Possibly not. But for administrative purposes, Monmouthshire has been both English & Welsh. My husband's grandfather, born in Chepstow in 1880, has England on some official documents, and Wales on the other. Historical fact has no bearing on what anyone wishes was the truth, Welsh folklore heroes notwithstanding. :-) Personally, I consider Monmouthshire to be part of Wales, but that wasn't the original question. -Jean. At 21:28 23/04/2007, you wrote: >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 > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.9/773 - >Release Date: 22/04/2007 20:18

Well if we look in the past......... was Wales actually a country then? A principality ....does that constitute a country? Perhaps these official documents presumably by 2 people show that they were confused as some are today. Personally I couldn't care less if Mon. was deemed the 33rd county of Ireland! OK OK Time to withdraw........ I bow to your superior knowledge. Have a good week. Kevin. http://www.geocities.com/mckennakevin/index.html?1171910163734 www.kevccfc.tribalpages.com This has to be copied and pasted into your address bar... when you are there use password seaborne (for my tree) >From: Jean Smith <luddite.jean@tiscali.co.uk> >Reply-To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com >To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MON] Monmouthshire - England or Wales? >Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:22:16 +0100 > >Possibly not. But for administrative purposes, >Monmouthshire has been both English & Welsh. My >husband's grandfather, born in Chepstow in 1880, >has England on some official documents, and Wales >on the other. Historical fact has no bearing on >what anyone wishes was the truth, Welsh folklore heroes notwithstanding. >:-) > >Personally, I consider Monmouthshire to be part >of Wales, but that wasn't the original question. > >-Jean. > >At 21:28 23/04/2007, you wrote: > >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 > > > > > >------------------------------- > >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 > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.9/773 - > >Release Date: 22/04/2007 20:18 > > >------------------------------- >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 _________________________________________________________________ Share folders without harming wildlife! http://www.communicationevolved.com/en-ie/