Hello, I found an entry for the baptism of Charles Henry WHITING in May 1874 at www.freereg.org.uk but haven't been able to learn where I can order a copy of the actual record. The FreeReg website doesn't appear to include contact information for asking that sort of question, and the Archives Network Wales, which holds some Bridgend Wesleyan Circuit material, doesn't seem to have the baptismal registers. If it's any help, the FreeReg details screen includes this information: County: Glamorganshire Place: Bridgend Church: Bridgend Wesleyan Circuit File Number: 30622. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Linda Johnson

Linda Whenever you need to find the location of particular archives in Wales, a good place to start is a search on http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/ You will find that Bridgend Circuit Wesleyan Methodist Records are held at Glamorgan Archives, Leckwith, Cardiff Glamorgan Archives Bridgend Wesleyan Methodist Circuit records Reference code(s): GB 0214 DWESBR Once you get the big list of what is held, use CTRL-F on your browser to look for 'baptism' There are baptism registers labelled as being for Aberkenfig and Tondu churches, but they may include baptisms at other locations in the circuit. It seems to have been the Wesleyan practice in the 19th century to have one baptism register which was used for baptisms at many or all the churches/chapels in the Circuit. This is not always appreciated by all archivists or transcribers. Glamorgan FHS has published a booklet of Bridgend Wesleyan Circuit Records under code B-CH Baptisms 1844-1925 Burials 1905-1920 The dates seem to match those listed at Archives Network Wales as relating to Tondu, and those listed on FreeReg for both Bridgend and Tondu. You can find a little more about FreeReg entries by looking at Counties and Parishes Coverage. This also gives you the name of the transcriber, though not contact details. Bridgend Methodist/URC united area had an excellent web site a few years ago at http://www.bridgendunitedarea.org.uk/ but that seems to have disappeared or be on a very slow web server, and only the Porthcawl Trinity Church website seems to be around. My suggestion is that you email or phone Glamorgan Archives http://www.glamarchives.gov.uk/ . Maybe someone on this list who is going to Glamorgan Archives some time soon may be able to investigate for you. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Johnson via" <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> To: <GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 12:54 AM Subject: [GLA] Need location of Bridgend Wesleyan Circuit baptismal records for 1874, please > Hello, > > I found an entry for the baptism of Charles Henry WHITING in May 1874 at > www.freereg.org.uk but haven't been able to learn where I can order a copy > of the actual record. The FreeReg website doesn't appear to include > contact information for asking that sort of question, and the Archives > Network Wales, which holds some Bridgend Wesleyan Circuit material, > doesn't seem to have the baptismal registers. If it's any help, the > FreeReg details screen includes this information: > County: Glamorganshire > Place: Bridgend > Church: Bridgend Wesleyan Circuit > File Number: 30622. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > Linda Johnson > -- > > 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