or for the past fortnight for the magisterial bench.   3.         On Saturday our reporter, as is his wont, attended at the Town-hall, but found that there was not a single case for bearing brought before the magistrates, this being the third week of the maiden sessions, if we may so term it.  The only business transacted was that of passing the bill of expenses for conveying a pauper lunatic to the joint counties asylum at Carmarthen.   (Today politicians would be celebrating this amazing state of affairs and claiming credit for it!  In both articles the writer seems a little put out that there were no accused to be tried.).   Megan

I was looking through various newspaper reports of Quarter Sessions in 1871 and came across the following “TOXTETH PARK REFORMATORY - Ordered, that the sum of 1s. 6d. per week be paid for juveniles sent from the county of Monmouth to the above reformatory.”   This intrigued me for 2 reasons.  Firstly, by today’s standards, it seems harsh to juveniles that far from home, (for those who don’t know Toxteth is in Liverpool), and secondly I wondered how common a practise this was.  Was this practised in Haverfordwest?  In my Gambold tree there is an Eliza Ann Gambold daughter of Martha Gambold, both of whom were illegitimate, (Martha had 4 such children in total), in 1881 aged 11 she is in the work house with her mother and siblings, but in 1890 she marries a widowed house painter in Birkenhead.  I have wondered how she got to Birkenhead; could this be the reason?   Megan

Gareth   I access Gale from home using my Lancashire Library Card, but I was trying to understand what the difference was between the two archives.   Thanks to Charani and Adrian for helping out there.   Megan ________________________________ From: Gareth Morgan <[email protected]> To: Dyfed FamHist <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 12 July 2012, 14:29 Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Old Newspapers Hello Megan Don't you have a computer at home to access the Gale archives free, through the National Library of Wales portal? To access their resources, you will need to have registered as a full or online member of the National Library of Wales, and have an address in Wales or a Welsh postcode. Gareth --- On Thu, 12/7/12, Megan Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: I was wondering if any of the Listers have any idea of how the Gale newspaper archive compares to the British Newspaper Archive in terms of coverage etc.  The reason for asking is that I can access the Gale archives free through my library card whereas the latter is one of Bright Solids pay to view. ================================ Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

But it is NOT free to see the pages!! See: - https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&voucherclaimant=false&nextpage=%2fviewer%2fbl%2f0000229%2f18680409%2f069%2f0005&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=true&registerreason=none&gift=false Adrian Yorkshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <[email protected]> To: "Megan Roberts" <[email protected]> Cc: "Dyfdd List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Old Newspapers > Megan Roberts wrote: > >> I was wondering if any of the Listers have any idea of how the Gale >> newspaper archive compares to the British Newspaper Archive in >> terms of coverage etc. The reason for asking is that I can access >> the Gale archives free through my library card whereas the latter >> is one of Bright Solids pay to view. > > There is a degree of overlap, but the Gale archive only covers a > selection of the 19th century papers. They don't have a complete run. > The British Newspaper Archive (BNA) has 20th century papers as well. > The latter is adding to the archive all the time but the Gale one is > as complete as it's intended to be (unless someone knows otherwise of > course <G>). > > Searching of the BNA is free. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, > Greinton and Clutton, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk

Megan Roberts wrote: > I was wondering if any of the Listers have any idea of how the Gale > newspaper archive compares to the British Newspaper Archive in > terms of coverage etc. The reason for asking is that I can access > the Gale archives free through my library card whereas the latter > is one of Bright Solids pay to view. There is a degree of overlap, but the Gale archive only covers a selection of the 19th century papers. They don't have a complete run. The British Newspaper Archive (BNA) has 20th century papers as well. The latter is adding to the archive all the time but the Gale one is as complete as it's intended to be (unless someone knows otherwise of course <G>). Searching of the BNA is free. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

Hello Megan Don't you have a computer at home to access the Gale archives free, through the National Library of Wales portal? To access their resources, you will need to have registered as a full or online member of the National Library of Wales, and have an address in Wales or a Welsh postcode. Gareth --- On Thu, 12/7/12, Megan Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: I was wondering if any of the Listers have any idea of how the Gale newspaper archive compares to the British Newspaper Archive in terms of coverage etc.  The reason for asking is that I can access the Gale archives free through my library card whereas the latter is one of Bright Solids pay to view.

I was wondering if any of the Listers have any idea of how the Gale newspaper archive compares to the British Newspaper Archive in terms of coverage etc.  The reason for asking is that I can access the Gale archives free through my library card whereas the latter is one of Bright Solids pay to view.   thanks Megan

Dear List Listers may find this interesting. http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ launched on 25 June 2012 http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Community/Heritage-and-History/article/23517/britain-from-above-historic-photo-archive-goes-online.html “The collection was acquired for the nation in 2007, at the start of a programme to conserve, catalogue and digitise the collection and make it freely available online. The photographs featured on the website date from 1919 to 1953. Due to their age and fragility, many of the earliest plate glass negatives and old photographic prints were close to being lost forever.”   PEMBROKESHIRE http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch?search=Pembrokeshire 102 images   CARMARTHENSHIRE http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch?search=Carmarthenshire 46 images   CARDIGANSHIRE http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch?search=Cardiganshire 17 images   MONTGOMERYSHIRE http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch?search=Montgomeryshire 16 images   and GLAMORGAN http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch?search=glamorgan 700 images   search by specific area name as well, eg Lampeter = 0 images !   but some spectacular photos… suggest this link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2164074/Britain-Above-Thousands-historic-aerial-photographs-online-time-today.html   A delight for all Family Social Historians, Social Anthropologists and Social Archaeologists   Jen

Hello list, Am looking for descendents of Robert W Roberts,b 1896, son of Robert Roberts and Mary Davies. Think family lived at Columbia Street, Llanelly. Do not know if Robert W Roberts got married. He had a sister Mary Annie Roberts born 1886. Think she staid unmarried. Does somebody know email address of Llanelly Star? Elwyn - netherlands. ==== CARMARTHENSHIRE Mailing List ==== ACCESS URL FOR CARMARTHENSHIRE MEMBERS ONLINE DATABASES: http://www.uk-genealogy-online.com ~~This is a closed list for Members only~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 2012.0.2180 / Virusdatabase: 2437/5100 - datum van uitgifte: 06/29/12

Could I please apologise to anyone who has received dodgy emails supposedly from me in the last couple of days? Somehow, my webmail email account had been hacked into and was being used to send spam. Changing my password seems to have resolved things, but to be on the safe side I've resubscribed using an alternative email address. Regards Sandra Davies

Again, Do not click on this link. Sandra has unsubscribed from the list while she checks her computer, so ignore any suspect messages that appear to be from her for the next couple of days. Dai On 03/07/2012 22:15, SANDRA DAVIES wrote: > http://nativeamericanservicesoftn.org/wp-content/uploads/fgallery/ohsyar.htm?Adonis+Michaelynn > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

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I suggest that no one should click on this link. It seems to have got through Rootsweb's spam filters. Dai On 03/07/2012 02:43, SANDRA DAVIES wrote: > http://goo.gl/UVnxJ > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

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I think it might have been a temporary problem with my browser. After clearing the cache and restarting my computer I was able to see the images. Roy On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Adrian Parry <[email protected]> wrote: > Roy > > The images are there now - at least,the first two that I tried were! > > Adrian > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Davies" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 10:39 AM > > Subject: [Dyfed] Pembrokeshire Parish Registers on Find my Past > > >> Is anyone else having difficulty in getting access to the images of >> the parish records from Pembrokeshire on Find My Past? I searched for >> marriages of "John JAMES" in Pembrokeshire in the period 1810-1820 and >> got two pages of hits. However, I could only see the transcriptions. >> Whenever I clicked on "image" to see a copy of the original record all >> I got was a blank screen! >> >> Roy > >

If anyone is having difficulty in working out which parish is covered and over which dates I have managed to combine the 4 pdf files so that you can now look by parish for each type of event.  If anyone would like a copy let me know and I will sent off list.   Megan ________________________________ From: Jennifer Cairns <[email protected]> To: Roy Davies <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 1 July 2012, 10:51 Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Pembrokeshire Parish Registers on Find my Past I've just tried with your info, and looked at a couple - and these images appeared without problems on my generally unhelpful pc.   Were you perhaps trying to look at the Soc Geneal.'s Dioceses Eng/Wales/Canterbury info which do not show images, only unhelpful transcriptions!   Jen From: Roy Davies <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 1 July 2012, 10:39 Subject: [Dyfed] Pembrokeshire Parish Registers on Find my Past Is anyone else having difficulty in getting access to the images of the parish records from Pembrokeshire on Find My Past?  I searched for marriages of "John JAMES" in Pembrokeshire in the period 1810-1820 and got two pages of hits. However, I could only see the transcriptions. Whenever I clicked on "image" to see a copy of the original record all I got was a blank screen! Roy > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Megan Roberts > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Find my Past have now released a second batch of parish registers, which >> do include Pembrokeshire.  If you go to the news releases dated 26 June >> there is a link to a pdf file telling which parishes and from when to >> when.  But don't believe the hype about the completeness of the records - >> because they are not; or indeed the numbers of records claimed.  However >> most of the new ones added do have the a link to the actual register. > ================================ Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ================================ Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Roy The images are there now - at least,the first two that I tried were! Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Davies" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 10:39 AM Subject: [Dyfed] Pembrokeshire Parish Registers on Find my Past > Is anyone else having difficulty in getting access to the images of > the parish records from Pembrokeshire on Find My Past? I searched for > marriages of "John JAMES" in Pembrokeshire in the period 1810-1820 and > got two pages of hits. However, I could only see the transcriptions. > Whenever I clicked on "image" to see a copy of the original record all > I got was a blank screen! > > Roy

I've just tried with your info, and looked at a couple - and these images appeared without problems on my generally unhelpful pc.   Were you perhaps trying to look at the Soc Geneal.'s Dioceses Eng/Wales/Canterbury info which do not show images, only unhelpful transcriptions!   Jen From: Roy Davies <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 1 July 2012, 10:39 Subject: [Dyfed] Pembrokeshire Parish Registers on Find my Past Is anyone else having difficulty in getting access to the images of the parish records from Pembrokeshire on Find My Past?  I searched for marriages of "John JAMES" in Pembrokeshire in the period 1810-1820 and got two pages of hits. However, I could only see the transcriptions. Whenever I clicked on "image" to see a copy of the original record all I got was a blank screen! Roy > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Megan Roberts > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Find my Past have now released a second batch of parish registers, which >> do include Pembrokeshire.  If you go to the news releases dated 26 June >> there is a link to a pdf file telling which parishes and from when to >> when.  But don't believe the hype about the completeness of the records - >> because they are not; or indeed the numbers of records claimed.  However >> most of the new ones added do have the a link to the actual register. > ================================ Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is anyone else having difficulty in getting access to the images of the parish records from Pembrokeshire on Find My Past? I searched for marriages of "John JAMES" in Pembrokeshire in the period 1810-1820 and got two pages of hits. However, I could only see the transcriptions. Whenever I clicked on "image" to see a copy of the original record all I got was a blank screen! Roy > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Megan Roberts > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Find my Past have now released a second batch of parish registers, which >> do include Pembrokeshire. If you go to the news releases dated 26 June >> there is a link to a pdf file telling which parishes and from when to >> when. But don't believe the hype about the completeness of the records - >> because they are not; or indeed the numbers of records claimed. However >> most of the new ones added do have the a link to the actual register. >

Yvonne, If you type in Rowlan*, you will pick up both Rowland and Rowlands Wills, and any other possible permutation, such as Rowlandes. Nathaniel Rowland of Henllan Amgoed appears twice. The second probate from memory, is nearly 20 years after the first. It would be worth looking at both. Achwr ======================================== Message Received: Jun 28 2012, 07:56 PM From: "ANNE EVANS" To: "[email protected]" Cc: Subject: [Dyfed] Daniel Rowlands and Nathaniel Rowlands Dear List, I have found the Wills at NLW because I typed in "Rowland" rather than "Rowlands" Many thanks for your interest Yvonne Evans ================================ Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ACHWR