Dear Susan and Tom   Here are a few details you can see online.   Mwnt Church http://home.clara.net/galw/mwnt.htm   The church is usually open in the summer months - or was the last time I was there.  If you are lucky you may be able to see Dolphins in the bay on a sunny day.   The contact number would be via the Rev John Powell, Vicar of Cardigan Contact About: Services, Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals and any other matter concerning church life as well as pastoral matters. Address: The Vicarage, Maes y Dderwen, Gwbert Road, Cardigan. SA43 1PE E-Mail: parchjohnpowell@btinternet.com Phone: 01239 612722   Details of Summer Services http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/parishholding/david/d085-en/church-life-en/services-at-holy-cross-mwnt   NB if you are used to the great highways of the USA be prepared for a cultural shock. The road down to Mwnt is very narrow.   Aberporth http://www.stcynwyls.co.uk/ The page says the church is open as well. If the inscription is in the church I would have thought it would be easily found. Suggest you with the Rector. RECTOR - Revd John G Matthews (Father John) The Rectory, Aberporth, SA43 2BX tel: 01239 810 556 Have a wonderful time... is two days enough ?!   (I have Ellis's in my tree, from not far away, but haven't yet had time to research them - still got the Evans's to work through !)   Jen --- On Tue, 21/7/09, Susan & Tom Berghan <theberghans@comcast.net> wrote: From: Susan & Tom Berghan <theberghans@comcast.net> Subject: [Dyfed] Aberporth & Mwnt To: dyfed@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 12:39 AM Hello List, My dream is coming true. I will be able to spend two days in Wales while on a short vacation to the UK in September. My great grandfather, Capt. Dave Ellis was from the Aberporth area. He left around 1850 for America. Since my husband and son will be with me, I won't have time to do any research but I would love to be able to find some of the places I have already researched. My questions are: Does the Church of Wales, Mwnt Parish Church and the Church of Wales, Parish Church of Aberporth still exist? What are my chances of finding a Monumental Inscription in the Aberporth church if I already have a record of what it says? Do I need to contact anyone to get permission to see the churches? I have the name of the home where my ancestors lived - for at least 50 years. It was what at that time was the outskirts of Aberporth. The name of the dwelling was Bongam Bach. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to find out if this dwelling still exist or if not where it once was? Thank you very much. I am so excited to finally be able to see my ancestral home. Susan Ellis Berghan Seattle, Washington, USA Church of Wales, Mwnt Parish Church - Evan Ellis & Hannah Davies married 6 March 1824 Church of Wales, Parish Church of Aberporth - David Ellis baptized 6 October 1829 You can read more about my great grandfather Capt. Dave Ellis www.ancestorsremembered.com ================================ 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

Jennifer Thank you for all the information!! You are right - 2 days will NOT be enough time but alas it is all that I will have. Let me know when you start on your Ellis line. I would love to find some more relatives. We seem to be a small line. Susan

Since the list was so helpful, I thought I would try another question. I found an index to 'The Church and Village of Aberporth', issued under the auspices of the Parochial Church Council of St. Cynwyal's Church". It shows information on Bongam on page 18. Does anyone have access to the actual material and could tell me what it says? Bongam was the name of the home my ancestors lived in in Aberporth. I hope to be able to find it when I visit in September. Here is the link to what I found: <http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5940> http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5940 This is what the website says Over many years indexes have been compiled to improve access to the wealth of detailed information available in Ceredigion Local History books. Copies of these books are available for consultation at the Local History section of Aberystwyth Public Library. Diolch (hope I got that right) Thank you Susan