Dear All, I sent a query to Swansea record office asking dear Sir/Madam I recently found out that 2 of my great grandparents are buried in Pontrhydyfen , even though they lived at least 20 years in Aberdare. Their funerals were in Aberdare, but the coffins were taken by rail to Port Talbot and then by road to Pontrhydyfen. Their names are Margaret Morgan died 1914 and John Afanydd Morgan died 1936 whose obituary specifically mentions Jerusalem Chapel burial ground for the interrment. My query is are there any burial records held for Jerusalem chapel? Or am I to find the burial ground and do a personal search? their reply was short and sweet Unfortunately we do not hold any burial registers for Jerusalem Calvinistic Chapel, Pontrhydyfen. We only hold some marriage registers for the years, 1965-1991 (D/D CM 9) Does anyone know where these records are? or are they lost? what is the state of the graveyard, is it maintained, and is it open? any help will be gratefully received thank you/diolch yn fawr Gavin Williams

Hi Gavin. The Chapel has been turned into a B&B but a condition of the sale was that the burial ground had to be maintained and be open, the chapel is next to Pontrhydyfen RFC, You will be able to park your car there and it's a short walk to the Chapel. Be warned the burial ground is steep. Its assumed that the registers are lost but cant be proven one way or another. If using Google maps zoom in to the Post Office in Pontrhydyfen, the chapel would have been across the road and to the right you will then see the burial ground. Gerwyn -----Original Message----- From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gavin Williams Sent: 13 June 2011 18:25 To: GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLA] Jerusalem Chapel, Pontrhydyfen Dear All, I sent a query to Swansea record office asking dear Sir/Madam I recently found out that 2 of my great grandparents are buried in Pontrhydyfen , even though they lived at least 20 years in Aberdare. Their funerals were in Aberdare, but the coffins were taken by rail to Port Talbot and then by road to Pontrhydyfen. Their names are Margaret Morgan died 1914 and John Afanydd Morgan died 1936 whose obituary specifically mentions Jerusalem Chapel burial ground for the interrment. My query is are there any burial records held for Jerusalem chapel? Or am I to find the burial ground and do a personal search? their reply was short and sweet Unfortunately we do not hold any burial registers for Jerusalem Calvinistic Chapel, Pontrhydyfen. We only hold some marriage registers for the years, 1965-1991 (D/D CM 9) Does anyone know where these records are? or are they lost? what is the state of the graveyard, is it maintained, and is it open? any help will be gratefully received thank you/diolch yn fawr Gavin Williams -- 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