What a wonderful idea - tho I am not as upto date with phones as Lynda .... so unfortunately havent got a phone that will download this application - though you are able to register and help by translating the headstones ... and will remember this application when I do get a modern phone !! Thanks Lynda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda Hirst" <lynda.hirst@gmail.com> To: <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 7:27 AM Subject: [GLA] GLAMORGAN Digest > Wow! I thought I'd share this with everyone so forgive me if it's > common knowledge and seems like I'm touting - I'm truly not touring but > am excited by it.... > > I've just received my first ever android smart phone so have been > trolling around, as you do, to find what apps might suit my interests. > Imagine my delight when I came across an application called Billion > Graves.... > > Basically -- anyone with a smart phone can participate and help map out > every grave in every cemetery simply by taking a photo of each headstone > on their smartphone and recording it's location automatically -- the > photos are uploaded to the website and automatically added to the > database so anyone can search for and see the headstone/details - you > can transcribe the info quickly online. > > > I'm off to my local cemetery here in Christchurch NZ tomorrow to make a > start! I imagine there's a huge number of fellow researchers out there > looking for graves so this is such an interesting option to be able to > use... > > Cheers > Lynda > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello List, I'm planning a visit to the NLW and do have a place to stay in Aberystwyth. In checking online for public transportation to the library from my guest house, I find none that comes close. Am I missing something? Anyone have any suggestions? Many thanks for any help. doris

Gareth, I have tried many different times to search on this site you mentioned but to no avail. I am looking for the family of my grandparents in St Pancras, Middlesex. England In 1901 Census they lived at 3 Sandwich Street, Sub-registration District Grays In Lane. In the household should be his wife, Jane Emma, and childred, Jane, William, John and May. I have tried by name and by address but get nowhere. Can you help? With thanks. Jeanmarie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gareth Morgan" <morgangareth36@yahoo.co.uk> To: "Glam" <glamorgan-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [GLA] Ancestry.uk 1911 census > Hello Heather > > You can search the 1911 Census for free at. > > http://www.1911census.co.uk/?ukwid=263079&sourceid=36&utm_source=Google+1911_CPC&utm_medium=General+1&utm_campaign=1911+Census+1 > > Gareth > > --- On Sat, 18/6/11, Heather Smith <heather.smith8@virgin.net> wrote: > > Hi Does anyone know how far Ancestry have got with transcribing the 1911 > census, please? Are they starting from scratch or are they buying the 1911 > census used by Findmypast? > > Two of my families are not listed on the Findmypast census. I have located > one as I knew the address & Kew found out that that house number had not > been photographed therefore it was not on the census. The other family > Dinah > aged 20 years & John Rees aged 25 years were married in Merthyr Tydfil in > 1901. The family state that they went to the Rhondda where John Rees came > from so I do not know the address or the town. > > All the best > > Heather > > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3711 - Release Date: 06/18/11 >

What a great way to help other genealogists. I have taken on a similar task in conjunction with my local Family History Society. With a group of ladies I am transcribing all the graves in a local cemetery close to my home. We clean up and trim the edges of the headstones and photo them to upload to the Canadian Headstones website. I am enjoying it right now as the weather is super. My only problem is avoiding shadows on the headstones. I cannot move my subject or the sun so I have difficulty avoiding shadows. My only option is to take the photo when we have an overcast or cloudy day. Not happening this month. Thanks for the phone idea. Always, Jeanmarie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda Hirst" <lynda.hirst@gmail.com> To: <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 11:27 PM Subject: [GLA] GLAMORGAN Digest > Wow! I thought I'd share this with everyone so forgive me if it's > common knowledge and seems like I'm touting - I'm truly not touring but > am excited by it.... > > I've just received my first ever android smart phone so have been > trolling around, as you do, to find what apps might suit my interests. > Imagine my delight when I came across an application called Billion > Graves.... > > Basically -- anyone with a smart phone can participate and help map out > every grave in every cemetery simply by taking a photo of each headstone > on their smartphone and recording it's location automatically -- the > photos are uploaded to the website and automatically added to the > database so anyone can search for and see the headstone/details - you > can transcribe the info quickly online. > > > I'm off to my local cemetery here in Christchurch NZ tomorrow to make a > start! I imagine there's a huge number of fellow researchers out there > looking for graves so this is such an interesting option to be able to > use... > > Cheers > Lynda > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1391 / Virus Database: 1518/3812 - Release Date: 08/05/11 >

I'd take no as the answer and leave it. Not everyone is interested in family history or contact with unknown relatives. It is an intrusion on their lives and we should respect that. He may have decided you were way too pushy - I have waited months before getting replies to my letters and it is not unheard of for a year to go by before a reply is received, sometimes not even by the initial recipient - sometimes they will pass it on to another relative who is more interested. He may very well have thought you were a scam - there are a lot about these days. A phone call puts a person on the spot to make a decision there and then. A follow up letter in a few months time might have been better although, as someone else has suggested, a letter from the actual relative might have been better received. He may think you are after family money, land etc. If he changes his mind he knows how to contact you. Just my 2c worth. :) Regards Lyn In Oz.

Hello List, I am descended from the Leyson family who lived at Prisk in Welsh St Donats in the late 18th century.  I have gotten motivated to study this surname more.  I am interested in sharing info with others who might be researching this surname.  I have a list of Deaths for anyone of these similar surnames.  I also have a list of Wills that I plan on transcribing. David Attride Tennessee, USA

not everyone is interested in family history though. Maybe an approch from the actual relative would have been received better, Gill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Elfassi" <aelfassi51@yahoo.com> To: "Glamorgan" <GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 8:49 AM Subject: [GLA] Maud (Miriam) Stowell Hi, Some time ago I started researching family connected to Maud Stowell b. Cardiff 4th December, 1913. I'm trying to help her remaining son - now nearly 70 - to find his mother's family. His parents married in London in 1934. I got amazing responses from many on this site for which I am very grateful. I feel that he is a very polite person but thought possibly that I was some sort of scam. 1. Anyone got any suggestions if and how I can proceed with this? 2. If anyone, maybe in or from the Cardiff area, would like to reply to me, off list, and be prepared to approach him locally, it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your support Regards Angie Elfassi Israel Searching: RAYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds COHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds MAGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds KASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1391 / Virus Database: 1518/3811 - Release Date: 08/04/11

Hello Allen, I happened upon your site and wonder if you can help a raw researcher ? I can trace my Family, John and Mary Callaghan and their children , 11 Mountain Row, from the 1871 through to 1901 censuses, but can find no trace of them in any B. M. & D. records. Do you have any burial records, or indeed any information at all as to where I can look ? Would you know which Catholic church they would have attended, for example ? Do you know where old Catholic church records from that time would now be deposited ? Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Best wishes, Helen Stradling

I might have read your post wrongly , but my interpretation of what you have written is that this person does not want to be contacted by you or anybody else in connection with his family history. I would therefore think it unreasonable and ill advised for any member of the list to approach this person in connection with the request posted ,as he has already stated he felt a phone call was intrusive. THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION. Any comments ..please talk to me off list. Yours Robert Alun Chick Penarth. -----Original Message----- From: Angie Elfassi <aelfassi51@yahoo.com> To: Glamorgan <GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 8:51 Subject: [GLA] Maud (Miriam) Stowell Hi, Some time ago I started researching family connected to Maud Stowell b. Cardiff th December, 1913. I'm trying to help her remaining son - now nearly 70 - to ind his mother's family. His parents married in London in 1934. got amazing responses from many on this site for which I am very grateful. As a result of this, I found a descendant of one of her siblings. I sent him by nail mail an outline of Maud and how she was connected to him. I gave him 5 ifferent ways to communicate with me: email, home address, skype, facebook and ell and home phone numbers. I also found his home phone number (and actually his address) on the net and as early one month had elapsed, with no reaction from the chap, I decided to phone im. He felt that my communication was instrusive and told me that he was terminating he conversation. I feel that he is a very polite person but thought possibly that I was some sort f scam. 1. Anyone got any suggestions if and how I can proceed with this? . If anyone, maybe in or from the Cardiff area, would like to reply to me, off ist, and be prepared to approach him locally, it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your support egards ngie Elfassi srael earching: AYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds OHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds AGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds ASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds - To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com LAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at ttp://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found t http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - he South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages ttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and ttp://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Hi, Some time ago I started researching family connected to Maud Stowell b. Cardiff 4th December, 1913.  I'm trying to help her remaining son - now nearly 70 - to find his mother's family.  His parents married in London in 1934. I got amazing responses from many on this site for which I am very grateful. As a result of this, I found a descendant of one of her siblings.  I sent him by snail mail an outline of Maud and how she was connected to him.  I gave him 5 different ways to communicate with me: email, home address, skype, facebook and cell and home phone numbers. I also found his home phone number (and actually his address) on the net and as nearly one month had elapsed, with no reaction from the chap, I decided to phone him. He felt that my communication was instrusive and told me that he was terminating the conversation. I feel that he is a very polite person but thought possibly that I was some sort of scam. 1.  Anyone got any suggestions if and how I can proceed with this? 2.  If anyone, maybe in or from the Cardiff area, would like to reply to me, off list, and be prepared to approach him locally, it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your support Regards Angie Elfassi Israel   Searching: RAYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds COHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds MAGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds KASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds

If you are using Outlook Express, right-click on the bar above the messages (where you see 'From') and select 'Columns' from the list. Make sure the 'Subject' box is clicked and click 'ok' You may have to close down the program and re-open it to finalise the operation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "althea.john" <althea.john@ntlworld.com> To: <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:18 AM Subject: [GLA] Help with micro soft > Hi I know this isn't directly a genealogy question but it will help me > save > time sorting which genealogy records I look further at I know it sounds > stupid but I`ve lost the bit in the middle of my email s which tells me > what > the emails are about Help How do I get it back clicked on all I can think > of > > > Thanks althea > > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi I know this isn't directly a genealogy question but it will help me save time sorting which genealogy records I look further at I know it sounds stupid but I`ve lost the bit in the middle of my email s which tells me what the emails are about Help How do I get it back clicked on all I can think of Thanks althea

Ah then Gareth, you have the better of me there as I don't actually know anything much about the conservation and preservation of records. Have you worked as an archivist then? How interesting. Kind Regards, Jill -----Original Message----- From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gareth Morgan Sent: 04 August 2011 10:08 To: Glam Subject: Re: [GLA] Big news from The National Archives! Hello Jill How right yo are, my visits and connection with TNA have been through the web. A personal visit may have changed my experience with TNA. However, like the Glamorgan Archives (who cannot be bothered to run an adequate web based service), I have found them too insular and interested only in their own outdated methods of recording and preserving records. Gareth --- On Thu, 4/8/11, Jill Muir <jill@shottle.plus.com> wrote: It sounds Gareth, as if you have had a bad experience which has turned you against them, but be reassured you and Billie, that they are a great outfit and are most interested in assisting if you have problems with any of their downloads. Do remember that we have a vast collection of material held there. It is the official archive for England, Wales and the central UK government, and contains over 1,000 years of British history. -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Jill How right yo are, my visits and connection with TNA have been through the web. A personal visit may have changed my experience with TNA. However, like the Glamorgan Archives (who cannot be bothered to run an adequate web based service), I have found them too insular and interested only in their own outdated methods of recording and preserving records. Gareth --- On Thu, 4/8/11, Jill Muir <jill@shottle.plus.com> wrote: It sounds Gareth, as if you have had a bad experience which has turned you against them, but be reassured you and Billie, that they are a great outfit and are most interested in assisting if you have problems with any of their downloads. Do remember that we have a vast collection of material held there. It is the official archive for England, Wales and the central UK government, and contains over 1,000 years of British history.

Hi Thanks for a great url I have found and downloaded free of charge many pdf files thanks again John On 4 August 2011 04:20, Billie R. McNamara <billie@tnhillbillie.net> wrote: > Forgive me if I'm duplicating -- I get the digest version each day, > and it hasn't arrived. > > This is excellent for those of us who can't visit TNA to view microfilm. > > http://upfront.ngsgenealogy.org/2011/08/uk-digital-microfilm-online.html > > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Say Hi to all the Welsh in Kittle hill. Jack Ronald Wilson 3622 Heather Ave Kingman, AZ 86401-3826 (928) 263-1600 > From: glamorgan-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: GLAMORGAN Digest, Vol 6, Issue 330 > To: glamorgan@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 01:00:50 -0600 > > > > To request change of Digest Format contact GLAMORGAN-admin@rootsweb.com and be patient. Jeff. List Admin > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > . > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Glamorgan FHS's latest CD - Bridgend Cemetery (Rosemary Smith) > 2. Re: Tomar Isle location (Robert Alun Chick) > 3. Re: Tomar Isle location (Martin Briscoe) > 4. Big news from The National Archives! (Billie R. McNamara) > 5. Re: Big news from The National Archives! (Gareth Morgan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 08:58:52 +0100 > From: "Rosemary Smith" <rosemarysmith@talktalk.net> > Subject: [GLA] Glamorgan FHS's latest CD - Bridgend Cemetery > To: <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <F69B74F587C54E24883307186AC11090@cybercom> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The long awaited Bridgend Cemetery DVD is now available. The DVD has been transcribed from the records held at Bridgend County Borough Burial Services. and contains, as well an indexed transcription of the Grave Registers, scanned copies of the Burial Year Books and Grave Registers covering the period 1894 to 1997. Also included are scanned images of Children's and War Service Burial records. The Burial Year Books show the address and other details whilst the Grave Registers show who else is buried in the grave. There are full instructions of how to perform searches on the DVD as well as a few photographs of the Cemetery. It is priced at ?15.00 + p&p. Further details, and how to purchase at www.glamfhs.org. > > Rosemary Smith > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 18:06:19 -0400 (EDT) > From: Robert Alun Chick <robertalunchick@aol.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [GLA] Tomar Isle location > To: anne@privacy.net > Cc: GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CE2040B537862C-238C-11D49@webmail-m138.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 875; Folio: 90; Page: 11; GSU roll: 827771. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Chambers <anne@privacy.net> > To: genbrit <genbrit@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 23:02 > Subject: Re: Tomar Isle location > > > John H wrote: > I Have an ancestor born "Tomar Isle Yantee" and googling didnt find it. > Does anyone know where it may be located > Her husband was christened in India, so is it out there somewhere? > Both died in Middlesex England. > His father was in Army in India. > regards > John H > > > ounds ;like a transcription error of some sort - what is the source ? > -- > nne Chambers > outh Australia > anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENBRIT-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > he message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 23:40:22 +0100 > From: "Martin Briscoe" <martin@mbriscoe.me.uk> > Subject: Re: [GLA] Tomar Isle location > To: "GLAMORGAN List" <GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <008c01cc522e$5498b910$fdca2b30$@me.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-7" > > It is Ionian Isle / Islands > > > At a guess I would say it is > > > > Zakynthos (????????) sometimes known as Zante in English > > > 1881 transcribes as > > Zante Ionia Isles B S > Greece > > > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > martin@mbriscoe.me.uk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Robert Alun Chick > Sent: 03 August 2011 23:06 > To: anne@privacy.net > Cc: GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GLA] Tomar Isle location > > > > > > Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 875; Folio: 90; Page: 11; GSU roll: > 827771. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Chambers <anne@privacy.net> > To: genbrit <genbrit@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 23:02 > Subject: Re: Tomar Isle location > > > John H wrote: > I Have an ancestor born "Tomar Isle Yantee" and googling didnt find it. > Does anyone know where it may be located > Her husband was christened in India, so is it out there somewhere? > Both died in Middlesex England. > His father was in Army in India. > regards > John H > > > ounds ;like a transcription error of some sort - what is the source ? > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:20:42 -0400 > From: "Billie R. McNamara" <billie@tnhillbillie.net> > Subject: [GLA] Big news from The National Archives! > To: glamorgan@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <201108040321.p743L2WO011806@mail.rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Forgive me if I'm duplicating -- I get the digest version each day, > and it hasn't arrived. > > This is excellent for those of us who can't visit TNA to view microfilm. > > http://upfront.ngsgenealogy.org/2011/08/uk-digital-microfilm-online.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 05:26:03 +0100 (BST) > From: Gareth Morgan <morgangareth36@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [GLA] Big news from The National Archives! > To: Glam <glamorgan-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <1312431963.1330.YahooMailClassic@web27902.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hello Billie > > Anything to do with the National Archives is a total waste of time. Unless your looking for a specific item or a minority interest such as the Spanish Civil War: British Volunteers Lists. > > They can't be bothered with the general publics needs. > Gareth > > --- On Thu, 4/8/11, Billie R. McNamara <billie@tnhillbillie.net> wrote: > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the GLAMORGAN list administrator, send an email to > GLAMORGAN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the GLAMORGAN mailing list, send an email to GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of GLAMORGAN Digest, Vol 6, Issue 330 > *****************************************

Hi Billie and Gareth, I have never found that to be so. TNA are exceptionally helpful and a visit is a great experience as there are so very many documents to choose from. It sounds Gareth, as if you have had a bad experience which has turned you against them, but be reassured you and Billie, that they are a great outfit and are most interested in assisting if you have problems with any of their downloads. Do remember that we have a vast collection of material held there. It is the official archive for England, Wales and the central UK government, and contains over 1,000 years of British history. I have download wills and other documents and also downloaded the page for our village recently from the Domesday book. Kind Regards, Jill -----Original Message----- From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gareth Morgan Sent: 04 August 2011 05:26 To: Glam Subject: Re: [GLA] Big news from The National Archives! Hello Billie Anything to do with the National Archives is a total waste of time. Unless your looking for a specific item or a minority interest such as the Spanish Civil War: British Volunteers Lists. They can't be bothered with the general publics needs. Gareth --- On Thu, 4/8/11, Billie R. McNamara <billie@tnhillbillie.net> wrote: -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Gareth, My tuppenceworth is that the records on the National Archives website have most definitely helped me to find out certain things about my family members, and filled in gaps I wouldn't have otherwise known about. It's really helped to put flesh on the bones as we say. It could also be said that the big online companies aren't interested in us, only in what they want and in their own pockets, but we still benefit from what they have made available online, and we dig in to their resources regularly. Kindest regards, Jon

My fivepenniesworth. I don't go there too often, but I found my ggg grandfather's will on there, by accident, and it was so interested to read (after translating the old hand-writing) what household goods he left his children. The military records are awesome. I even found my own Merchant Navy discharge book on there. Regards - Terry - Ohio - ex Bargoed -----Original Message----- From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jon's FH Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:20 AM To: Gareth Morgan; Glam Subject: Re: [GLA] Big news from The National Archives! Hi Gareth, My tuppenceworth is that the records on the National Archives website have most definitely helped me to find out certain things about my family members, and filled in gaps I wouldn't have otherwise known about. It's really helped to put flesh on the bones as we say. It could also be said that the big online companies aren't interested in us, only in what they want and in their own pockets, but we still benefit from what they have made available online, and we dig in to their resources regularly. Kindest regards, Jon -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Billie Anything to do with the National Archives is a total waste of time. Unless your looking for a specific item or a minority interest such as the Spanish Civil War: British Volunteers Lists. They can't be bothered with the general publics needs. Gareth --- On Thu, 4/8/11, Billie R. McNamara <billie@tnhillbillie.net> wrote: