Hi >From my experience with Ancestry they almost always mistranscribe St.Dogmells/Dogmaels as St. Dogwells. I have family from St.Dogmaels and I always have to check the original image. I've lost count of the number of times I've reported a transcription error. Regards Yvonne Watson On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:52 AM, allen williams < gerald.williams23@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Hi Yvonne > > The 1871 census is definitely a mis-transcribed "St Dogmells"; The > residential location is Bridgend (the bit of St Dogmaels nearest the > bridge to Cardigan) and there are large numbers of residents also > described as being born in St Dogmells. > > There is of course the possibility that these individuals really should > have been recorded as being native of St Dogwells, and in this instance > Ancestry have, by mistake, named the right place of birth in their > transcription, but I rather doubt it; it is rather a long shot. > > Best wishes > > Allen Williams > Sale Cheshire > > On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:05:16 -0000, yvonne evans > <a.y.evans@homecall.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi John and Allen, > > Is there a possibility that this is the St Dogwells Pembrokeshire which > > I believe is near Sealeyham House(where the dogs of that name were bred) > > There is a small church there and I am unsure if it is still in use. > > Yvonne Evans > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "allen williams" > > <gerald.williams23@ntlworld.com> > > To: "john tyner" <johntyner2001@yahoo.com>; <dyfed@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 5:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [Dyfed] register of Pembrokeshire Births > > > > > >> Hi John > >> > >> Is this her in the 1871 census? > >> > >> Name: Jane Jones > >> Age: 7 > >> Estimated birth year: abt 1864 > >> Relation: Daughter > >> Mother's Name: Elizabeth > >> Gender: Female > >> Where born: St Dogwells, Pembrokeshire, Wales > >> Civil parish: St Dogwells > >> Town: Bridgend > >> County/Island: Cardiganshire > >> > >> (St Dogwells ought of course to be St Dogmells - good old Ancestry) > >> > >> If so, the birth should indeed be registered in Cardigan, and there is > >> no > >> such birth on freeBMD. Given the proximity to Cardigan, I can't see the > >> birth being registered anywhere else if the birthplace is correct. You > >> may > >> need to seek the help of the Registrar where the registers are kept now. > >> From the GENUKI information, this could be Cardigan or Haverfordwest, > >> depending on whether the place of birth was in St Dogmaels Municipal, or > >> Rural division. > >> > >> Before jumping to the conclusion that the birth was unregistered, to > >> verify the place of birth I would try to find her after the 1871 census, > >> which is the problem you first mentioned - having had a quick look on > >> Ancestry, this is not an easy one to crack. She could even, as you > >> suggest, have died before April 1881. > >> > >> I can't find mam Elizabeth in 1881 either, suggesting she may have died. > >> If you get any candidates for her in 1881, she should be easy to > >> identify > >> because she is deaf. > >> > >> Did Elizabeth have a sister Jane? If so, there is a Jane Jones of the > >> right age in Swansea in 1881, born in Pembrokeshire (correct) but it > >> does > >> not say where in the county, unfortunately. She is a servant in her > >> uncle-by-marriage's house (he's the Parish Clerk of Swansea, no less). > >> His > >> wife is Jane Jones and it is she I believe who is the blood auntie, > >> because she is born Pembrokeshire too (the husband is born Glamorgan). > >> > >> This is a tough one. Good luck. > >> > >> Allen Williams > >> Sale Cheshire > >> > >> > >> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:54:18 -0000, john tyner <johntyner2001@yahoo.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > >>> hi list, > >>> i have been trying to findout what happened to my jane Jones(b abt 1864 > >>> pembrokeshire) after 1881. also i am trying to find out what district i > >>> should be looking under for her birth. her mother is Elizabeth/Eliza > >>> Jones formerly lewis and i have been looking under cardigan but no > >>> luxck > >>> and all i can find is a possible marriage to a Thomas Davies in the > >>> 1880's but when i cross reference it seems the jane i am looking in the > >>> 1891 and 1901 censuses is jane Thomas who married Thomas Davies in 1886 > >>> in Cardigan District. > >>> i have checked for her death and all i can find is a 21 and 19 yr old > >>> jane Jones dying in 1889 but the ages dont fit with her birth yr. > >>> any help appreciated. > >>> john > >>> > >>> > >>> ================================ > >>> Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: > http://www.opera.com/mail/ > >> > >> ================================ > >> Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >