Others would disagree. See http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Gaz1868.html for a potted history of Monmouthshire. -Jean. At 21:12 23/04/2007, you wrote: >Hi Graham, Monmouthshire was never in England. I believe the confusion came >about from the family search.org site that still has Mon. in England. > >Best regards,Kevin. Co Cork Ireland

Perhaps the non-Welsh who came to Monmouthshire (Gwent) thought they were in England but I doubt that the true Welsh ever doubted that they were in Wales. -- Twm Siôn Cati ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Smith" <luddite.jean@tiscali.co.uk> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [MON] Monmouthshire - England or Wales? > Others would disagree. See > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Gaz1868.html for a potted > history of Monmouthshire. > > -Jean. > > At 21:12 23/04/2007, you wrote: >>Hi Graham, Monmouthshire was never in England. I believe the confusion >>came >>about from the family search.org site that still has Mon. in England. >> >>Best regards,Kevin. Co Cork Ireland > > ------------------------------- > 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