On 23 Mar 2007, at 19:14, JANLWH@aol.com wrote: > Thank you all for the Bedwellty information. My grandfather was > born there. > He came to America when he was 5 yrs. old. He went to work in > the coal > mines of northeastern Pennsylvania at the age of 10 yrs. and had > Black Lung by > his 50's! The family name was Wall, Truscott and Stephens from > the Mon. > (Bedwellty area). I love the pictures of the area and can't wait > to search the > online records. Again, thank you so much for this. I can't > easily get to > Wales to do this on my own and it means so very much to me. > > God Bless, > > Janet > > USA Virginia in some ways it will be easier to take a week at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City with the finding aids and resources from all over the world than research in Wales Hugh W a wonderful artist in Denmark http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/ Beta blogger http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks old blogger GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG