Hi Charlene I am forwarding this for Ron, who appears to be distantly related to your husband. When he attempted to send the email directly it was rejected for some reason. Regards Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: ron.davies@sfr.fr To: Jeff Coleman Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 10:05 AM Subject: Fw: Researching Rees POWELL Hi Jeff, I have not been active on the Glam List for some time - having been obliged to devote more time to pressing family matters, and let FH slip into the back seat, I unsubbed some months ago - so I didn’t see the recent exchange on this subject initiated by a post from Charlene, but James Loveluck has passed it to me. Could I please trouble you to pass it on to her via the List. Many thanks and best regards Ron From: ron.davies@sfr.fr Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎20‎ ‎May‎ ‎2015 ‎11‎:‎03 To: charad@att.net Hi Charlene, I am not currently subscribed to the Rootsweb Glamorgan List but have just had your post to the List passed to me by James Loveluck, who has already told you about my website. I have been researching the POWELLs of Baglan/Margam/Pyle/St.Brides Major for a number of years, as I am descended from another Rees POWELL (who was also born in 1831!!) he was ‘your’ Rees POWELL’s first cousin. Their parents Edward POWELL and Rees POWELL were brothers (there were so many named Rees, that it is quite easy to mix them up in the records and I started annotating the ones in my direct line with a, b, c, etc, ! My great grandfather was Rees(d), whose father was Rees (c ) whose father was Rees(b) whose father was Rees(a)!! You will find most of the results of my research on the website - the database which underpins it now contains over 14,000 individuals, including over 600 POWELLs - and 15 Rees POWELLs! In addition, there is some simple narrative at the front-end of the site - accessed via navigation buttons on the Home Page, which you may like to read through, as there is some background information which doesn’t appear in the database- http://www.clan-davies.org/webtrees/FE-DP01.php What is your interest in this family? Are you, too, a descendant? If so, I’d be happy to provide you with a user account on the website which would allow you to log in to see details on living members of the extended family. I’d also be pleased to receive details from you regarding POWELL descendants in the US - it sounds as if you may have more than I have and I should like to extend my database to include what you have if possible - and to extend it to include you if you are a descendant! I have a good deal of material relating to the areas in which our POWELLs lived and would be happy to perform look-ups for you or to answer any questions you may have to which I may have already found the answers. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards Ron http://www.clan-davies.org/webtrees/