thanks for your help .we are new to this !! william hughes Family bible says born in chepstow in sep 1855.the only birth we can fit is in sep 1851.we know for definite he died in cwm in 1906.he married Deborah Jones in 1891 in brynmawr.the marriage certificate says he was a widower.The family bible says his wife died so he came to this area then so we are looking in chepstow and bristol area for 1st wife .We think we have the right family in 1881 in chepstow .You have to log in samuel Bennet,born 1854 in the Cape of Good Hope to get the image.It fits in with 1861'census but we can't find him in 1871. Any help appreciated thanks Mary > > From: "Robert Treharne Jones" <tjwizard@tiscali.co.uk> > Date: 2007/05/19 Sat PM 02:58:01 BST > To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [MON] HUGHES > > Mary > > I think a little more information is needed with a relatively common name > like that! How much do you already know about William? Can't subsequent > censuses identify his place of birth and approximate age, or did the family > emigrate? > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > mary.howells1@tesco.net > > Help - William Hughes born Sept.1851 0r 1855 CHEPSTOW AREA or BRISSTOL > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In a message dated 5/20/2007 6:11:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, roydavies39@msn.com writes: ...they also smelted Iron at the Blaenafon Ironworks, using a small scale smelter and iron ore they had picked up off the mountain (literally) . According to a local guide, girls as young as 8/9 , as well as boys and adults, were employed ,from dawn to dusk, doing this work. ============= Hi, Roy, and thank you for your post! It sheds new light on what my GGrandmother (and her sister and several other fellow female lodgers) may have been doing as "ironstone fillers" in Blaina c1861. My GGrandmother was age 19 at the time, and two of the other girls were 15 and 16. The sister was age 26. Regards, Cecil ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Brilliant! Robert -----Original Message----- From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of roy davies Sent: 19 May 2007 22:36 To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MON] blank messages ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

OK so I have been watching the messages and trying to figure out why some are arriving without anything in them and I think I have one reason now. Some of you are using incredimail, or something like it, where you can have a lovely background picture and all sorts of whistles and bells on your messages. unfortunately Rootsweb servers only accept plain text messages so they are stripping out everything including your information and then passing on the blank message. PLease can you make sure that before you send the message you click on format on the menu bar and then plain text. this should at least give the message more chance of surviving the server snippers and will reduce the amount of time I spend sorting out messages that have been held for no apparent reason. Ann Macey still here in windy Newport Gwent

Hello Michael, My ggrandfather Thomas Richards COLEMAN was born Ebbw Vale/GlynEbwy, Abbergavenny, 1861. I am wondering if there is a connection with your Mary Ann COLEMAN. Lola in Oz No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.4/811 - Release Date: 18/05/2007 3:50 PM

Mary I think a little more information is needed with a relatively common name like that! How much do you already know about William? Can't subsequent censuses identify his place of birth and approximate age, or did the family emigrate? Robert -----Original Message----- From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mary.howells1@tesco.net Help - William Hughes born Sept.1851 0r 1855 CHEPSTOW AREA or BRISSTOL

Help - William Hughes born Sept.1851 0r 1855 CHEPSTOW AREA or BRISSTOL HELP!!!

It's much like the job of a coal miner, I suspect, although the product is different - ironstone was one of the main iron ores but contains less iron than, for instance, haematite. Robert >----Original Message---- >From: mcallisterfamily@btopenworld.com >Can someone recommend somewhere where I can find details of a description of a the job of an iron stone miner please. ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband only £9.99 a month for your first 3 months! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/

Hi List, can someone recommend somewhere where I can find details of a description of a the job of an iron stone miner please. Ggrandfather SMITH was one whilst living in Pontypool, before his marriage to my ggrandmother )Mary Ann COLEMAN) and afterwards around Ebbw Vale before he migrated out to Queensland in 1887. Many thanks, Michael McAllister

In a message dated 5/19/2007 5:49:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mcallisterfamily@btopenworld.com writes: Hi List, can someone recommend somewhere where I can find details of a description of a the job of an iron stone miner please. Ggrandfather SMITH was one whilst living in Pontypool.. ============ Hi, Michael. Ironstone is an iron ore often found in conjunction with coal deposits. My GGGrandmother worked for a time c1861 as a girl in Blaina, Aberystruth, MON as an ironstone filler, whose job as I perceive it was to fill wagons or other transporting devices with the ironstone hewed by miners. This link will take you a website having much information about Ironstone Mines and Miners: _Tom Leonard Mining Museum_ (http://www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk/) The Cleveland mines described in that website were in northeast England, but I expect that much of the information applies also to the ironstone mines of Wales. Regards, Cecil ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

If there is a Hadyn Gigg on this list perhaps he would like to contact me re a posting on Genes reunited - I don't have a sub to send a message. Regards Dawn dawn.cumbley@virgin.net

Can anyone point me to a good source of Welsh maps that show how one shire changed over time, such as what were the borders of Merionethshire, and over what dates? Thanks John _________________________________________________________________ Like the way Microsoft Office Outlook works? You’ll love Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_outlook_0507

It would be helpful wouldn't it? and the list admins have said this on lots of occasions. It takes time for the rewording of bounce messages to travel through the channels that have developed at rootsweb. All I can suggest is that anyone who wants to make this point can go to the rootsweb home page www.rootsweb.com and click on Help on the menu bar and then send a message to the staff asking for this to be done. If they see messages from list members as well as list admins it might make a difference. Ann

Dear Ann I understand the reason why Rootsweb took this course of action, as outlined in your own email. It would, however, be even more helpful if the sender of any email written in HTML were to receive an auto-reply telling them that their posting had not been delivered, and why, so that they could take corrective action by resending in plain text, and then list members like Ray wouldn't be so perplexed. Perhaps you could feed this idea 'back up the line'? Robert -----Original Message----- From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ann Macey Empty messages sometimes happen when the message is sent using HTML - If you are using Outlook or Outlook express then click on Format on the menu bar and then click on plain text before writing your message. This should ensure that it arrives with us as it left you. Rootsweb long ago realised that viruses can't live in plain text they need the coding of HTML so they set up their mail servers to work with plain text. I don't really understand it I am just quoting the stuff I was told eleven years ago when I first became a list admin.

Thanks to Ann & Ray for the response. I have visited the web site for RN info and will return there when my head is more clear..VBG. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Macey" <annmacey@ntlworld.com> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 3:53 AM Subject: Re: [MON] was British Army Records - empty messages > Empty messages sometimes happen when the message is sent using HTML - If > you > are using Outlook or Outlook express then click on Format on the menu bar > and then click on plain text before writing your message. This should > ensure > that it arrives with us as it left you. > > Rootsweb long ago realised that viruses can't live in plain text they need > the coding of HTML so they set up their mail servers to work with plain > text. > > I don't really understand it I am just quoting the stuff I was told eleven > years ago when I first became a list admin. > > Ann Macey > List Admin in cloudy Newport Gwent > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Empty messages sometimes happen when the message is sent using HTML - If you are using Outlook or Outlook express then click on Format on the menu bar and then click on plain text before writing your message. This should ensure that it arrives with us as it left you. Rootsweb long ago realised that viruses can't live in plain text they need the coding of HTML so they set up their mail servers to work with plain text. I don't really understand it I am just quoting the stuff I was told eleven years ago when I first became a list admin. Ann Macey List Admin in cloudy Newport Gwent

> Does this info also apply to RN records? > > > Royal Naval Records for seamen are available online at the UK National > Archives site. The cost for download as a .PDF is 3.50 sterling. You > only need to know the seaman's surname and given names. If you get > more than one hit I think you can browse to choose the correct person > but as I only got one hit for my grandfather I don't know. I am also > unsure how far back the records go and what cutoff date there is but > visit the UK national archives site at > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ and follow the prompts for Royal Navy. I sent a reply to this thread yesterday and signed off my system shortly afterwards before the message arrived back on my system. I found that my mail software had stripped out the body of my message which is shown above. My apologies to those who like me are scratching their heads over the empty message. Hope this helps Regards Ray Lewis Hazelmere Western Australia Surname Interests Davies: Jones Lewis: