Hi Don, Can I help you regarding your attempt to contact Sheila Francis.Let me know i you have had any success/or none.I can try GLFHS (Swansea branch) Best wishes, Graham.

Hello, I use Internet Explorer and the links from the Wales Collection don't work for me either. However, if you search for individual sets of Welsh records in the "A-Z of record sets" e.g. Glamorgan Banns, the links do work. Pamela -----Original Message----- From: Roy Davies via Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 2:27 PM To: glamorgan@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLA] New problem with Find My Past? Hello, I have been trying to access Welsh parish records from the web page at Find My Past that lists all the special collections. Special Collections http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/world-records/search-all-uk-records/special-collections Some of the links on that page work when I click on them and others don't. Among the ones that I cannot get access to are all the links that I have tried in the Wales Collection. Whenever I click on one of the Welsh links I get a message saying Safari (my web browser since I use an Apple Mac) cannot open the page because it can't find the server "search.findmypast". In case it is a problem with Safari I tried using Google Chrome instead. The only difference that made is that I got a longer, more detailed error message which I don't understand. The server at *search.findmypast.* can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the network. As I also have Windows installed on my Mac running under some software that allows other operating systems to be installed, I tried using Internet Explorer and got an error message saying "this page can't be displayed. Make sure the web address http://www.findmypast.co.uk is correct." Is anyone else have problems with the Wales Collection? Roy -- 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 web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ - 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://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/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: 2015.0.5751 / Virus Database: 4299/9231 - Release Date: 03/05/15

Hello, I have been trying to access Welsh parish records from the web page at Find My Past that lists all the special collections. Special Collections http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/world-records/search-all-uk-records/special-collections Some of the links on that page work when I click on them and others don't. Among the ones that I cannot get access to are all the links that I have tried in the Wales Collection. Whenever I click on one of the Welsh links I get a message saying Safari (my web browser since I use an Apple Mac) cannot open the page because it can't find the server "search.findmypast". In case it is a problem with Safari I tried using Google Chrome instead. The only difference that made is that I got a longer, more detailed error message which I don't understand. The server at *search.findmypast.* can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the network. As I also have Windows installed on my Mac running under some software that allows other operating systems to be installed, I tried using Internet Explorer and got an error message saying "this page can't be displayed. Make sure the web address http://www.findmypast.co.uk is correct." Is anyone else have problems with the Wales Collection? Roy

Pat Allen Hi Gwen, myself and others were discussing this yesterday and the solution is in hand. It is easy to fix yourself, however, until the technical stuff is done. When you click on an item in the collection list, and you get the page not found display, go to the address bar at the top and after "findmypast." insert co.uk and you will get what you want. It is a pain, I know but we were assured yesterday that it would be fixed soon This is the reply I just got on FMP facebook page. Hope it helps Gwen -----E-mail d'origine----- De : David Marsden via <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> A: Roy Davies <roydavies@gmail.com>; glamorgan <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Envoyé le : Je, 5 Mar 2015 16:17 Sujet : Re: [GLA] New problem with Find My Past? Hello, I use Internet Explorer and the links from the Wales Collection don't work for me either. However, if you search for individual sets of Welsh records in the "A-Z of record sets" e.g. Glamorgan Banns, the links do work. Pamela -----Original Message----- From: Roy Davies via Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 2:27 PM To: glamorgan@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLA] New problem with Find My Past? Hello, I have been trying to access Welsh parish records from the web page at Find My Past that lists all the special collections. Special Collections http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/world-records/search-all-uk-records/special-collections Some of the links on that page work when I click on them and others don't. Among the ones that I cannot get access to are all the links that I have tried in the Wales Collection. Whenever I click on one of the Welsh links I get a message saying Safari (my web browser since I use an Apple Mac) cannot open the page because it can't find the server "search.findmypast". In case it is a problem with Safari I tried using Google Chrome instead. The only difference that made is that I got a longer, more detailed error message which I don't understand. The server at *search.findmypast.* can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the network. As I also have Windows installed on my Mac running under some software that allows other operating systems to be installed, I tried using Internet Explorer and got an error message saying "this page can't be displayed. Make sure the web address http://www.findmypast.co.uk is correct." Is anyone else have problems with the Wales Collection? Roy -- 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 web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ - 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://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/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: 2015.0.5751 / Virus Database: 4299/9231 - Release Date: 03/05/15 -- 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 web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ - 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://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/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

I would like to be able to make contact with Sheila Francis re her book on Loughor, Wales. Can anyone help? Thanks Don Howell – Australia

Hi Roy Got the same problems even though I have it bookmarked in my browser - the problems go on and on, just have to report it. best wishes Gwen -----E-mail d'origine----- De : Roy Davies via <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> A: glamorgan <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Envoyé le : Je, 5 Mar 2015 15:32 Sujet : [GLA] New problem with Find My Past? Hello, I have been trying to access Welsh parish records from the web page at Find My Past that lists all the special collections. Special Collections http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/world-records/search-all-uk-records/special-collections Some of the links on that page work when I click on them and others don't. Among the ones that I cannot get access to are all the links that I have tried in the Wales Collection. Whenever I click on one of the Welsh links I get a message saying Safari (my web browser since I use an Apple Mac) cannot open the page because it can't find the server "search.findmypast". In case it is a problem with Safari I tried using Google Chrome instead. The only difference that made is that I got a longer, more detailed error message which I don't understand. The server at *search.findmypast.* can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the network. As I also have Windows installed on my Mac running under some software that allows other operating systems to be installed, I tried using Internet Explorer and got an error message saying "this page can't be displayed. Make sure the web address http://www.findmypast.co.uk is correct." Is anyone else have problems with the Wales Collection? Roy -- 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 web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ - 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://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/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, Don't know how old this is but maybe…. sheilafrancis@ukonline.co.uk Cheryl Christensen Bennett Long Beach, CA On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:46 PM, Don Howell via wrote: > I would like to be able to make contact with Sheila Francis re her book on Loughor, Wales. > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks > > Don Howell – Australia > -- > > 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 web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > > - > 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://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/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

Many thanks to John, Luned and Jill for their research and suggestions re my recent email. Jill had a point I hadn't thought of and that was that someone else may have written in the Bible. My great-aunt did adopt or foster an 11 year old niece following the death of the child's mother so this may have been the niece's writing. Thanks again Irene

I'll have a look later this week. Cheers, Luned message: 2 Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 09:48:31 -0000 From: "Jill Muir" <jill@shottle.plus.com> Subject: [GLA] Church records. Cwmfelinfach To: <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000001d05404$e12d0210$a3870630$@shottle.plus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Apologies to Luned, who was erroneously sent this message off list. Obviously a bad hair day as I had several sentences repeated, which are now corrected, here is my message of yesterday. John has since made some excellent suggestions, which should be followed. -----Original Message----- From: Jill Muir [mailto:jill@shottle.plus.com] Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 6:45 PM To: 'Luned's' Subject: RE: [GLA] Church records. Cwmfelinfach http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Trevethan/ [Google says this is Trevethin!] Pisgah, Particular Baptists Erected 18?7 Attendance - morning 314, afternoon 216 scholars, evening 480 "The reason of the falling off of our Congregation is the depression that has been (in) the Iron Trade. Four of the furnaces in the British Works going out of blast" William Thomas, Minister, Talywaun Look on Google Maps and you will find that these two places, Look on Google Maps and you will find that these two places Trevethin and Cwmfelinfach, are 21mins by car. So assume she was going by horse then that would not be far particularly if they went by mountain track which would be much quicker. So assume she was going by horse then that would not be far particularly if they went by mountain track which would be much quicker. I have Bible entries which have errors in the information. It could be that someone else has added to your ancestors Bible. Pretty sure that Luned who lives in the area and has local knowledge would know more and could comment on my thoughts. I am pretty blind re the area. Jill http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/

Dear Listers, The latest subjects to be added to my 'Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection' are all in or near St David's, Pembrokeshire: 1. Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Tabernacl, Goat Street, St David's Photography by Google StreetView. Go to www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/churches/st-davids4.htm 2. St Non's Chapel, near St David's Photography by John Ball. Go to www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/churches/st-davids3.htm 2. St David's Cathedral, St David's Photography by John Ball and Venita Roylance. Go to www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/churches/st-davids2.htm I am continuing to make good progress with locations beginning with the letter S. The 'Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection' now features 348 churches and chapels, with forty still in the pipeline, including some from earlier in the alphabet. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2011.co.uk Personal Homepage: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/wales/ Blog: http://johnofbrecon.com Webmaster, Breconshire Local & Family History Society http://www.blfhs.co.uk/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Administrator - Powys RootsWeb mailing list

Dear Listers, I have just come across these NLW photographs - Early Swansea Photographs. There are others too. http://digidol.llgc.org.uk/METS/DIL00001/gallery At the height of its prosperity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Penllergare estate, on the north-west fringe of Swansea, was one of the great gardens of Britain.[1] Its main creator was John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810-82), a man as distinguished for his contribution to landscape design and horticulture, as for his scientific experiments and pioneering photography.[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penllergare My best wishes, Jill

I have now woken up properly and wish you all 'Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus' Did you know: Despite the fact that Saint David abstained from drinking and advised others to do the same, a number of Welsh breweries make special St. David's Day ales. Source Mirror online. My best wishes, Jill

Apologies to Luned, who was erroneously sent this message off list. Obviously a bad hair day as I had several sentences repeated, which are now corrected, here is my message of yesterday. John has since made some excellent suggestions, which should be followed. -----Original Message----- From: Jill Muir [mailto:jill@shottle.plus.com] Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 6:45 PM To: 'Luned's' Subject: RE: [GLA] Church records. Cwmfelinfach http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Trevethan/ [Google says this is Trevethin!] Pisgah, Particular Baptists Erected 18?7 Attendance - morning 314, afternoon 216 scholars, evening 480 "The reason of the falling off of our Congregation is the depression that has been (in) the Iron Trade. Four of the furnaces in the British Works going out of blast" William Thomas, Minister, Talywaun Look on Google Maps and you will find that these two places, Look on Google Maps and you will find that these two places Trevethin and Cwmfelinfach, are 21mins by car. So assume she was going by horse then that would not be far particularly if they went by mountain track which would be much quicker. So assume she was going by horse then that would not be far particularly if they went by mountain track which would be much quicker. I have Bible entries which have errors in the information. It could be that someone else has added to your ancestors Bible. Pretty sure that Luned who lives in the area and has local knowledge would know more and could comment on my thoughts. I am pretty blind re the area. Jill http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/

Irene Coutts <irenecoutts@hotmail.com> wrote: Can anyone on the list tell me where I can write to (preferably an email address) in order to find church records from the: "Pisgah" Congregational Sunday School in Cwmfelinfach, Monmouthshire. According to my great aunt's bible, she attended Church there probably between 1920 (possibly a little earlier) and 1926. She left Wales in 1926 to come to Australia. I subscribe to this list and not the Monmouthshire one so hopefully someone will be able to suggest somewhere. ============== Dear Irene, Using Wikipedia, I found a map grid reference for Cwmfelinfach: ST185916. I then looked at this location on a modern Ordnance Survey, on <www.streetmap.co.uk>. There seem to be few places of worship in this area. Using <www.old-maps.co.uk> I checked the same area on a 1:2,500-scale Ordnance Survey map published in 1920 and spotted a few chapels, and one Sunday School, all within the immediate vicinity: Only one chapel was named on this map: Capel-y-Babell (Calvinistic Methodist) The only Pisgah Chapel I can find in this part of South Wales is a former Welsh Baptist chapel on Pisgah Road, Gardiffaith, but that is in a different valley, 30 km to the north. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2011.co.uk Personal Homepage: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/wales/ Blog: http://johnofbrecon.com Webmaster, Breconshire Local & Family History Society http://www.blfhs.co.uk/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Administrator - Powys RootsWeb mailing list

Can anyone on the list tell me where I can write to (preferably an email address) in order to find church records from the: "Pisgah" Congregational Sunday School in Cwmfelinfach, Monmouthshire. According to my great aunt's bible, she attended Church there probably between 1920 (possibly a little earlier) and 1926. She left Wales in 1926 to come to Australia. I subscribe to this list and not the Monmouthshire one so hopefully someone will be able to suggest somewhere. Thanks, Irene Victoria, Australia

Can't find any mention of a chapel or church in Cwmfelinfach. A quick search of the place name brings you to this parish detail on Genuki: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Mynyddyslwyn/. Perhaps someone else has better local knowledge. Luned in Blaenavon Message: 2 Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 12:41:49 +1100 From: Irene Coutts <irenecoutts@hotmail.com> Subject: [GLA] Church Records To: "GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com" <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <SNT152-W29229A9CD036B1D3E11BD6B0120@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Can anyone on the list tell me where I can write to (preferably an email address) in order to find church records from the: "Pisgah" Congregational Sunday School in Cwmfelinfach, Monmouthshire. According to my great aunt's bible, she attended Church there probably between 1920 (possibly a little earlier) and 1926. She left Wales in 1926 to come to Australia. I subscribe to this list and not the Monmouthshire one so hopefully someone will be able to suggest somewhere. Thanks, Irene Victoria, Australia

Hi Ann, Some one has been trying to contact you via the LE and keeps getting his mail returned. I have checked my self in case it was a typo but again my mail was returned.  Can you send your new email address if you still wish to be a volunteer please. Regards Jean

Jane and All, There are several people of various generations that were named David Arnold. One bornin 1834 was a younger son of David and Jennet whose name was Joseph David Arnold. He emigrated to the U.S. and lived in Pennsylvania. I've also found another son of David/Jennet who was named after the father. He was born in 1855 from what I've found. My second great grand uncle, Richard Arnold (another son of David/Jennet who remained back in Wales) had a son named David Arnold born on 08 Dec 1854 in Merthyr Tydfil. He married a Catherine David in 1881 in Wales. At some point this uncle emigrated to New South Wales, Australia where he died in 1940. We knew so little of David and Jennet and their life back in Aberdare, which is why we were hoping to try and trace his line back in Wales. Thanks for all of your help! Colete On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Jane Hope <janehope-2008@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Dear list > > I must apologise for replying to Colete directly and not through the > list. Honest mistake as I didn't hit the 'reply all' but just 'reply'. > Rather than go through it all again, I've explained my error to Colete and > below give a run down of what was or was not found. > > David Arnold married Jennet Jenkin on 21st November 1818 at St. John, > Aberdare. There is a note of (PB) alongside and I've explained to Colete > that this means they were married by banns but that there is also personal > detail available from the actual record. I suggested she ask the list is > SKS would look up the record if visiting the records office. > > I've also checked the books I have for Merthyr Tydfil and for Llanwonno > but can't find any baptisms for either person. > > Hoping someone can help. > > *All the best* > > *Jane* > > >

Dear list I must apologise for replying to Colete directly and not through the list. Honest mistake as I didn't hit the 'reply all' but just 'reply'. Rather than go through it all again, I've explained my error to Colete and below give a run down of what was or was not found. David Arnold married Jennet Jenkin on 21st November 1818 at St. John, Aberdare. There is a note of (PB) alongside and I've explained to Colete that this means they were married by banns but that there is also personal detail available from the actual record. I suggested she ask the list is SKS would look up the record if visiting the records office. I've also checked the books I have for Merthyr Tydfil and for Llanwonno but can't find any baptisms for either person. Hoping someone can help. All the best Jane

It is likely that images of most pages of pre-20th century marriage registers for parish churches in Glamorgan will be at Findmypast.co.uk, though some have been incorrectly indexed by being attributed to the wrong churches. The majority of details are also on Familysearch. Many local libraries and archives may have subscriptions to Findmypast. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colete Morlock via" <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> To: <GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 5:14 AM Subject: [GLA] Church Record > I'm wondering if anyone can direct me. I was wondering whom I should > contact to see about a marriage record for an 1818 marriage that took > place > at St John in Aberdare. > > Colete Morlock > -- > > 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 web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > > - > 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://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/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