Hello Barbara, I have all of the census records including 1871.My g-g grandmother was a widow by then and five of the children were with her-address was 6 3rd Row George Town,Tredegar.The 1861 census indicates that James was married and his wife's name was Elizabeth.Edwin also was married and his wife's name was Mary-address was 60 Morgan st. Bedwellty,Tredegar.They were Iron Puddlers.I live in Sharon,Pa.--what local newspapers? Thanks for responding Joan Dunlavey ----- Original Message ---- From: "B1oatley@aol.com" <B1oatley@aol.com> To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2:34:03 PM Subject: Re: [MON] Richard Griffiths Bedwellty 1850 Hello Joan, It could be that another lister may be researching your Ancestral family, but other than that possibly best to place an advert in a local Newspaper to find living family. Have you looked at any Census records for the siblings and located any marriage records for them, which area of Bedwellty were they living. Regards Barbara ------------------------------- 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